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Big Foot support for acoustic screening

24/7/2019

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Big Foot Systems has supplied custom support for acoustic screening on the rooftop of a mixed-use development of luxury flats, offices and retail outlets at Hatton Wall in Holborn, London.

The screening surrounds a group of condensers and associated plant on a PVC membrane and green roof which blocks plant noise from the surrounding private homes.

ECEX supports Tate Modern extension

8/1/2019

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ECEX has installed an elevated steel support gantry and associated screening louvres at Tate Modern’s award-winning 2016 extension, the Blavatnik Building, in London.

The gantry supports three new 3,600kg dry coolers installed by ECEX customer SPIE Building Services.

Slater launches HVAC Communications

10/10/2018

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Andrew Slater

Andrew Slater has left LG Electronics and launched specialist services company HVAC Communications.

After serving the HVAC and building services industries for 18 years, most recently as LG's senior engineering manager for the UK, Ireland and Nordic Regions, he now aims to focus his high level technical knowledge and industry insight on providing manufacturers with specialised technical support through his new business.

Pump House at Chillventa

3/9/2018

Pump House will be exhibiting at Chillventa 2018 in Nuremberg next month as it looks to expand its European distribution platform.

As a leading manufacturer and supplier of HVAC products to the air conditioning, refrigeration, heat pump and heating sectors, Pump House has more than 4,500 products in stock and is supported by parent company DiversiTech's global manufacturing base.

Pump House support for school

19/7/2018

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Pump House has supplied all rooftop building services support frameworks for the major refurbishment of a school in Swansea.

Bridgend-based contractor J. W. Morris was appointed to carry out the work at Pentrehafod School and chose Pump House Flexi equipment to support air handling units and VRF condensers.

Rooftop solution from Big Foot Systems

11/6/2018

Big Foot Systems has supplied rooftop plant support on a new commercial office building near King's Cross station in central London.

The split-level project used a range of non-penetrative frames including Custom Safe Access systems, Bespoke Frames, Custom HD Frames, HD Cubes and Custom HD Supports to provide safe access and support air handling units, chillers and high level pipes.

Big Foot supports wind farm project

22/5/2018

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Big Foot Systems has supplied rooftop chiller plant and ductwork support, safe access and high level maintenance platforms to a £25 million project to construct a high voltage onshore substation as part of the new Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm.

The new substation is near Immingham, North East Lincolnshire, and has been constructed for Ørsted A/S, with Balfour Beatty the principal contractor on the project. The wind farm will provide enough electricity to power more than 800,000 UK homes.

Big Foot support for hospital chiller

23/4/2018

Big Foot Systems has supplied a custom plant deck to support a chiller on the roof of Manchester Royal Infirmary.

Big Foot Technical worked with the contractors to design a solution that allowed the chiller to sit above existing pipework whilst allowing it to remain accessible for maintenance.

Big Foot supports shopping centre redevelopment

7/2/2018

Big Foot Systems has supplied HD Beams, Custom Steels and Custom HD Frames as part of a £40 million redevelopment of a shopping centre. Originally constructed in the late 1960s, the centre required a refurbishment to be able to compete with other local retail complexes, including new HVAC plant.

With retail space at a premium, new locations were needed for the chiller plant with the rooftop an obvious choice. Meanwhile, the existing AHUs also needed to be replaced and relocated. The original AHUs were on plinths constructed when the shopping centre was built, but since the new AHUs were larger, the existing plinths could not be used without structural alteration.

Big Foot Systems keeping rooftop plant secure

29/1/2018

Big Foot Systems has supplied Custom Frame non-penetrative systems to support and secure rooftop AHU plant at a new £11.3 million leisure centre.

Sam Birch from Big Foot Systems said: “Although the plant was part sunken in a plant well, the exposed nature of the site meant that swirling winds were quite high at roof level. The Big Foot project manager surveyed the site and our technical team worked with the contractor to make sure the plant was safely supported on the single ply roof.”

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