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News Release from: Spirax Sarco | Subject: Engineered heating and water systems
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 25 January 2002
Heating and water system single-sourcing
cuts risk
The new systems for supplying the heating and domestic hot water for Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine's new Flowers Building in London were provided as a turnkey project
Two Engineered Systems from Spirax Sarco are supplying the heating and domestic hot water for Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine's new Flowers Building in London In a turnkey project, Spirax Sarco had full responsibility for the design, installation and commissioning of the two Engineered Systems
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 26 Oct 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We gave Spirax Sarco the complete project for the comfort of knowing we would get an installation guaranteed to work," explains Mr John Grant, Project Lead Engineer for consultant WSP Laboratories.
Unlike traditional plantroom equipment that is assembled on site from different manufacturers' components, each Engineered System is factory-assembled and tested before delivery.
This eliminates the risk of extra costs and delays to correct problems arising during installation.
The Engineered Systems, each rated at 1MW and using site steam at 7 bar g, are installed in the building's 7th floor.
The units were fitted and commissioned in less than a week.
"Before deciding to use the packaged systems, we calculated that a traditional plantroom would have needed about three weeks to install all the components," says Grant.
"The time-saving meant we were able to get heat into the building before a scheduled partial handover of some areas.
"This has been my first foray into using Engineered Systems from Spirax Sarco.
But I would have no hesitation in using them again." Completed during summer 2001, the Flowers Building, named after a previous rector of Imperial College, is an eight-storey centre for multi-disciplinary research that was built at a cost of ?17 million.
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