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48 YEARS STRONG – THE OLDEST HAMWORTHY
BOILER Hamworthy Heating recently embarked on a quest to find the oldest installed and working Hamworthy boiler. The search took them up and down the country and ended in Ilford, North East London.
The oldest boilers, three Hamworthy Hydrotherm boilers, have been found in Redbridge Jewish Community Centre and were installed in 1967, the same year the building was built.
Stuart Turner, National Sales Manager at Hamworthy Heating commented, “I couldn’t believe we found these boilers, they are as old as me! The boilers have been running for 48 years and they have been regularly maintained and well looked after.”
The Hamworthy Hydrotherm boilers were the first modular boilers
TOMORROW’S W’S MENT TODAY
Graham Perry, Business Unit Director of iSite, the technology division of property services and project delivery specialist Styles&Wood, discusses how mobilising the workforce through the better use of technology can allow FM providers to maximise performance and deliver added value for customers.
Total FM is on the rise and as the number of services incorporated under the FM umbrella continues to grow there is a clear opportunity for technology to play an increasingly important role across the industry.
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sold by Hamworthy Heating, who pioneered the use of modular boiler systems. They were introduced to the UK in 1967 with gas and oil fired versions and made of cast iron.
The centre where the boilers are installed is the largest of its kind in Western Europe, delivering social, welfare, education and community programmes to more than 2,000 people every week. The plant room and maintenance is managed by Kier group Ltd.
It can be used to support the full range of FM activities, from asset maintenance schedules to security and, as productivity becomes paramount for employers, many facilities managers are looking to technology to improve efficiencies and reduce costs.
With increasing pressure to operate more strategically, improving the use of data provides an opportunity to transform the way teams work, allowing employers to deploy their workforce to operate more effectively.
Take security staff as an example. These teams have a specific function which, while critical, can involve prolonged periods of inactivity, particularly during night shifts. With building patrols already forming a key aspect of a security guard’s role, efficiencies could be found in up-skilling them to carry out basic maintenance inspections at the same time. For example, equipping security guards with mobile technology, linked to a central
Stuart went on to say, “Hamworthy boilers are built and manufactured to last and these boilers certainly prove that. However I’m certain the building could benefit from fuel savings if they upgraded to newer condensing boilers. The building has changed and expanded over the years so the heat demand has most likely changed too.”
The competition saw many entrants from the 1970s and 80s including Hamworthy’s NGR and UR modular boilers. These cast iron boilers have been developed over the years and Hamworthy Heating still manufactures a cast iron boiler that is a perfect replacement, the Purewell VariHeat. The Purewell VariHeat boiler sits on the same footprint as these old boilers with connections in similar places to make replacement easier. It is also the only condensing, pre mix, cast iron boiler available that is compliant with the Energy Related Products directive (ErP).
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building intelligence system, would allow any issues they spot - from signs of wear and tear or faulty lighting, to lapses in maintenance or cleaning - to be logged centrally and actioned accordingly.
The benefits would be threefold: maintenance teams could receive earlier warnings of issues before they become more severe and costly, the frequency of day-time inspections could potentially be reduced, and an employee set would become more valuable with an associated rise in their billable rate.
This is just one example but it illustrates the potential for facilities managers to harness efficiencies through the better use of data. As more services become bundled into total FM contracts we can expect to see the increased use of mobile building intelligence play a significant role when it comes to reducing costs and delivering a better service to the client.
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