Cumbria County Council Offices

Cumbria County Council Offices

Cumbria County Council Offices

PROJECT OVERVIEW

This £10.4m office building in Carlisle, is the new headquarter offices for Cumbria County Council, and will form an essential component in the council’s transformation.

The aspiration of the Council was to occupy a building which is sustainable, and integrates passive design, low energy technologies and reduced maintenance requirements. In response the primary focus of the design of the building, and the associated MEP services installations was to maximise natural ventilation, natural day lighting, minimise heat gains within the building and incorporate renewable and low energy technologies in order to reduce energy consumption and the associated production of carbon dioxide.

The building services installations contribute to the overall sustainability of the building by incorporating renewable, low energy systems and sustainable technologies such as;
• Natural/Mixed Mode Ventilation
• Variable Refrigerant Flow simultaneous sheeting & cooling systems to cellular spaces
• Free cooling using outside air
• Night time cooling
• LED lighting technology
• Rainwater harvesting to serve flushing cisterns
• Roof mounted photovoltaics

The mechanical and electrical services are designed to maximise flexibility of the open plan office space and to facilitate the possible future sub division of the office area.

About This Project

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CLIENT : Cumbria County Council & Eric Wright Construction

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ARCHITECT : AHR Architects

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PROJECT VALUE : £10.4 million

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CONTRACT DURATION: June 2014 - September 2016

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CRMZ Youth Mega Club, Widnes

CRMZ Youth Mega Club, Widnes

CRMZ Youth Mega Club, Widnes

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Hannan Associates were employed to undertake the M&E Design for the refurbishment of the Art Deco, Grade II listed Kingsway Health Centre. The former Kingsway Health Centre underwent a significant refurbishment programme to create an environment that young people want to visit and can participate in activities. The facility has been designed to promote volunteering, education, employment and training and ‘good teen health’.

A new multifunction hall has been built including a recording studio, radio room and control facilities for the audio and visual equipment. The new hall has multi function use for communal classes and live performances. The new function hall is naturally ventilated by the automatic operation of ‘Monodraught’ towers and opening windows.

The building has external solar shading to minimise solar gains during the summer months to the south façade and the structure is of medium weight construction to help reduce peak temperatures within the hall. The intention of the ventilation strategy in the new main hall is to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions.

About This Project

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CLIENT : Halton Borough Council

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ARCHITECT : Austin-Smith Lord

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PROJECT VALUE : £2.6 million

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CONTRACT DURATION: March 2009 – February 2011

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Conwy Council Offices, Colway Bay

Conwy Council Offices, Colway Bay

Coed Pella, Colwyn Bay

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Hannan Associates are very pleased to have been part of the team who delivered Conwy County Borough Council’s new 100,000 sq ft Civic Offices in Colwyn Bay Town Centre after Muse Developments were chosen as the preferred development partner for the scheme during 2015.

The four storey, 100,000 sq ft office building has enabled the council to operate more efficiently and improve services for customers by consolidating staff and services into fewer sites.

The new building is BREEAM 2014 Excellent with an A rated Energy Performance Certificate. Passive design measures to reduce carbon emissions and energy consumption include enhanced insulation to the building envelope and engineered facade design.

The glazed proportion of the building façade and the central atrium maximizes natural daylight to offset the demand for lighting whilst at the same time high performance glazing minimizes thermal losses. To further reduce carbon emissions and energy consumption, the building’s heating and cooling is produced via air source heat pumps, highly efficient LED lighting and roof mounted photovoltaic arrays.

The project won the ‘Regeneration’ category and was also shortlisted for the ‘Design Through Innovation’ category at the RICS Awards 2019, Wales. It has also won the ‘Best Large Commercial Project’ award at the North Wales LABC Building Excellence Awards 2019. It was shortlisted for a BCO Northern Award 2019 in the ‘Corporate Workplace’ category and an Insider Property Awards 2019 Wales for ‘Development of the Year’.

 

Coed Pella Takes the ‘Regeneration’ Prize

Coed Pella shortlisted at the RICS Awards 2019, Wales

Conwy Council Offices Complete!

About This Project

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CLIENT : Muse Developments

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ARCHITECT : AHR Architects

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PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR: Bowmer & Kirkland

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PROJECT VALUE : £36 million

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CONTRACT DURATION: October 2015 – November 2018

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City Place, Chester

City Place, Chester

City Place, Chester

PROJECT OVERVIEW

We are working with Muse Development and Aedas RHWLArchitects on the development plans for the transformation of the area aroundChester railway station.

We are currently involved with Phase 1 of the development which includes the first office building,One City Place. Completed in February 2016 this £20M office development is 70,000 sq ft with six-stories.

We are also providing site wide appraisal of the utilities, diversions & development loads, developing a design and procurement strategy and a Sitewide lighting Strategy.

The masterplan designed by RHWL Architects has the capacity to deliver 500,000 sq ft of prime office space, 200 residential units, restaurants, leisure facilities, car parking and new public spaces including enhancements to the area surrounding the Shropshire Union Canal, which runs through the site. It is hoped that these proposed plans have the potential to transform this underused site into a thriving business district, helping to boost economic growth in Chester.

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CLIENT : Muse Developments

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ARCHITECT : Aedas RHWL Architects

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PROJECT VALUE : £120 million

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CONTRACT DURATION: August 2012 –February 2016

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Brunel University Framework, London

Brunel University Framework, London

Brunel University Framework, London

PROJECT OVERVIEW

This £100m framework master plan included the appraisal, upgrading and enhancement of the campus utilities, security and IT infrastructure, to improve reliability and enable the new development on the site, as well as the formation of a statement gateway to access the site. The project included the evaluation of a range of sustainability measures; including biomass fuelled heating, micro CHP and Solar heating, and the replacement of the campus central heating system which provides heat to all buildings on the campus.

A new indoor 130m running track with support conditioning/science facilities and a new netball hall was created.Hannans designed the M&E Services so that both buildings were naturally ventilated. We also created building models to maximise the use of natural daylight in the buildings. Alongside the new indoor athletics centre development, the existing sports centre was refurbished and upgraded for student and community use.

Existing laboratory and workshops were converted to IT workshops and support areas, together with the alteration and refurbishment of the Engineering Complex to provide a range of facilities for departments being relocated from another campus. These included laboratory facilities, engineering workshops, display spaces, IT workshop and storage facilities.

Other works included the installation of an 80kw combined heat and power unit for experimental purposes, scenic passenger lifts, audio visual facilities, interactive study space, and the refurbishment of the front of house areas incorporating internet café at the central lecture hall.

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CLIENT : Brunel University

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ARCHITECT : Various

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PROJECT VALUE : £100 million +

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CONTRACT DURATION: December 2002 – January 2009

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