Project News Archives

April 17, 2023 By Harriet Morphew

Uptime Institute Tier III Design Certification

Fantastic news that our team have achieved certification from the Uptime Institute for another data centre. This project has been awarded Tier III Certification for the Tier Certification Design Documents (TCDD).

Our team worked with all stakeholders during the TCDD process to present a comprehensive package to demonstrate Tier III compliance. This package is interrogated by Uptime Institute and certified to achieve this impressive award.

The location of this site in the Middle East added extra challenges for our specialist data centre team to engineer solutions to including extremely high ambient temperatures, dust laden environment in a tropical region and being close to the sea. These considerations were used to engineer a safe and reliable data centre that can perform under continuous full duty regardless of external conditions. Maintainability of all critical services were also designed to ensure no loss of service under failure or maintenance scenarios. To achieve concurrent maintainability, a combination of redundant services and dual feed equipment were used.

This data centre has now been awarded the Uptime Institute Design Certification foil. The project is now entering the next stage of Uptime Certification for Constructed Facility. This is the process of obtaining the foil for Certified Construction. The site is the second in a suite of facilities across the Middle East preparing to come online in 2023 that BSE3D have designed from conception.

If you would like to discuss your data centre requirements, please contact our data centre leads Graham Bowes or Philip Todd.

March 1, 2023 By Harriet Morphew

Chancery Lane Site Progress

What a difference a year makes! The images below show the on site progress of this Chancery Lane office. The first shows the office last year after strip out. The second shows the Cat A fit out office floor as we near this month’s practical completion and handover.

The office has gone from natural ventilation with floor standing fan coils, to full MVHR with ceiling recessed fan coil units all fully coordinated with the containment and recessed luminaires within a minimal ceiling void.

As is often the case when working within existing buildings, every week on this project has brought a new challenge as the job progressed. However, with good communication, coordination and teamwork across the whole project team, every challenge had a solution swiftly identified and implemented.

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February 27, 2023 By Harriet Morphew

Epping Wellness Centre Site Progress

Great to see how Epping Wellness Centre is progressing on site during a visit last week. BSE3D carried out the MEP design for this new sports and wellness centre in Epping. The project utilises air source heat pumps for comfort heating and cooling with MVHR in the gym and fitness suite. The sports hall will have underfloor heating and natural ventilation via wind turrets.

The challenge on this project during the design was having to design builders work hole locations early on in the project. As the structure is CLT (cross-laminated timber), the impact of the builders work holes has to be calculated before they are cut. This means the holes need to be agreed before the CLT panels are manufactured.

Photo from site of services coordination, using agreed builders work holes in the CLT structure.

Using Revit as a 3D modelling tool, the design was carefully coordinated with the structure to ensure all builders work holes were in the correct location. Additionally, there are material savings by accurately sizing and locating the holes for the services passing through them. Larger, rectangular holes for services that are not yet coordinated or considered require bigger beam sizes to compensate. Therefore more timber for the CLT structure is required as well as more fire stopping material after the services installation. The result of accurately sized holes is a more efficient use of materials, and therefore a more sustainable construction.

November 11, 2022 By Karen Womack

Wellcome Genome Campus

The Wellcome Genome Campus is home to two leading institutes as well as innovative genomics and biodata companies, scientific facilities, and a state of the art conference centre.

BSE 3D have been privileged to design a new facility to operate independently focusing on the principles to mitigate the impact we have on the planet by being sustainable as a high priority. The Campus has a mission to improve human health and wellbeing and BSE 3D put sustainability at the heart of our operations and reduce the demands we place upon natural resources.

BSE 3D attended site with the principle contractor, Wates this week to review the building services installation to the newly formed storage facility we have designed the building services for. Good progress has been made by Sotham’s Engineering Services and BJF for the mechanical and electrical services installations with the project nearing completion. The project saw a portion of an existing building on campus refurbished to become a new storage facility. Detailed coordination has been required between all parties through the project to strip out and introduce new services to the zone without effecting the service and functionality of the remainder of the building that sits outside of this project scope. Three new heat pumps have been provided by Mitsubishi Electric to provide domestic hot water and heating together with a full refurbishment and adaptation of existing air handling plant to afford the client both cost and programme savings with a completely new ductwork installation featuring high bay diffusers from Waterloo Air. In addition to new storage facilities, the project includes an office refurbishment, a new LV switchroom for the project featuring a smart new panel from ICW Powermode switchgear. A dedicated DESEAR store has also been provided.

July 30, 2020 By Karen Womack

Slatters Hotel Topping Out Ceremony

Philip Todd attends topping out ceremony with our collaborative partner, architects Guy Hollaway. The celebration was also attended by local council and business group representatives.

The Topping Out Ceremony, a time-honoured tradition signifying the successful completion of the structural phase of the construction, and typically involves the last beam being placed on the structure.

Slatters Hotel development is run by global chain Hampton and is located in the heart of the historic City of Canterbury. Even though construction was temporarily suspended due to lockdown, the hotel is set for opening in 2021.