The new installations will also be fitted with a new BMS system, which will enable remote monitoring of the systems and facilitate rapid response to any system faults.
Mobilising at short notice Invicta welcome this opportunity to work with Southwark Council yet again to assist with the Council’s modernisation programme and supporting the Government’s promotion of district heating to help tackle climate change and reduce fuel poverty.
Soane and Leysdown Houses were a pair of plant rooms refurbished by Invicta in 2017 on behalf of Southwark Council. The works involved the decommissioning and strip out of plant and existing services, whilst maintaining hot water and heating services to the blocks via temporary plant.
Soane House
Soane House plant room comprises of 2 x new Remeha sectional units powered by Weishaupt burners.
The basement level plant room was stripped of existing equipment and services maintained via the use of temporary plant.
New summer and winter pumps were fitted onto a communal set of flow and return pipework as well both boilers fed from a suitably sized incoming gas header.
The plant room was linked in to Southwark Council’s existing BMS system with adaptions to include for new flue sensors, pressure differential sensors, temporary & pressure monitoring as well as gas fault detection.
The existing GMI fire safety panel has been interlocked so as to give adequate fire safety.
The plant room was completed in 5 months including strip out of existing kit, new fit out, commission and handover.
Leysdown House
Leysdown House plant room comprises 5 x Remeha Quinta 90 boilers in a cascade assembly with individual room sealed flues to atmosphere.
The boilers share a common flow, return and gas header run into a design sized plate heat exchanger with a backup unit supplied.
The plant room benefits from individual plate heat exchanger pump sets fitted on purpose built inertia bases as well as summer and winter pumps respectively.
The plant room itself is controlled via a Trend BMS system linked into all plant, gas system and fire detection GEM system for added safety.
The entire system is linked back remotely to Southwark Councils head end for ease of remote monitoring a fault detection in the future.
The works on the roof top plant room were completed in 5 months from start to finish including removal of existing plant room, scaffold and hoist works, asbestos removal, new install, commission and handover.
