Elmore Abbey is a listed Grade 2 building occupied by Benedictine Monks.
When problems occurred with the performance of the heating system within the Church, RSA were commissioned to investigate the system and put forward an engineering solution to the problem. Successful remedial works were undertaken to the existing heating installation.
RSA were further commissioned for mechanical and electrical building services consultancy work in connection with the extension of the Abbey in January 2000 to include a new refectory and associated infrastructure site works. The infrastructure works included the establishment of a new central gas fired low pressure hot water boiler plant with primary connections to secondary pumping stations which superseded remote independent oil fired boiler plants.
The planning requirement for the site necessitated the new central boiler house having minimum noise levels conducive to religious buildings. The design solution successfully met the brief by incorporating modular sequenced controlled atmospheric gas fired boilers within a building that reflected the nature of the site.
For economic reasons RSA designed the hydraulics of the new heating system to retain as much as possible of the original individual heating distribution system. The solution was achieved by replacing remote boiler plants with secondary pumping stations linked to the central boiler house by means of primary heating circuits.
This arrangement enabled the use of existing heating pumps reconfigured with the new system. The complete system was converted to a sealed pressurised installation within the central boiler house thus avoiding the linking of overhead pipework to the redundant feed and expansion tanks. The project required the establishment of new gas and water supplies together with alterations and diversions to site sewage, electricity, IT services and replacement of cold water storage to comply with Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999.
New works associated with the Refectory included underfloor heating, domestic hot, cold and drinking water services for the kitchen, wash-up and serveries. Electrical engineering services included new decorative and service lighting, small power, fire protection, PA system and lightning protection. New automatic controls were incorporated to provide energy efficiency by means of outside compensation, time clock switching and alarms.
Start Date: September 2000 Completion Date: June 2001
Contract Value: £ 550,000
Robert Somerville Associates
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