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SES Race Ahead

A SES Shepherd Engineering Services product story

Edited by the Buildingtalk editorial team Oct 10, 2003

SES has completed, in seven weeks, Phase One of its two-phase £2.1m building services contract for a new 13000m2 automotive interior manufacturing facility at Highway Point, Coleshill.

SES was contracted in May this year to undertake the design and installation of all the mechanical and electrical (M and E) services for the fast track project due to finish in November 2003.

The completion of Phase One is even more significant as 90% of the M and E installation process for the project was conducted at heights of 6.5m and above.

SES employed innovative timesaving methods to meet the short-term programme in the form of ABS and Aquatherm pipe work for the chilled and domestic pipework systems.

Electrically, a pioneering lighting Busbar complemented this, along with the use of a 3000 Amp Power Distribution Busbar that was directly linked to a package Sub-station.

This replaced the need of conventional LV Switch Panels and SWA Cable Distribution system.

Phase Two of the works consist of major plant and services set on gantries or suspended from the buildings steelwork comprising air handling units, electrical substations, compressed air, treated water, polymer distribution pipework, water booster pumps, water tanks, lighting and fire alarm systems.

David Mason, SES Regional Director Midlands, commented: "This project is key to the clients requirements to improve their production at this new facility.

Our ability to work to very tight time schedules, whilst delivering a quality M and E design and installation service, has been very rewarding for us.

We are now negotiating the next phase and this is testimony to our belief in focusing on customer needs and maintaining long-term relationships." Plant production equipment from an existing site has already been situated in the new facility and whilst the second stage is under installation Phase One of the project will be kept fully operational for the client.

Hemel Hempstead-based Trak Construction is the main contractor for the £4 million project.