Project Overview
Dalkia was engaged to deliver the full mechanical and electrical services to the building.
Education
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is a state-of-the-art music and teaching venue consisting of 9,500m² of teaching spaces, performance venues, workshops and recording studios.
In July 2023, the Imtech group company rebranded to Dalkia.
Sector
Education
Services
Engineering
Project Value
£10.7m M&E
Partners Contractors
Galliford Try
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Approach
In the early stages of this project, our team worked closely with client Galliford Try to develop the fully integrated programme and review the buildability strategy. This included maximising the opportunities for off-site manufacture, along with ensuring the construction programme was adapted to accommodate the pre-fabricated packages. For example, the concrete roof slab sequence was modified to enable prefabricated risers to be lowered down through the building and construction was phased to allow prefabricated skids to be installed in the plantroom. The nature of the building also presented some challenging design requirements in terms of the humidity levels and acoustic requirements.
Results
The project was successfully delivered on time and budget with innovative solutions created to the challenges presented by this unique project. Key to the project success was ensuring that the design of the ventilation systems achieved the critical temperature and humidity levels required, achieved by taking a full dynamic thermal model of every room. We also delivered the project meeting the acoustic performance considerations of the building, the noise criteria in a number of areas was as low as PNC15, which required extreme care and consideration in the design and construction of the MEP services.
