Ground Floor: 700sqm
First Floor: 450sqm
Concept Design Commenced: February 2016
Start on Site: April 2015
Handover: Sept 2016
The contract Value of the building works excluding equipment was £4.5m
Project
The project was a new Build facility that achieved Zero Carbo, the building was timber frame with CLT Floor panels and Hemcrete Roof & Wall Panels. The facility incorporates a Rehau tube system installed below ground to pre-temper air prior to use, Photovoltaic Cells on the roof in addition to LED Lighting as well as internal finishes with low embodied carbon.
Scope of Services
Simons Design provided a multi-disciplinary design team comprising of, architectural design services M&E, Structural and Low Carb Carbon Consultancy to develop Concept, Scheme and Detail Design proposals and provided technical support throughout the pre-construction and construction phases, to handover.
The design proposals were developed in BIM to enable detailed coordination of the facility and services installation and enable carbon within the construction to be calculated.