Mortimer Market Building
Hot Water Buffer Vessel
Heat Plate Exchangers
AHU Pressurisation Unit
Contract Value:
£550,000.00
Client:
NHS Foundation Trust
Timescale:
May 09 - Sept 09
Vital Energi have recently been awarded by the trust the third phase of works required to modify a section of the existing steam heating system to low temperature hot water (LTHW).
This change in service provision will facilitate a change in use by the building owner / operator while enhancing its commitment to improvements in environmental emissions. The award was made after undergoing a competitive tender appraisal to which Vital Energi offered the best technical and practical solution to ensure the very tight deadlines imposed by the university are met. The award reinforces Vital Energi’s continued growth with a valued client, a continued commitment to provide strong technical solutions and deliver projects such as this on time to the desired high standard of quality.
The third phase of the project is as a result of the universities plans for a new £120m cancer treatment centre which requires a new LTHW supply to the unit for the provision of secondary building services. Phases 1 and 2 awarded to Vital Energi some months ago and now complete diverted the existing services to allow demolition / remodelling to take place. The third phase, which is currently underway, sees the installation of new LTHW services into the area for re-connection. All three phases have offered particular difficult challenges to Vital Energi which have had to be overcome to ensure the client’s needs are met.
Anyone who is familiar with large buildings in and around the London area will know about the challenges involved in delivering such a project. These challenges not only relate to difficulties above ground in relation to access, parking, building use / needs etc but the labyrinth of underground network tunnels that exist beneath the road / building networks. The majority of the building’s services are installed at present in these tunnels therefore they present a vast degree of operational technical difficulties to project managers. Vital Energi have addressed these difficulties head on through professional project management and control to ensure that the works maintain the highest degree of safety while meeting the trust’s needs.
Conclusion
The conversion of the existing low efficient steam system into a more efficient LTHW system commenced with phases 1 & 2 which will reduce the Mortimer Market’s carbon emission; the third phase will move the trust closer to meeting its environmental commitment targets.
