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University of Reading - various departments
Fire Upgrade Project - commenced during 2007 and is ongoing
Steam Duct Project - commenced during 2006 and is ongoing
Project Management services
- As part of an ongoing programme of upgrade works, Provelio have been asked by the University to prepare a Feasibility Study to deliver a cost effective solution to address the University’s ongoing fire protection strategy. This initially involves the upgrading of fire detection systems in the following buildings:
- Marsden Shed
- Food Biosciences
- Chemistry
- Allen Laboratory
- Microbiology
- Park House Lodge
- URS
- Provelio employed a Qualitative Design Review process that included round table discussions between the Design Team, the University's Fire Safety Officer and the local authorities. Through an engineered approach the Project Team was able to reduce costs and improve the value of return against budget.
- This refined process will be applied to a second tranche of 12 buildings.
- The University of Reading has a series of underground ducts that serve as a passage for a number of services. The primary service is that of the steam main, essential for the provision of heat and hot water to a number of academic buildings.
- The ducts have a legacy of asbestos due to the period in which they were constructed and the University have been very active in clearing this risk.
- The project scope broadly involves the removal of asbestos, environmental cleans, re-insulation, planned and reactive mechanical works as well as civil, structural and gas remediation. The key issues for the team to consider in the planning phase of the project were:
- Undertaking work on an active campus.
- Co-ordinating the works with academic buildings dependent upon heat and steam during the summer vacation, when the steam is usually turned off.
- Selecting the right contractor who could meet the tight programme in a very busy period for the asbestos industry.
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