St Mary Redcliffe Project 450 RIBA 2 Stage End Report

4.2 MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL SERVICES AND SUSTAINABILITY
1 Introduction and Project Brief
1.1 Project Design Risks
The Parochial Church Council of St Mary Redcliffe have appointed a design team to develop a proposal for planning for
new visitor welcome and events spaces for the church comprising of a mixture of refurbished and new-build spaces.
This will include a new-build events space, kitchen, café space, gallery and exhibition spaces and supporting back of
house areas.
The primary objective of this report is to present the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering options that have been
discussed and agreed throughout stage 2. It will also ensure that the Client and all members of the project team are fully
aware of the nature and implications of the building engineering design proposals prior to commencing the production
of further design documentation.
The deliverable for this stage of the site’s development is the production of this stage 2 report and accompanying
sketches.
The following have been identified as design risks at stage 2 that need to be resolved or confirmed at the beginning of
stage 3:
1. External plant space is not fully identified and coordinated at this stage.
2. Options have been proposed for the heating, ventilation and air conditioning of the events space. These are to
be agreed in stage 3.
3. Natural ventilation solutions are proposed for a number of locations. Modelling is required at stage 3 to assess
the usage limitations imposed by this as a servicing strategy. Mechanical solutions have been investigated but
not taken forward due to the impact on the architecture.
4. Current architectural proposals require the existing plant room height to be reduced. It may be possible to have
this raised in local areas or it may require services diversions to accommodate and will need to be further
surveyed.
The report summarises QODA’s strategy options that have been formulated based on the initial meetings held to develop
and clarify the brief.
Figure 1 – Proposed model – Option 1
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