Case Studies
Outstanding projects highlighting services design and operation
Film noir: Avoiding sky glow in the South Downs
Lights, curtain calls and lofty ambitions were thrown into the spotlight when an old brewery was converted into a cinema in Sussex– but awards soon…
September 2017
Greenwich hotel opens door to district heating
The InterContinental Hotel at the O2 was linked to the local heat network after designers convinced the developer of its resilience. Phil Lattimore describes Aecom’s…
September 2017
Art of restoration: The Mackintosh Building
Timber-lined ventilation ducts helped spread the fire that destroyed large parts of Glasgow’s Mackintosh Building – but those very same ducts have been given a…
August 2017
Winning formula: Net zero carbon office for DPR Construction in San Francisco
DPR Construction was adamant that the refurbishment of its 50-year-old, industrial-style San Francisco office had to achieve net-positive energy status. Andy Pearson explains how Elementa…
July 2017
Efficiency drive – Jaguar Land Rover’s new engine factory
Jaguar Land Rover’s new engine-manufacturing facility won Project of the Year: Commercial/Industrial at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2017. Andy Pearson explains why it deserves…
May 2017
Stretching Forth – Prefabricating services on Scotland’s new landmark bridge
Without BIM and prefabrication the services on Scotland's new Queensferry Crossing would have been costlier and more dangerous to install. Andy Wall, managing director of…
May 2017
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