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Novus helps write new chapter for former Town Hall
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roperty maintenance specialist, Novus Property Solutions, has recently completed work converting a Grade II listed former town hall into a modern academy building in Stoke-on-Trent. The grant-aided refurbishment project, which involved a complete reimagining of the space to turn the former town hall into a new sixth form centre for Haywood Academy, was overseen by a team from Novus’ Stoke office over approximately 16 weeks. Located in the heart of the Burslem conservation area, all works had to be carried out to a conservation standard and were closely monitored throughout the process by Stoke-On-Trent City Council’s conservation officers. Historic repairs, restoration and refurbishment, including works to the timber sash windows, fabric repairs and stone work repairs were carried out in order to preserve the character of the building.
While the exterior was carefully restored and preserved, the interior of the former town hall has been refitted to create a space perfectly suited to a modern academy. The team installed a new infill floor to the existing mezzanine, glass partitioning, new internal walls,
sanitaryware appliances and new light fittings as part of the project. Novus bid manager, Matt Harnett,
said: “Working around the constraints of a listed building is challenging at the best of times, but when you add a conservation area into the mix, the parameters become even tighter. The team like a challenge and all worked hard to balance the restoration of the
original building around the installation of new elements of the design to create the new academy building, which is now light and welcoming.” For more information about Novus Property Solutions please visit
www.novussolutions.co.uk You can also ‘like’ Novus Property Solutions on Facebook or ‘follow’ on Twitter @_NovusSolutions
Benning UK launches Enertronic S B
enning UK has announced the launch of the Enertronic S - the latest addition to the company’s dedicated range of industrial UPS products. Covering single-phase outputs from 1.25 to 10kVA, the cost-effective and scalable Enertronic S is targeted at the utilities, oil & gas, transport, telecommunication, industrial process and automation industries.
The Enertronic S is a true on-line tower configuration UPS, consisting of up to eight parallelable power boards within a single unit. Each power board offers an output of 1.25kVA for a maximum total system output of 10kVA (single phase). Manual bypass, extended battery autonomies, RS232 and volt-free communications options complete an already impressive specification. Key to the Enertronic S’ affordability and flexibility is the product’s ability to offer users a “pay as you grow” approach to managing the UPS’ capacity. This is achieved through the quick and
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easy addition or removal of modules in order to match the UPS’ capacity to the size of the critical load. As power demands increase, the system can be expanded to ensure there is always adequate capacity to manage any site power quality issues without the need to over-specify the system at the time of initial purchase.
The Enertronic S boasts
true modular construction, with each power board comprising its own inbuilt rectifier, inverter, controller and static bypass switch effectively eliminating any single points of failure. The true modular design of the Enertronic S also enables a very low ‘Mean Time to Repair’ (MTTR) thereby maximising system, and hence load power, availability.
The Enertronic S can also be operated in a parallel redundant N+1 configuration
by fitting one more power board (+1) than the critical load (N) requires. In such a configuration, in the event of a power board problem the UPS will continue to operate in true on-line mode until the problem power board is replaced. Furthermore, the power board can be quickly replaced without disruption to the critical load.
www.benninguk.com
Building & Facilities Management – January 2016
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