arranged to be welded and polished by a specialist contractor once installed and connected. “Tat was tough, and you are only as good as
your supply base. And, I have to say, the guys we had on the job doing the welding did a first-class job,” says Jeffreys. “I thought the end product looked amazing.” Adding to these complications was the fact
that all the work would need to be done during students’ Christmas break before they returned in January 2024. Collaboration between different teams was key, according to Jeffreys. “I have to say our client representative looking
after the university there – Huw Davies, the buildings and maintenance director – made the job an absolute joy to work on,” says Jeffreys. “He made our life easy. He was very cooperative,
very pragmatic in sorting out solutions and issues to any particular problems that came up.” From University College Oxford’s side, Davies
echoes the sentiments of Jeffreys. “I would say the College enjoyed the collaborative working with both Ambach and Berkeley Projects. Tey were both able to steer us towards a successful design and installation. Ambach and Berkeley Projects were able to use their standard units to get a format and layout the chefs wanted, along with being able to advise what would and would not work on the bespoke elements.” Te collaboration around timings was vital in
this project and with everyone on board it worked out perfectly. Te Berkeley Projects team assisted in ripping out the existing cooking suite to prepare for the fitting of the new equipment. “Huw and his team came in before us at the
beginning of December once we’d done the strip out of the equipment. He managed to coordinate his builders and left the kitchen in a perfect state, ready to accept the new cook suite in early January straight after Christmas, which gave us a flying start and enabled us to get it finished on time,” says Jeffreys. “It really makes a huge difference when you've got such an understanding client who pulls everything together.” Another important factor in a building as
old as University College, Oxford, is the fire risk and during the fit-out process, the team looked at the existing Ansel fire suppression system from the hood. “A new suite means new locations for fire suppression nozzles, so we had to put in a new fire system to meet the
standards for the new cook suite,” says Jeffreys. “I wouldn’t like to think what would happen
if a building of that age, which has got exposed oak beams going through part of the kitchen, catches fire.”
A smooth design process Te installation of the new kitchen facilities of this storied building has left everybody happy. Tough it was a challenging project to complete in a compressed time, all aspects have turned out to be very successful. Crucially, the kitchen team approves. “We were
very impressed with the finish of the Ambach range, and the guidance through the design process was very smooth. Te install was finished just ahead of time, which was a bonus,” says executive chef Darren Lomas, a sentiment shared by Davies. “For me project managing the scheme for the
College, there was nothing better than being able to report to the premises committee when the scheme was delivered on time and on budget,” he says. Reflecting on the final result and in the context
of the challenges, Magness is satisfied. “Te chef team had a very specific idea of what they wanted to achieve and with the flexibility of the Ambach products, it was relatively straightforward for us to do,” he says. “It is great that we were able to exceed the client’s expectations; with Berkeley Projects we pulled it off.”
BRAND WATCH
1953 70 35
The year Ambach was founded in Italy
The number of countries Ambach exports to around the world
The number of years Ambach has been part of Ali Group
ambach.com Aliworld 73
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100
