Project Sector: Residential
Light Box, Media City.
Salford, Manchester
Two new build residential blocks of 19 stories each with a total of 476 apartments located at the entrance of Media City UK.
Project Team
- Main contractor: Buoygues
- MEP contractor: Lorne Stewart
Project Value
- MEP value: £13.0M
Project Services
- Above Ground Drainage
- Domestic Hot and Cold Water
- District Heating / HIUs
- Heat Recovery Ventilation
- Containment
- Power and Data
- Access Control
- Lighting
The existing district heating system was extended to each block to serve the apartments heat interface units (HIU’s) via plate heat exchangers. The Project was undertaken using Building Information Modelling (BIM) software and proved successful for early waring clash detection between services and the structure.