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centre locations, developers are still faced with a number of design and financial challenges. For example, tall buildings cannot realise their full capacity until completion of construction due access restrictions while the building is still being worked on. Time constraints on site are not new, but they are getting slimmer by the day and this has an impact on customers. Conforming to these schedules is integral to the overall project completion and with so many parties involved in modern building developments, the pressure is on. Penalties for missed completion dates are getting stricter so companies cannot afford to push boundaries. For this reason, customers are leaning on suppliers like Pipe Center to increase


efficiencies in the construction process. What’s more, as developments continue to become


more complex in design, demand for skilled labour continues to rise. For some time now we have been told a shortage in skilled labour threatens the UK construction market despite the buoyancy of the industry regarding employment, the economy and social growth. This trend is replicated across densely populated areas like London, Birmingham and Manchester as well as remote areas of the country.


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An upsurge in urban regeneration projects has led to Pipe Center seeing a significant increase in demand for integrated facilities units that comprise all amenities in one space. A number of prestigious projects are now introducing the ‘pre-fabricated utility cupboard’, which houses the heating interface unit (HIU) for all manner of things including hot water, a heat recovery units, underfloor heating manifolds, domestic hot and cold water manifolds and washing machine outlets


lot easier for maintenance workers to access. Essentially it can act as a central source for heating, water, electrical distribution, home automation and much more. A typical example would be a version that Pipe Center developed for Vier Construction as part of a regeneration project in Elephant & Castle. The bespoke integrated facilities unit comprised the HIU for hot water, a heat recovery unit, underfloor heating manifold, domestic hot and cold water manifolds and washing machine outlets. Heat is generated in a central location and is an effective approach to providing higher efficiencies and pollution control. HIU’s have been around a while but since 2012 the


market has experienced good growth, mainly in newly built apartments. Typical applications of HIU’s include installations in combination with


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