Logistic North, Project Genesis
Description: Shell & Core/Fitout of a Specialist Manufacturing Facility
Contract Type: JCT Design and Build
Main Contractor: Conamar Building Services
Contract Value: £5m Electrical
Date: 2014 to 2016
W. Portsmouth were appointed on this Design and Build Project in 2014 and have been working closely with the Client and their design team to provide a high end solution to this specialist Manufacturing Facility.
The outline Brief from the Client was to relocate their existing facility to a new premises, which would allow them greater efficiency over a reduced footprint with the Sustainability benefits of updated plant and equipment providing significant Utility savings, reduced energy consumption and reduced C02 emissions. The Design Team were tasked with achieving a Breeam Target of ‘Very Good’ and W. Portsmouth were able Design the Electrical Services to meet this criteria and to submit evidence a help achieve the target.
The Construction Work started on site in January 2014 with a Shell and Core package involving W. Portsmouth supplying the following Electrical Services;
- HV Cabling from the Landlords Substation
- Provision of a HV Switchboard with Dual HV Supplies and 2 x 1.5 MVA ECO Transformers
- 2000A Rated Form 4, Type 6 LV Switchboard
- LV and ELV Containment Systems
- Submains Supplies to Local Distribution Systems, Plantrooms and Mechanical Plant
- External LED Lighting Columns for the roadway and carparks
- Lightning Protection Systems
Work commenced on the Fitout package in November 2015 and W. Portsmouth provided a fully Co-ordinated set Construction drawings, Technical Submittals and Installation data for the site team to commence. The project consisted of the following services;
- 800A Busbar Systems
- 75kWP of Photovoltaic Array
- Switchboard Expansion, additional Submains and Distribution
- Additional LV and ELV Containment Systems
- General Small Power
- Highly efficient LED Luminaires
- Intelligent Lighting Control Systems
- Category L1 - Fire Detection and Alarms
- CPNI Compliant Security Systems (CCTV, Intruder Detection, Access Control and Intercom Systems)
- Pedestrian Gates and Entrance Turnstiles
- HVI Bonded Lightning Protection Systems
- Centralised UPS and Back-up Generator Systems (100kVA)
We were able to provide end user training to the client’s in-house Maintenance Staff and Security Teams to help familiarise themselves with the new environment.