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HBa Consulting Engineers Ltd Newhall Court, 47 George Street, Birmingham West Midlands, B3 1QA Tel: 0121 212 2270 Issue #001: October - December 2013 Welcome to the first of many newsletters from H B a ! It’s coming to the end of a very busy year for us – here are some of the things we’ve been up to… Stoke & Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Services Working with leading construction, services and property group Kier, HBa have been appointed as consulting engineers for the mechanical and electrical engineering services for the eleven new community fire stations to be built across Staffordshire over the next couple of years. These new fire stations constitute the second phase to an innovative project to provide Staffordshire with state-of-the-art fire stations. Along with the implementation of modern operational facilities, the project also has a community focused aspiration with the hope to benefit local people, with proposals for the facilities and space to be used for community safety activities, such as student firefighter courses. The government’s Private Funding Initiative contributed £45m in funding for phase one of the scheme, which saw seven stations within Staffordshire replaced, as well as developing three new stations between October 2009 and September 2011. Phase two is to see a further ten fire stations rebuilt, as well as a brand new station at Loggerheads to replace the 45-year-old station at Ashley. Work for the first station at Chase Terrace is due for completing in summer 2014, with the rest of the stations following suite over the following two years. This has been a massive project for HBa; one for which we are particularly eager to see the end results – if you’re ever in Staffordshire make sure you keep an eye out for one of these stations! In this issue: South Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Brooksby Melton College Glasshouse Development South Staffordshire College LLDD Centre Joseph Wright Centre Extension Standard Works Redevelopment Around the Office Codsall Fire Station Visual

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Page 1: Newsletter oct   dec 2013

HBa Consulting Engineers Ltd

Newhall Court, 47 George Street, Birmingham West Midlands, B3 1QA Tel: 0121 212 2270

Issue #001: October - December 2013

Welcome to the first of many newsletters from HBa! It’s

coming to the end of a very busy year for us – here are some

of the things we’ve been up to…

Stoke & Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Services

Working with leading construction, services and property group Kier, HBa have been appointed as consulting engineers for

the mechanical and electrical engineering services for the eleven new community fire stations to be built across Staffordshire

over the next couple of years.

These new fire stations constitute the second phase to an innovative project to provide Staffordshire with state-of-the-art fire

stations. Along with the implementation of modern operational facilities, the project also has a community focused

aspiration with the hope to benefit local people, with proposals for the facilities and space to be used for community safety

activities, such as student firefighter courses.

The government’s Private Funding Initiative contributed £45m in funding for phase one

of the scheme, which saw seven stations within Staffordshire replaced, as well as

developing three new stations between October 2009 and September 2011.

Phase two is to see a further ten fire stations rebuilt, as well as a brand new station

at Loggerheads to replace the 45-year-old station at Ashley. Work for the first

station at Chase Terrace is due for completing in summer 2014, with the rest of

the stations following suite over the following two years.

This has been a massive project for HBa; one for which we are particularly eager to see the end results – if you’re ever in

Staffordshire make sure you keep an eye out for one of these stations!

In this issue: South Staffordshire Fire and Rescue

Brooksby Melton College Glasshouse Development

South Staffordshire College LLDD Centre Joseph Wright Centre Extension

Standard Works Redevelopment Around the Office

Codsall Fire Station Visual

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HBa Consulting Engineers Ltd

Newhall Court, 47 George Street, Birmingham West Midlands, B3 1QA Tel: 0121 212 2270

Brooksby Melton College

We’re back at Brooksby Melton College! After previous

work with them carrying out M&E services for their

Animal Care facility, we’ve now been involved in their

brand new teaching and sports facilities developments.

The project involves a multi-million pound new build

development on the Brooksby Campus site, providing

state-of-the-art

education and sports

facilities, as can be seen

by Maber Architects

pictures to the left.

As part of the college’s

£22m programme of

improvements, the new development is set to include a

two-storey general teaching area, a construction and

engineering teaching area, and a sports hall and all-

weather sports pitch.

The College’s planning application was granted on the 1st

December, with the college looking to complete the

building work by September 2015, ready for the start of

term. Lucky

Students!

The project is

part of the

college’s £22m

programme of

improvements,

which includes

plans to modernise facilities at Ashfordby Road, which

HBa has also been involved in.

The project at Ashfordby Road has involved the second

phase of refurbishment to the existing accommodation

located on the Ashfordby Road Campus, for which HBa

has undertaken full design duties.

