News
Hurleypalmerflatt
acquires Glasgow
High Court rejects
consultancy
Engineering consultancy
hurleypalmerflatt has acquired
Glasgow-based ATCO
eco town challenge
Consulting.
It is envisaged the move will
further broaden hurleypalmerflatt’s
scope of services and existing n
A High Court judge has Warwickshire, Worcestershire and well thought-out opposition to the
ruled that the government’s Gloucestershire in December 2007 current eco-town programme.
regional presence in Scotland. consultation on building eco towns in response to plans to build at least “No less than 47 national,
Mark Arthur will continue to was lawful. 6,000 houses, plus retail and leisure regional and local representative
manage the building services as a Mr Justice Walker made the ruling facilities, offices, an incinerator and bodies agree that poorly-sited
director, while hurleypalmerflatt’s last month after a residents’ action a guided busway on a 600-acre rural new towns will neither meet their
sustainability consultancy in group, the BARD (Better Accessible site. If built, the new eco town would promised eco-agenda nor provide
Glasgow will relocate into ATCO’s Responsible Development) be called Middle Quinton. affordable housing in places where
existing premises. ATCO provides Campaign, took the government to After the hearing, David Bliss, people want to live.”
building services engineering and court to try to quash its decision to chairman of the BARD Campaign, He added: “In short, poorly-sited
project management, as well as build an eco town at Long Marston said: “We are disappointed but eco-towns will lead to soulless
low carbon consultancy. on a brownfield site between this is by no means the end of the commuter-based dormitory
Hurleypalmerflatt chairman Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire road for BARD’s challenges to the towns becoming expensive white
Paul Flatt said: “By combining the and Evesham in Worcestershire. Middle Quinton proposal. elephants of the future. We do not
resources of ATCO Consulting and The BARD Campaign was “Labelling objectors ‘nimbys’ intend to stand by and watch this
hurleypalmerflatt, we are able to formed by residents from across is a lazy government response to happen.”
provide unrivalled multidisciplinary
consultancy business in this
market, while also delivering
Project aims to cut refrigerant leakages
projects in the UK and Europe,
with a focus on sustainability A project to cut refrigerant leaks has energy, maintenance, gas use and There are also five guides: a
across the business.” been launched by the Institution of reduce carbon emissions. pocket guide to good leak testing
Mark Arthur added: “We Refrigeration (IOR) and the Carbon The project will encourage for service engineers; an illustrated
are delighted to be part of the Trust. equipment owners to think of guide to 13 common leaks for
hurleypalmerflatt group, as this Their REAL Zero (Refrigerant refrigerant as being part of their asset service engineers; designing
both strengthens our position Emission and Leakage) scheme base, rather than as a consumable. out leaks and design standards
in the UK and gives us access provides practical assistance to Most halocarbon refrigerants have and practices for designers and
to hurleypalmerflatt’s resources those involved in purchasing, a high global warming potential specifiers; the equipment owner’s
and expertise.” designing, installing, servicing, and some have significant ozone responsibilities; and a guide to
maintaining and owning depleting impact too. the service and maintenance
Hoare Lea opens
refrigeration equipment. A free seminar is being held contractor’s responsibilities.
Oxford office
The project aims to show those in London on 19 February for A carbon cost calculator and a
using refrigeration equipment that, interested parties to learn about monitoring spreadsheet are also
Consulting engineer Hoare Lea by reducing leakages, they will save leak reduction and prevention. available at
www.realzero.org.uk
has relocated to a new office in
Oxford.
The premises, in Great
Clarendon Street, provide a Science building adopts DNA shape
base for 15 engineers, lighting
designers, support staff and Work on a £58m centre to meet the client’s BREEAM Very
other management group accommodate 500 scientists from Good aspirations. These include
personnel. There is also space the Roslin Institute and the Scottish modular lab spaces with cascade
for an additional 10 employees. Agricultural College has started in ventilation systems for economic
Many of the firm’s projects will Midlothian, Scotland. running costs, and naturally
now be within walking distance. Designed by HDR CUH2A, ventilated offices using stack effect
Showers and bike storage have with engineering design by Faber ventilation through ventilation
been incorporated to encourage Maunsell | AECOM, the building
The Faber Maunsell building’s ‘fins’ link
towers.
cycling and Hoare Lea has will be shaped to resemble a pair office and research blocks Faber has also designed a new
purchased company bikes for of chromosomes, with coloured site infrastructure including off-site
employees to use around the city. panels representing the DNA Consortium (EBRC), which forms sewers and on-site stormwater
Projects on which Hoare Lea is ‘fins’ to link the office and research one of the largest groups focused attenuation and a new site entrance
working include the Department of laboratory blocks. on the biology of companion and roundabout. The company is
Earth Sciences with Wilkinson Eyre Faber regional director Phil production animals in the world. providing civil, structural and
Architects for Oxford University; Hunter said: “A major challenge The new building will allow the building services engineering,
the Research Complex at Harwell was integrating the building streamlining of research on animal geotechnical engineering,
for the Science and Technology services with the complex shape of diseases and its implications for sustainability, acoustics and fire
Facilities Council; and projects with the architecture of the building.” human health. engineering.
various Oxford colleges. The building will provide a focal The building will contain many Building works should be
point for the Easter Bush Research sustainable design features to help completed in 2011.
10 CIBSE Journal February 2009
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