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Ship shape with all hands on deck
When the owners of one of Plymouth’s most iconic buildings were looking to refurbish and upgrade the derelict office within weeks instead of months, they needed a team of installers able to hit the ground running, and a flexible heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system that would still deliver the energy savings needed
existing HVAC system was just inadequate and the whole system would need upgrading. “New tenants were keen to move in so we also had limited time in which to make the drastic changes that were required.” What was needed was a company that would be able to design, install, commission and maintain a far more energy efficient and sustainable system and be able to do this in a very short space of time. “We would normally expect the timescale for
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completion of a job like this to be three or four months and we were given 10 weeks,” said Kurt Hedgley, MD, JCW Energy Services Ltd. “Not only this, the client needed us on site just seven days from the date of receiving the purchase order.” The company was able to build a team from a number of its nationwide offices and called upon the technical and logistical support of manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric.
May 2017
ob Monroe, managing director of owners Burrington Estates said: “When we first decided to buy The Ship we knew that the
Built in 1993, The Ship used to be home to The
Herald and Western Morning News but in recent years it has been left empty and was even being considered for demolition until a the city property development company, Burrington Estates, acquired the building Now The Ship is being restored to its former
glory, and has been renamed Spirit of Enterprise with hundreds of jobs being created by the businesses that will take up residence. “It was clear that reducing the building’s energy
consumption was of paramount importance to Burrington Estates, which is renowned for its sympathetic development of historic sites in the region,” commented Kurt Hedgley. “We worked within our partnership agreement with Mitsubishi Electric which provided us with innovative support to ensure the most suitable system that could be designed, installed and commissioned within the tight deadline specified.” For the first phase of this project, 12 City Multi Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) outdoor condensing
units and four Mr Slim split air conditioning systems were installed to serve 89 individual ceiling units.
City Multi was chosen as it could be installed in a modular fashion providing JCW engineers with the flexibility needed to work around the other elements of the refurbishment. “We chose this VRF system because of its high performance and the fact that it only uses two pipes rather than the usual three which was ideal in a job with such tight deadlines,” added Hedgley. “It also comes with intelligent controls that make it easier to interface with the Building Management System.” As a business solutions partner with the manufacturer, JCW is also able to offer a seven-year warranty on the equipment. With the whole building under refurbishment, it was also imperative that JCW engineers could work alongside a large number of tradespeople and engineers from shop fitters, life system installers to window cleaners and even mural artists. Working around existing equipment was also a
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