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Under a contract to supply energy efficient car park venting solutions, Fläkt Woods is working beneath one of the most iconic and striking buildings at the heart of Glasgow’s central business district, at 110 St Vincent Street.
Designed in 1925 by James Miller, with Grade A listing, the façade of 110 St Vincent Street and the superb ground floor banking hall have both been retained under a £20 million contract. Work will transform the building into a dramatic setting for the new fully open plan office of up to 94,020 sq ft on floor plates averaging 12,000 sq ft with a new fully glazed terrace floor at the roof level.
Within the enclosed basement area Flakt Woods is providing a complete turnkey contract for ventilation of the 25 space car park. The package includes 4 specialist Jet Thrust fans and 2 high temperature JM high pressure 2 stage extract fans of 710mm diameter with attenuators. Make up air to the space is provided via a supply fan of 1120mm diameter.
The Company is also installing the control panel, which activates and adjusts fan speeds according to the CO levels detected within a period of time. The system will respond to fire or smoke detection with an emergency smoke clearance mode. It is designed for optimum management of the system with "on demand" control for individual fans and dampers. Controlling fan activation and fan speeds in this way means substantial amounts of energy and unnecessary wear and tear can be saved.
Work on the building includes infilling the light well above the banking floor to create new open plan office space on seven levels. The refurbishment also requires major structural alterations to form the new floor plates
and complete renewal of building services and internal finishes to meet institutional standards.
Working to a very demanding project programme, Flakt Woods are expecting to have completed design, manufacture, supply and installation of the Car Park project within a 12 week window. The project has an anticipated practical completion date of April 2007.
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