We assisted client Relsa Properties Establishment and a project team including Emrys Architects, RLB and Civic Engineers with a successful planning application in early 2023, bringing a suite of our interdisciplinary engineering consultancy services to the project.

The building’s systems are being replaced with modern design strategies incorporating air source heat pump technology and demand control ventilation. Rooftop plant will be reconfigured and screened, opening up space for a new canteen and outdoor terraces. Other proposed services design includes air source heat pump generated hot water distribution, rainwater attenuation, sprinklers to all floors, smoke control systems, landlord and tenant generator back-up power supplies, Dali controlled lighting with suspended LED arrays in the office areas, L1 fire detection and alarm, energy metering system and a Building Management System (BMS).

Our Security Consultancy team have been involved with this project since Stage 1, allowing pre-design security and safety vulnerabilities to be identified so that appropriate solutions could be introduced into the pre-planning requirements. This included assessment to potential terrorism, protest, forced intrusion and other potential threats.

Ensuring the aesthetics of the original building are not interfered with, the team have been able to recommend solutions that will blend seamlessly with the environment and facade whilst also providing a tested and certified scheme to reduce risk for client, tenants, staff and visitors.

One of our proposed service solutions is to utilise modern Artus fan coil units, with integrated lighting, whilst exposing the structure of the building to complement the architectural vision of the internal spaces.

We have been appointed to carry out a Life Cycle Assessment to provide recommendations to reduce the project’s embodied carbon and to achieve credits under BREEAM UK Refurbishment and Fit-out (RFO) 2014 Mat 01. The building is also targeting WELL Enabled Platinum.

We have also been developing a set of low carbon and cost-effective recommendations to reduce the embodied carbon footprint over the life cycle of the development (60 years).