Emerson Studios Southwark will be a temporary drama studio for the Royal School of Speech and Drama. The studio premises will be used during the construction of new buildings on the schools main campus. Two open plan office spaces in the basement and ground floors have been changed into studios for training actors. The ground floor space will be used as a small scale theatre with lighting and sound. The basement contains several small studios each with accoustic treatment. Both floors required mechanical ventilation because of the number of students using the space at once. The space will have an industrial look with exposed trunking and ductwork.
Category: Education
The Place – Dance Studios
The Place is the UK’s premiere centre for contemporary dance. The Place building is in two halves, the front half is a listed drill hall containing a theatre and a restaurant, the rear half is a modern building containing several dance studios.
The project involved replacing the boilers, heavily modifying the heating systems, and replacing the theatre ventilation system. The changes to the heating were very extensive including zoning the building to help to reduce the running costs which involved running new mains and risers through the building to separate constant temperature pipework which feeds fan convectors and air handling plant from variable temperature pipework which feeds radiators. The changes together with the modifications to the Building Management System will optimise the efficiency of the new condensing boilers.
The other major change was to the ventilation of the theatre. The old plant was very noisy and inefficient, it was replaced by new variable speed plant which provides just the amount of fresh air required based on the CO₂ produced by the occupants of the Theatre, this keeps the running cost and noise to a minimum. The running costs of the buildings have been dramatically reduced and the comfort has been maintained and even improved in some places.
Bedford Modern School – Swimming Pool
Bedford Modern School is a large public school run by the Harpur Trust in Bedford.Bedford Modern School swimming pool was originally built in the 1920s and refurbished in the 1980s. The old boilers and ventilation plant were worn out and needed to be replaced. The project included two new air handling units, three new boilers and a control panel including BMS system. The project was carried out in several separate phases in order that the disruption to the pool was kept to a minimum.
The air handling units include heat recovery and inverter controlled fans in an effort to reduce the running costs and to keep the pool hall comfortable. The latest phase of the pool plant replacement include changing the heating in the sports field changing rooms, and replacement of the large main swimming pool circulation pumps.
The modifications to the plant has brought considerable running cost savings and should save money for many years to come. 
The school is also modernizing its hot water system, the elderly and inefficient hot water distribution system is being replaced by local electric water heaters to reduce running costs.
Solihull School, Music School
The David Turnbull Music School is a new purpose built music department for Solihull School. It comprises a large recital room, an ensemble room, ten practice rooms, two classrooms,
tuition rooms, a recording studio, keyboard laboratory, percussion room, rock room, staff room and office arranged around an ‘indoor street’. We designed the mechanical services including underfloor heating, mechanical ventilation, water services and above ground drainage.
Open University Bristol
Complete air-conditioning design for ground floor of the Open University’s South West Regional Centre in Bristol. The building was occupied throughout. The offices use heat recovery ventilation units concealed in the office ceiling void.
The Open University, Perry Building, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes
Complete air-conditioning and ventilation design for the Perry Building, a large refurbishment project to convert the original OU/BBC production centre to office accommodation and laboratory facilities. Design of services for the new laboratories included laboratory gas supplies and vacuum and compressed air.
The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes. DDA Project.
Mechanical and electrical designs for major modifications to Walton Hall Campus buildings as part of compliance with DDA requirements, including the construction of new lift shafts and disabled toilet facilities.
Wellingborough School
We have assisted Wellingborough School on many projects over the years. These include designs for the provision 
of a new gas ring main, major modifications to the services in the laboratory block, total mechanical and electrical design for the construction of the new Junior School building and many more projects.
Edwinstree Middle School, Buntingford
A major extension for Edwinstree Middle School in Buntingford, Hertfordshire. We designed all the services for this project and supervised the installation on behalf of Hertfordshire Council. A simple and effective scheme created a pleasant teaching and learning environment.