Freetrade Exchange

Freetrade Exchange

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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Prestwich Village

Prestwich Village

Prestwich  Village

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Hannan Associates are currently working to deliver a £100million regeneration scheme within Prestwich Town Centre. The scheme is being brought forward via a joint venture partnership formed between Muse & Bury Council.

Proposed works for the first phase of Prestwich Village include:

o A Community hub building with a library and community space

o Retail and leisure spaces

o New market hall

o Village square.

o Multi-storey mobility hub including 20% EVC provision

 

Our role includes the following:

o Assessing works associated with existing utilities networks to accommodate the new development proposals.

o Consultation regarding new utility supply requirements.

o Providing MEP design duties for each plot and the associated public realm.

o Assessing the anticipated building performance using operational energy modelling techniques.

o Undertaking the BREEAM assessments for the relevant plots.

Each of the plots have been designed to reduce operational energy and carbon emissions, employing a fossil fuel free all-electric strategy.

Passive measures have been prioritised to reduce energy demand, including enhanced fabric performance and air permeability, along with optimised glazing design.

Active measures have been taken to optimise the energy efficiency of fixed base build systems, i.e. Mechanical ventilation incorporating heat recovery, low flow sanitaryware, energy efficient LED lighting and controls systems.

Low & Zero Carbon Technologies have been incorporated where applicable in the form of high efficiency heat pumps to generate space heating, and allocation of dedicated zones at roof level for installation of a PV array.

Each of the schemes have been designed to achieve a minimum of BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating.

Proposed works for the second phase of the scheme includes 200 new homes, a mix of apartments and townhouses.

We are working alongside Jon Mathews Architects; Chroma Consulting; Planit, Civic Engineers; MAC Construction Consultants; Hoare Lea; Design Fire Consultants, & Asteer Planning on the design team.

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CLIENT : Muse & Bury Council

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ARCHITECT : Jon Matthews Architects

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PROJECT VALUE: £100M+

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CONTRACT DURATION: 2023 - ongoing

Stockport Exchange Redevelopment

Rochdale Riverside

Radcliffe Hub

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DWP Hub, Talbot Gateway Blackpool

DWP Hub, Talbot Gateway Blackpool

DWP Hub,
Talbot Gateway Blackpool

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Plans for this new 215,000 sq ft, £100m office development will form part of the third phase of the Talbot Gateway regeneration scheme in Blackpool, led by Muse.

When complete the seven storey office building will become home to over 3000 staff from the Department of Work and Pensions.

Hannan Associate’s duties have included:

  • Energy & Sustainability Statement
  • Net Zero Carbon in Operation Assessment incl. Operational Energy Modelling
  • BREEAM Assessor duties
  • Building Services Engineering Consultancy

The building has been designed to be ultra-low energy. Low-carbon heating and cooling to the office will be provided via air source heat pumps. Demand-driven ventilation will also be provided, helping improve indoor air quality while saving energy during periods of reduced occupancy.

The building has been designed to achieve a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating.

It reached its highest point in July 2024, making it the tallest office building in Blackpool.

We are working alongside Make Architects, RPS, Chroma, Arup on Muse’s design team.

The Talbot Gateway regeneration is transforming Blackpool town centre and will comprise of a new business district and civic quarter, grade A offices, retail space, event space and a new public transport interchange.

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CLIENT : Muse

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ARCHITECT : Make Architects

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CONTRACT DURATION: 2020 - ongoing

Blackpool Council Offices

Jamie Hall

Jamie Hall

Director

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

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Wirral Regeneration

Wirral Regeneration

Wirral Regeneration

PROJECT OVERVIEW

An innovative and ambitious masterplan for Birkenhead town centre being delivered by Wirral Growth Company – a joint venture between Muse and Wirral Council.

Our role on the project has included providing Infrastructure, MEP and BREEAM consultancy.

The first phase of work included the development of new public realm and two new grade A offices, totalling 150,000 sq ft, which handed over in October 2023.

During this phase, the project included the demolition of 27 retail units, for which we organised multiple complex infrastructure diversions of HV, LV, BT, Virgin, Drainage, Gas and Water services. We established the locations of existing services via searches, sub scan surveys and trial pits and engaged a specialist sub-contractor and the infrastructure companies to carry out disconnections and diversions.

The next phase of work in Birkenhead includes the construction of a new market hall, which will be home to independent retail, food and beverage stalls and accessible public realm.

This phase also includes the demolition of the House of Frazer department store and Hannan’s role has included organizing the survey and location of all existing services and the disconnection of the existing substation, gas, water and communications.

The design team includes AHR Architects, Curtin’s, Abacus, Gillespie’s and Vectos.

 

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CLIENT : Wirral Growth Company

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ARCHITECT : AHR Architects

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PROJECT VALUE : £1BN

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CONTRACT DURATION: 2017 - ongoing

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Ralli Quays, Salford

Ralli Quays, Salford

Ralli Quays, Salford

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Hannan Associates are part of Legal & General Investment Management’s team for the design of the Ralli Quays office and hotel scheme on the River Irwell in Salford.

The client is targeting net zero carbon via a combination of the UKGBC 2030 targets and carbon offset for both construction and operation, including a high NABERS Star Energy Rating.

The building is also targeting BREEAM excellent and EPC A.

Our role on the project includes:

  • Sustainability Consultancy Services
  • BREEAM Assessment  
  • MEP Design

Ralli Quays was one of only fourteen developments in the UK that pioneered the Better Buildings Partnership Design for Performance initiative.  The key objective of the Pilot Programme was to provide a strong evidence base for proceeding to a fully-fledged DfP Scheme.

As part of our package we are utilising complex thermal modelling software to accurately simulate HVAC plant and control networks for each building in order to ascertain the predicted in use operational energy consumptions for a variety of on-axis and off-axis scenarios. This is vital in providing a building-integrated approach where the HVAC systems and building are assessed as a whole all gains/losses, heat transfer and thermal mass in the building to be accounted for alongside system performance.

This allows us to address the performance gap that has been created by the out of date methodology to design buildings for compliance, as we can accurately assess the results of simulations and check against the latest Energy Performance Targets based on the Australian NABERS approach.

We are very pleased to join EPR Architects, DPP One, Turner & Townsend, Walker Sime, Clancy Consulting, Colliers on the project design team.

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CLIENT : Legal & General

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ARCHITECT : EPR Architects

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CONTRACT DURATION: October 2018 - ongoing

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