Cross Lane, Salford

Cross Lane, Salford

by | Dec 17, 2024

Cross Lane, Salford

PROJECT OVERVIEW

This project involves the design and construction of a new 27-storey student accommodation tower providing 538 student beds with associated amenity and a roof garden.

The Hannan residential team are providing Building Services Engineering consultancy and BREEAM Assessment services. The project is targeting BREEAM ‘Very Good’.

Planning for the scheme has been granted.

The scheme is located close to Salford university and Salford Crescent train station, at the site of the former McDonalds regional headquarters.

We are very pleased to join Broadway Malyan, Quantem, Davies Maguire &  Layer Studio on Q Developments’ project design team.

Energy Reduction Design Features

To help minimise energy usage, the scheme will include vertical Waste Water Heat Recovery systems, which will take waste water from students showers, recover waste heat and pre heat incoming cold water supply feeding the showers.

The scheme utilises low GWP refrigerant modular air to water heat pumps to provide hot water between 60°C and 90°C which is then distributed throughout the building to outlets.

In order to minimise excessive pressures within the system and to reduce energy consumption associated with pumping water to the upper floors, the dedicated cold water and sprinkler booster distribution systems will be divided into two domestic cold water booster systems, upper and lower floor zones, which will include Variable Speed High-efficiency pump sets.

Similarly, the design of soil and waste drainage systems needed careful consideration due to the overall height of the building to avoid excess pressures building up within stacks. This is done through careful design and the use of secondary ventilation pipework and AAAVs.

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CLIENT : Q Developments

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ARCHITECT : Broadway Malyan

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CONTRACT DURATION: April 2024 - ongoing

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Freetrade Exchange

Freetrade Exchange

by | Nov 27, 2024

Freetrade Exchange, Manchester

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Freetrade Exchange is a Grade II listed building on Manchester’s Peter Street. The building was originally built as a fabric warehouse in 1868 under the name Harvester House and was renamed after a refurbishment in 2007.

The recent revamp of this six-storey, 36,000 sq ft office building included the conversion of the lower ground floor to a 5,000 sq ft restaurant; the reconfiguration and expansion of the existing entrance; and the creation of a new entrance. The building’s basement features a gym studio, yoga/barre studio, sauna, showers, changing rooms, toilet facilities and a secure cycle storage.

Hannan Associates were employed by Clearbell Capital to undertake the Building Services Engineering Consultancy for the project.

We worked alongside Michael Laird Architects, DW Consulting, DFC, Hann Tucker and Paragon on Clearbell’s design team.

The building’s Grade II listed status meant that the M&E services needed to be carefully designed and coordinated to accommodate the existing exposed structural elements. Routing new M&E services to and throughout the basement was a challenge and required careful consideration and coordination.

A number of energy reducing design measures were incorporated into the CAT A design in order to meet Part L Building Regulations, these included;

o All electric HVAC strategy to the office area

o Air source heat pump installation providing heating and cooling.

o Air source heat pump installation providing domestic hot water.

o Ventilation via AHU’s with variable speed driven fans & heat recovery via thermal wheels.

o Automatically switched power factor correction equipment.

o Low energy lighting installation utilising LED lamp sources.

o Automatic lighting with occupancy control and daylight sensing.

o Regenerative drive technology used in the passenger lifts.

o Automatic BMS controls and energy metering system

An EPC B was achieved with minimal impact to the external listed façade. Our team undertook detailed modelling and energy assessments to identify the additional measures required to achieve this, which included:

o Improved building air permeability

o Improved office lighting power density

o ASHP domestic hot water

o Photovoltaic array

 

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CLIENT : Clearbell Capital

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ARCHITECT : Michael Laird Architects

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PROJECT VALUE : £4.8M

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CONTRACT DURATION: 2021 - 2023

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Liverpool Waters, Central Park

Liverpool Waters, Central Park

by | Oct 29, 2024

Central Docks, Liverpool Waters

PROJECT OVERVIEW

The 26-acre Central Docks neighbourhood is the largest of five neighbourhoods that form the emerging Liverpool Waters district. Previously a derelict site, the Central Docks neighbourhood will include around 2,350 new homes with a mix of affordable, elderly, build-to-rent and open market, supporting the Government’s plans to build 1.5 million new homes across the UK in the next four years.

The focal point of the new neighbourhood will be Central Park, a 4.7 acre park, which will be one of the largest green spaces in the city and a vital part of Liverpool Waters. Plans for the park include planting thousands of trees, community gardens, play areas as well as spaces for sports and recreation and support for wildlife.

GRAHAM have been appointed by Peel Waters to deliver the essential infrastructure works and construction of Central Park.

