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COMPLEX SIXTH FORM COLLEGE SITE GETS HOCHIKI FIRE SYSTEM UPGRADE Paston College in Norfolk has transformed over the years from a grammar school for boys into a co-ed sixth form college dedicated to working with young people ages 16-18. Following a recommendation from Norwich Education Services, a completely new fire system was required which would need to meet BS5839 Part 1 2017 for an L2 category. The life safety system installation project required networking across multiple sites and buildings, as well as ensuring the protection of the historic Nelson Museum. And with a main road acting as a physical divide through the middle of the campus, this was a complex project to undertake. TP Fire & Security was commissioned to install the new system, and the company selected Hochiki’s ESP intelligent range of addressable fire detection and alarm equipment. Kevin Harris from TP Fire & Security comments: “This was an incredibly complex project. We were working with modern and historic buildings, we had to ensure the protection of the Nelson Museum, and of course the campus is split right down the middle by a main road. We chose Hochiki because it afforded us the flexibility with the systems and devices that were needed, with a project such as this.” As an educational facility, it was important to keep to strict budgets, especially when it came to the ongoing operational costs for the system, and, with hundreds of pupils and staff in attendance each day, a system which would be reliable and reduce false alarms was vital. Hochiki, hochikieurope.com
J S WRIGHT SECURES £3.5M-PLUS DEAL FOR DOCK DEVELOPMENT J S Wright has secured a contract valued at more than £3.5 million for a new harbourside development in Bristol. The company will design and build the mechanical services for 142 high quality apartments on a long-derelict site at McArthur’s Yard on Gas Ferry Road in the city’s historic dock area. The £36 million project, led by award-winning housebuilder, Hill, in association with leading housing provider, The Guinness Partnership, will deliver a mix of one to three-bedroom homes for market sale, shared ownership, and social rent, as well as ground floor commercial space. J S Wright’s contract will involve designing and installing an energy centre with associated pipework to distribute low temperature hot water heating to radiators in each apartment via direct single plate heat interface units (HIUs). The company will also install a boosted cold water system for the domestic hot and cold-water supply. In addition, J S Wright will install energy efficient mechanical ventilation heat recovery systems, smoke ventilation and dry risers, as well as water sprinklers within residential areas. The brief will also involve providing a building management system (BMS), incorporating a prepayment billing system for monitoring each apartment’s energy use. J S Wright, jswright.co.uk
VOLKERHIGHWAYS TO PROVIDE LED LIGHTING UPGRADES ACROSS OXFORDSHIRE VolkerHighways has been awarded a Highways Electrical Assets contract by Oxfordshire County Council, worth £30 million. Works have begun and will continue for five years, with three possible years of extensions. The contract will see VolkerHighways maintain approimately 60,000 streetlights and over 6,000 illuminated signs, bollards and other illuminated equipment, across the county. This will include upgrading 35,000 units with LED lighting, to increase their energy efficiency. In addition, the team will replace aged lighting columns, and carry out both planned and responsive maintenance inspections, testing and repair works, for the duration of the contract. Councillor Tim Bearder, Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways Management, says: “The County Council is looking forward to working with VolkerHighways to deliver the maintenance and upgrade of our street lighting assets within Oxfordshire. These are exciting times as we change the existing assets to LED units, saving the authority 15,000,000kWh of energy and delivering a reduction of 2,600 tonnes of CO2”. VolkerHighways, volkerhighways.co.uk
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