The velta
classic 20 system is currently
being installed in a five schools project for Redcar and Cleveland
in North East England. Mechanical services contractor N G Bailey
worked with consultants White Young Green & Partners and
main contractor Mowlem to specify the velta classic 20 system
for this major PFI project.
When completed, the Education Authority will have five new schools
with floor heating throughout. This will include three multi-storey
secondary schools / colleges and two single storey primary schools,
in total they will include 27,000sq m of velta
classic system.
Contractor
Mowlem was particularly attracted to the classic system because
the floor heating pipe is cast into the main concrete slab
rather than requiring an additional screed on top.
Mick Kitson, velta’s project
manager says that velta has been involved from the design stage
and is currently completing the installation of pipework and
manifolds as the programme rolls on. He says, “we worked
with all the parties to ensure the fastest possible building
programme. A key feature of this project has been our ability
to work within the tight programme of concrete slab pours and
to be out of the way for other internal trades to work on the
floor as quick as possible”.
The velta classic system has been designed for use with sand cement screeds and
concrete slab applications, it has been developed to provide the perfect solution,
utilising both 17 and 20mm velta PE-Xa sizes for most types of building in both
new and refurb applications.
School uses ground water
for heating and cooling
The velta
contec system has
been built into a recently completed school project in Holland.
A total of 14,600sq m of velta contec provides heating
or cooling for the Harlemmermeer Lyceum at Hoofddorp near Rotterdam.
In
a remarkable piece of good fortune the school is built over
an underground aquifer which contains both hot and cold strata
at different levels. The school uses renewable energy source
to power its heating and cooling system.
The velta contec pipe
system is connected via a network of manifolds to the school’s
mono-well, which utilises ground water from either the hot
stratum or the cold stratum to pass over a plate heat exchanger
and satisfy the heating and cooling requirements of the school
and library.
The
construction comprised two major phases; 12,000sq m floor area
for the school and 2,600sq m for the library. for
certain parts of the construction the velta contec core activation
system pipes were placed in pre-cast concrete sections and
for other parts the velta pipes were located as concrete slabs
were cast in-situ.
Gerald
Kemp, velta UK Managing Director, comments, I have visited
this project recently and was impressed, not only by the
simplicity of the pumped ground water
system, but also by the project’s active solar shading panels and feature
acoustic panels. I think it could be a great reference project for similar schemes
in the UK. The environment within the school in summer was very pleasant and
the weather in Holland has a similar profile to that of the UK”.
The system has a high degree of self-regulation and operates successfully without
the requirement for individual room thermostats…a significant saving!
velta opens new office in
Edinburgh
Since opening velta’s new sales
office in Scotland earlier this year, Manager Ivan Cameron reports
good progress with a number of early projects.
Contact Ivan Cameron on
Edinburgh Office 0131 226 3850
Mobile 07785 763671.
Ivan Cameron
At
a new apartments project on Miller Street in Hamilton, mechanical
contractor G. McAusland & Co Ltd is well advanced with
the installation of 1600sq m of velta tecto 2 flowing
screed system for client Kelvin Homes. McAusland has previously
worked
with velta on housing projects and a church refurbishment and
was impressed with the whole velta package of support from
planning through installation to commissioning. Ivan worked
with McAusland to change the Miller Street specification from
sand and cement screed to flowing screed to provide a thinner
solution and to meet the client’s tight schedule.
velta announces new minitec
system
velta launches new DVDs
velta
has launched a mini system with a massive future. The new velta
minitec system is a low profile pipe and screed system for
refurbishment applications. At just 15mm deep the velta
minitec system can be used as a heating
and cooling system in almost any refurbishment application.
velta is currently producing
a new DVD for installers and interested specifiers. On the menu
will be a guide to the new velta minitec system, a new video
outlining the updated velta tecto 2 system,
and a clear guide to installing the proven velta provario click-fit
manifold system.
Also, velta have just launched the DVD for
the velta contec system – Concrete Core Activation. If
you would like a copy please click here
