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BIG Foot Systems recently helped Parliament House in Adelaide city centre, by supplying new supports for its air handling units (ahus). Parliament House is a local landmark that houses the seat of Parliament of South Australia.
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However, when the building’s flat roof failed and leaked water it was found that the existing supports for its ahus were decaying. A quick solution was needed to protect the building from further damage. Westside Mechanical, an m&e contractor, asked roofing specialist HVAC Roof Supports to provide a solution that could support the essential heavy roof mounted hvac kit. A new concrete slab was laid on the roof and HVAC Roof Supports supplied three Big Foot Systems’ non-penetrative support frames. Two frames measured 4.5m in length, providing point loadings of 10.5kN/m² and one frame was 5.5m in length providing point loadings of 11.61kN/m².
Westside Mechanical was impressed by the simplicity of the Big Foot System as the frames were easy to assemble and install with no need to cut, grind, weld or drill on the rooftop. As a non-penetrative support solution, the system was also a safe choice since it did not damage the roof, removing the risk of further leaks through expensive roof penetrations. Big Foot Systems 01323 844355
STARFROST has designed a quick freezing system for a food processing firm in India. It has supplied Vadilal Industries with a bespoke system for individual quick freezing (IQF) of vegetables and fruit. Vadilal is recognised as one of the pioneers of the Indian frozen food export market. In conjunction with its local office, Starfrost supplied an MS Turbo IQF Tunnel for Vadilal’s processing plant at Dharampur, Gujarat.
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The MS (Modular Series) Turbo IQF Tunnel (L 8.6m x W 4.5m x H 4m) was custom designed and built at Starfrost’s UK manufacturing facility in Suffolk. The freezer has a modular format that allows shipment in standard freight containers and also enables rapid site assembly.
The Vadilal MS Turbo IQF Tunnel is designed for individual quick freezing of 3,000kg/h of green peas. The versatile in-line freezer is also being used to process various quantities of fruit and vegetables. Ambient products entering the MS Turbo IQF Tunnel are quickly frozen to the required temperature of -18°C in a two-stage freezing process.
An initial crust freezing zone features a cascading conveyor belt with variable control agitation to ensure continuous IQF separation. The product then transfers to a deep fluidised bed for final freezing. Airflow can be infinitely adjusted to provide perfect freezing conditions. Starfrost
01502 562206
WHEN Emerson Control Techniques commissioned SKT Services to provide an energy efficient cooling system for its server room, Weatherite Building Services (WBS) was asked to provide a solution that achieved significant savings in energy costs without affecting the available floor space within the building. Electrical contractor SKT Services knew it had to think outside the box, so instead of compromising on performance or reliability it worked with WBS to provide a solution that met the brief precisely.
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Weatherite’s direct free cooling units use outside air as the primary cooling medium, with the benefit of reduced energy consumption and lower running costs. In addition, the units incorporate a packaged refrigerant cooling system, provided as automatic back-up during
high ambient conditions. Unit capacities range from 8kW to 125kW.
WBS was able to design the units so that they could be installed externally – achieving optimum energy efficiency without impacting on available floor area. Its installation team also ensured that the process was achieved while the server room remained operational and secure throughout. Weatherite Building Services 01922 741 641
OPTIMUM Group Services (Optimum) has been appointed to undertake full mechanical planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive works at the John Howard Centre, a Category B secure mental health unit in East London.
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Within the agreed contract, Optimum will be responsible for mechanical, reactive and statutory maintenance and water hygiene management, delivered by a dedicated team of resident engineers. This service will be backed up by a mobile support team. The John Howard Centre originally put this contract out for tender as a straightforward mobile service. However, as part of its strategy, Optimum offered a resident engineer to complement the mobile service option. Optimum has implemented a full computer-aided facilities management (CAFM) system on site that is used to monitor all PPM and reactive works to ensure compliance and response times.
In addition, Optimum provides a full 24-hour managed helpdesk facility for the East London NHS Foundation Trust, with trained operators handling calls from all parts of the Trust and engaging the correct supplier or sub-contractor to attend the site where required. Optimum Group 0870 850 3131
ACR News January 2014
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