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This heritage centre project will see a brand new building on Ipswich Waterfront, housing a significant percentage of the county’s records as well as academic and public realm facilities.

Our Role

We are undertaking mechanical, electrical, public health and lift services designs, as well as assuming site supervision responsibilities. The completed project will comprise archives, offices, a 200-seat lecture theatre, shop, café and exhibition space arranged over two storeys in this new, 3,000m2 development.

The Outcome

Our designs are being created to help the client achieve their ambition of installing a leading-edge, passively controlled archive stores in line with BS4971. To this end we are undertaking extensive thermal modelling to optimise air-tightness, and maintain highly stable, year-round temperature and humidity performance using passive means.

Working in close partnership with the architects, our collective designs also incorporate natural ventilation and LED lighting throughout all facilities on the site, rainwater harvesting, air-source heat pumps, and heat recovery systems to actively reduce carbon emissions and achieve the target of BREEAM excellent rating.

Project Highlights

  • CLIENT V&A Museum
  • MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
  • ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
  • PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING
  • ENERGY & LOW CARBON DESIGNS
  • SPECIALIST ENVIRONMENTS

Sectors

Brookbanks Groups

Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Group

Key Team Members

Mechanical Engineer

Keith Belding

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Associate Director, Electrical Engineering

Matt House

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Group Director for M&E / Head of London Office

Paul Rushmer

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