Glasshouse Development Project: Phase 3

After previously having done work at Glasshouse College, HBa are now involved in the renovation of Yates Yard (GH5) and The Acid House (GH6). This project is funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, European Regional Development Fund and Ruskin Mill Land Trust. Working alongside Bryan Priest Newman as architects and Maze Consultants Ltd as project managers, we are involved in the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Consultancy Services of the project, providing performance specifications and outline concept design drawings, which will be used to seek competitive tenders from D&B Contractors. The project involves the comprehensive refurbishment of both buildings GH5 and GH6. Building GH5 will form the new site reception/visitor information area and speculative commercial/incubator workspace as part of the Ruskin Glass Centre, as seen above. And building GH6 will be dedicated to speculative commercial units and incubator units, as part of the Ruskin Glass Centre, as demonstrated below. Previous work for the Glasshouse College included extensive refurbishment and remodelling that was undertaken on an existing glassmaking factory with the end result being a modern, multi-functional exhibition and theatre space with adjoining teaching studios and craft based workshops. During this project there was a strong emphasis on retaining the existing structure of the glassmaking factory and ensuring the M&E services were discreetly installed to accentuate the character of the building. The end result was a fantastic asset to the college so we’re really excited to be working on the next phase!

Brooksby Melton Campus Visual

GH5 Visual

GH6 Visual

Ashfordby Road Campus

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HBa Consulting Engineers Ltd

Newhall Court, 47 George Street, Birmingham West Midlands, B3 1QA Tel: 0121 212 2270

Joseph Wright Centre Extension We are very pleased to be working with Derby College

again, this time for the extension of their Joseph Wright

Centre.

Situated in the

heart of Derby

City Centre, the

JWC opened in

2005, named

after the 18th

century painter

Joseph Wright.

The building was

then extended in 2007. And now, due to curriculum

demands, the ever increasing derby college wish to extend the centre even further.

The new extension is set to include a drama department, arts and ceramics studios and a digital studio. In line with the existing

building, plans for the new extension will be of high architectural impact and functionality with a particular emphasis on lots of

space. HBa, working alongside Armsons as project managers, and Maber as architects, are carrying out the mechanical and electrical

engineering services for the project.

The project is due for completion next Christmas – so look out for our newsletter this time next year!

Standard Works Redevelopment

RMLT have purchased, and now wish to refurbish, the Standard Works property, built back in the mid to late 19th century, situated on Vittoria Street in the Conservation Area of the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham (just round the corner from our office!) HBa will be undertaking the design of all new mechanical and electrical services installations enabling the building to return to its former self. Hopefully the redevelopment will bring a vacant and derelict building back to life and encourage people and activity within the area!

The purpose of the purchase is to provide a place for educational services, particularly vocational, focussing on life skills for young people with behavioural, social, and learning difficulties. As a grade II listed building, designs for the refurbishment will sustain and enhance the heritage assets of the building, particularly the inherent symmetry of the window formation and traditional masonry construction and curved frontage as can be seen above. It is hoped that the project will be completed December 2014!

South Staffs College

HBa have been given the opportunity to work with South Staffordshire

College in providing Building Consultancy Services for the new Learners

with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities facilities on their Rodbaston

Campus. Over the past few years the campus has gone through

extensive investment, cultivating state-of-the-art learning centre

facilities, equipment and buildings, with this project being the latest

development.

HBa have previously had experience of working on LLDD schemes, most

notably the LLDD provision for Brooksby Melton College at their

Melton Campus, and are really excited to be working on a project like

this again.

Lower Ground Level of the Standard Works Building

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HBa Consulting Engineers Ltd

Newhall Court, 47 George Street, Birmingham West Midlands, B3 1QA Tel: 0121 212 2270

James Anstey, Assistant Electrical Engineer Scott Coley, Junior Electrical Engineer

Once again, CIBSE has thrown its West Midlands Annual

Dinner, this time held at the ICC in Birmingham. So HBa

dressed up, had a few drinks, and celebrated what has, once

again, been a great year. Great food, lots of wine and some

hilarious comedy made for a brilliant evening. Well done to all

that helped organise the fantastic event!

James Sorrow, Junior Electrical Engineer

Around the Office Back in September we moved from Sovereign

Court to Newhall Court. If you haven’t done so

already, make sure you update your diaries (!):

Newhall Court 47 George Street

Birmingham West Midlands

B3 1QA

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter!

@HBa_Ltd

Welcome to our new bright young employees!

Lauren Poston, Project Manager