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

 

About This Project

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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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Four New Bailey, Salford Central

Four New Bailey, Salford Central

by | Jan 24, 2022

Four New Bailey, Salford Central

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Four New Bailey will be a 10-storey Grade A Office building providing 175,000 sqft office space and will be the new regional hub for telecommunications giant British Telecom (BT), who have signed a 20-year lease on the entire building.

The building currently under construction by Bowmer & Kirkland, features a distinctive metal diagrid lattice structure, which references the industrial and Victorian engineering heritage of the area, inclusive of the numerous bridges locally which span the River Irwell.

We have been appointed as MEP design consultants on the project and we are pleased to be working alongside Make Architects, Cundall, Chroma Consulting, Reform Landscape Architects and main contractor B&K.

The building has been designed in line with BCO guidance and is set to achieve both a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ and Wired Score ‘Platinum’ rating. Key to the project’s sustainability ambitions was an all-electric energy strategy.

As part of our appointment, we have undertaken BREEAM duties and developed the Part L model, inclusive of undertaking passive design analysis. We have worked in conjunction with the design team and tenant to ensure maximum flexibility for MEP services installations on the open plan office floor, while making sufficient provision within dedicated plant and distribution zones for tenant installed plant as part of the fit-out works.

The New Bailey development sits on the River Irwell in Salford and forms part of the English Cities Fund’s £1bn regeneration of Salford Central.

The English Cities Fund is a joint venture between Muse, Legal & General and Homes England.

About This Project

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CLIENT : The English Cities Fund

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ARCHITECT : Make Architects

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CONTRACT DURATION: 2019 - ongoing

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3 Arena Central, Birmingham

3 Arena Central, Birmingham

by | Nov 21, 2019

3 Arena Central, Birmingham

PROJECT OVERVIEW

3 Arena Central is a 240,000 sq ft, grade A office building currently under construction at Arena Central, Birmingham’s first speculative office scheme since the recession.

The UK Government has committed to take the full 3 Arena Central building, which will sit at the heart of the nine acre mixed use regeneration site. The new Grade A, 14 floor office building will be home to 3,500 civil servants across a number of government services, including the Midlands regional hub for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).

Having already worked on the neighbouring 1 Centenary Square, Hannan Associates provided Building Services Engineering, Site Infrastructure Services & BREEAM Assessment for the scheme delivered by ACDL, a joint venture led by Kier.

The MEP services installations were designed to meet the occupiers specific requirements, which provide energy efficient installations, an excellent working environment and comfort conditions for the occupants contributing towards a BREEAM Excellent rating for the building.

We played a key role in liaising with the occupier’s technical advisors in order to obtain their specific technical requirements and ensure successful delivery of the MEP services installations, which were agreed, costed and accommodated within the building design within a very short timescale.

We were very pleased to work alongside Make Architects, Gillespies Landscape Architects, Arcadis and WSP on the design team and main contractor Galliford Try.

The Arena Central masterplan will deliver 1.2 million sq ft of mixed-use development, alongside a unique public realm designed by Make Architects that features over 50 per cent soft landscaping at the heart of Birmingham city centre, designed to meet the city’s ever growing demand of office space and residential accommodation.

About This Project

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CLIENT : Arena Central Developments

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ARCHITECT : Make Architects

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CONTRACT DURATION: 2015 – 2020

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No. 11 York Street

No. 11 York Street

by | Apr 27, 2018

No. 11 York Street

 

PROJECT OVERVIEW

We worked with Kier Property and AHR Architects, for the redevelopment of 40 Fountain Street in Manchester City Centre. The new Grade A office building has been renamed as 11 York Street, and is designed to target the commercial, professional and financial services office sector.

Works comprise the demolition of an existing five-storey office building, and the construction of a new 79,000 sq ft, eight-storey building which incorporates double height main entrance lobby, private business lounge, 2nr ground floor retail units finished to shell specification and basement car parking.

The building has been designed to achieve BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating as measured under BREEAM 2011 New Construction criteria, also achieving an ‘A’ Rated EPC. The MEP services installations have been designed in accordance with BCO Recommendations to maximise the flexibility of the CAT A open plan office space and to facilitate the possible sub-division of the floor plates into two independent tenancy areas, on a floor-by-floor basis.

As Kier Property’s retained MEP Consultant, we reviewed construction information and visited site regularly to report quality of MEP services installations.

 

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CLIENT : Kier Property

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ARCHITECT : AHR Architects

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PROJECT VALUE : £13 million

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CONTRACT DURATION: 2012 - 2021

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No.2 New Bailey, Salford

No.2 New Bailey, Salford

by | Dec 15, 2017

No.2 New Bailey, Salford

PROJECT OVERVIEW

No. 2 New Bailey is the second new office building at Salford Central’s New Bailey development. This 188,500 sq ft office building is the first scheme designed by architects Alford Hall Monaghan Morris in Greater Manchester.

The 11-storey building includes CAT A open plan office across 10 floors, commercial unit space at ground floor, basement car parking, external roof terrace and a public square and is on target to achieve an A rated Energy Performance Certificate, a BREEAM Excellent rating along with a Wired Score rating of Platinum.

Hannan Associates provided Building Services Engineering Consultancy and BREEAM Assessment for the development.

Each floor is designed to be sub-divided into two separate tenancies, each area provided with a private external balcony. Simultaneous Variable Refrigerant Flow heating & cooling systems are provided to each tenancy, mechanical fresh air ventilation from roof mounted air handling plant incorporating heat recovery, which offers good flexibility and is easily adaptable to cope with sub-division and high occupant density.

The client’s design aspirations included exposed services with acoustic rafts to conceal the indoor VRF units and improve the acoustics of the open plan office space.

Eversheds Sutherland are taking approximately 50,000 sq ft across the part 8th, 9th and 10th floors with BLM LLP signed to occupy first to fourth floors .

The project is being backed by the English Cities Fund (tECF) – a joint venture between Muse, Legal and General and Homes England.

About This Project

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CLIENT : Muse & English Cities Fund

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ARCHITECT : Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

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PROJECT VALUE : £35 million

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CONTRACT DURATION: 2016 – 2020

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