Battersea Place Lifecare, Luxury Retirement Village, London
Case Study – Market Street, Newcastle
Main Contractor – Watkin Jones
Design & Built Contract – Excelsior Services Student Accommodation Ltd
Project Value – £1.35M
Duration – 36 Weeks
Market Street is a student accommodation project in Newcastle.
The development consists of a single block containing 225 student bedrooms made up from a combination of cluster and studio rooms.
Domestic Water services are supplied from central plantroom which provides boosted cold water throughout and hot water generated by gas fired boilers and a CHP unit.
The heating is generated via a wall mounted electric panel heaters.
Mechanical Ventilation is provided via a combination of extract only, MVHR and purge vent.
Generally M&E services to the buildings include:
- Central BCW Plant
- MVHR Heat recovery ventilation systems
- Lighting and Controls
- Power
- Data
- BMS and Controls
- Metering to each cluster / studio
- Full access control / door entry system
- Lightning protection
- Smoke ventilation systems
- L1 fire alarm system
- External lighting scheme
- Security and CCTV system