Peel Waters, in partnership with Homes England and Liverpool City Council, celebrated the official groundbreaking of Central Docks, alongside the rest of the project team, civic leaders and students from the newly opened City of Liverpool College Construction Academy, located within the Central Docks development zone, on 14th October 2025.

Hannan Associates are providing Utilities Infrastructure and Building Services Engineering support for the park including……

o Establishing plant space requirements

o Utility supply applications for park utility services

o Lighting design and CCTV coordination

o Park containment routing for power, lighting, data and water irrigation system

o Pop up power, wireless network, and interactive help points consideration

o Park Pavilion M&E proposals

These essential infrastructure works will support the delivery of thousands of new homes, commercial, retail and leisure space within the Central Docks district over the next ten years, in line with the Liverpool Waters Central Docks Neighbourhood Masterplan.

Our team mates on the project include Walker Sime, Curtins Consulting, Planit IE and Arup.

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CLIENT : Peel Waters

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CONTRACT DURATION: 2022 - ongoing

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Symmetry Park, Kettering

Symmetry Park, Kettering

by | Oct 29, 2024

Symmetry Park, Kettering

PROJECT OVERVIEW

The Hannan Industrial team are providing building services engineering consultancy for Symmetry Park, Kettering.

The park has outline planning permission for 2.3 million sq ft of logistics floor space.

Unit 1 – Greggs PLC, new national distribution centre is a 311,000 sq ft cross dock logistics facility, completed in 2025. The facility was developed to Net Zero Carbon in Construction standards and achieved BREEAM Excellent certification and an EPC A rating.

Unit 2 – a 321,875 sq ft facility, completed in 2023 and is occupied by Iron Mountain.

Unit 3 – a 956,000 sq ft facility, has reached practical completion and is pre-let to Amazon on a 20-year lease. The facility is Amazon’s largest UK cross-dock warehouse and is expected to support around 2,000 jobs once fully operational. It has been delivered to a Grade A specification, achieving BREEAM Excellent certification and an EPC A rating, while meeting Net Zero Carbon in Construction standards.

We are very pleased to join Stephen George and Partners, Framptons, Feasibility Limited, Trinity Property Consultants, WSP UK , EPC UK on the project design team.

The site is situated directly alongside the A14 “Trans-European” freight route at Junction 9, offering occupiers prominence and excellent transport links to the national motorway and trunk road network.

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CLIENT : Tritax Big Box

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ARCHITECT : Stephen George and Partners

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CONTRACT DURATION: 2021 - ongoing

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Willohaus, Salford

Willohaus, Salford

by | Sep 23, 2024

Willohaus Peru Street, Salford

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Completed in July 2026, Willohaus, the new build residential development delivers a total of 100 affordable and sustainable Passivhaus ‘Classic’ certified apartments on Peru Street in Salford. The part five, part six-storey building comprises a mix of one- and two-bedroom homes, including a proportion of accessible apartments at ground floor.

Willohaus is the second Passivhaus-certified residential scheme brought forward by the ECF in Salford, following the success  Greenhaus on Chapel Street, which completed in 2024. Salford housing association Salix Homes is the housing partner for Willohaus and owns and manages the new homes.

It marks the first completed residential development within Adelphi Village, part of the wider £2.5bn Crescent Salford masterplan.

Hannan Associates provided the role of Building Services Engineering Consultant on the design team, working in collaboration with the Passivhaus Designer to develop the most effective design Strategy. Our duties included:

o Utilities services coordination

o Technical review and development of MEP strategy options and plant space requirements to achieve Passivhaus Certification

o Provide MEP design input into the PHPP assessment

o Develop a spatially coordinated MEP design

o Building Regulations Part L Compliance Assessments

o Building Regulations Part O Limiting Overheating Analysis

o Ongoing site inspections & reporting during the construction period

o Witnessing of the tested & commissioned MEP installations

The primary focus for buildings designed to achieve Passivhaus standards is to employ passive design measures to drive down energy demand. Further to this, the MEP services design is optimised to reduce operational energy intensity associated with the fixed building services.

The result of which is to provide an enhanced and more comfortable internal environment for residents, but importantly can reduce energy bills by typically 60%, up to a possible 90%, which offers a significant benefit to the resident.

To achieve full certification; the design and construction of the buildings are independently tested and verified prior to occupation.

Hannan Associates worked alongside Chroma, Buttress Architects, Clancy Consulting, Max Fordham, Re-Form, CBRE, Atkins Realis and DFC, in conjunction with main contractor Eric Wright Construction and MEP Contractor Ameon Building Services.

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CLIENT : The English Cities Fund

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ARCHITECT : Buttress Architects

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CONTRACT DURATION: 2023 - 2026

Tom Cutt

Tom Cutt

Associate Mechanical Design Engineer

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +44(0)161 337 2200

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