A major contract for a huge new harbourside development in Bristol has been awarded to a Birmingham-based mechanical and electrical building services firm.
J S Wright, which has its headquarters on Portland Street in Aston, secured the £3.5m-plus contract for McArthur’s Yard in the South West city.
It will design and build the mechanical services for 142 flats on the “long-derelict” site at McArthur's Yard on Gas Ferry Road in Bristol's historic dockside area.
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The £36m project led by housebuilder Hill in association with housing provider The Guinness Partnership will deliver a mix of one-to-three-bedroom homes for market sale, shared ownership and social rent, as well as ground-floor commercial space.
J S Wright's contract will involve designing and installing an energy centre with associated pipework to distribute low-temperature hot water heating to radiators in each apartment via direct single plate heat interface units (HIUs).
The company will also install a boosted cold-water system for the domestic hot and cold-water supply; energy efficient mechanical ventilation heat recovery systems; smoke ventilation; dry risers; and water sprinklers within residential areas.
It will also supply and install the sanitaryware for each apartment; an internal rainwater system; and above-ground drainage.
The brief will also involve providing a building management system (BMS) incorporating a prepayment billing system for monitoring each apartment's energy use.
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J S Wright is due to start on site this month, it said, with completion of the contracted work scheduled for May 2023.
Phil Leech, managing director of J S Wright, said: "We are thrilled that the successful relationship we have built up with such a major housebuilder in equipping its many developments across London has been extended to Bristol.
"We now look forward to employing our specialist M&E expertise in helping to bring new much-needed high-quality energy efficient affordable homes to one of the few remaining brownfield areas of the city."
Established in Birmingham in 1890, J S Wright designs, manufactures, installs and maintains mechanical and electrical services for the hotel, residential, social housing, student accommodation, leisure and commercial sectors.
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