Aqua Hire Gets Top Marks On Uni Project

The Client –

University In The South Of England


The Challenge –

Existing Air Con Chiller Being Replaced


The Solution –

Medium Term Planned Maintenance Solution

The Aqua Hire team stepped in with a complete planned maintenance solution for a university who needed to keep their air conditioning system running whilst their existing air conditioning chiller was being replaced. Without a temporary replacement the campus faced being without air conditioning across the classrooms and laboratories of their medical facility.

When choosing their preferred supplier, our client was focussed on finding a hire company that could manage the complete project from start to finish. Aqua Hire’s proven ability to take a project from initial design stage to final installation made us the obvious choice.

From a cooling capacity point of view, the project required a 350kW chiller. However, because students would be studying in classrooms near to where the temporary chiller would be sited, noise attenuation was key. Our design engineers therefore chose a chiller unit with a low turn down of fans and compressors – by 10% – and then incorporated fencing with sound curtaining into the design to reduce noise further.

When it came to installation our engineers took a power supply from the campus’ main distribution board to enable the power supply to the existing chiller to be used on the temporary unit. They also modified the existing pipework to connect the rental chiller. Both the existing building system water – and the temporary system water – had glycol added to give frost protection over the winter months.

The full solution included:

  • Bespoke design
  • 350kW chiller unit – to low noise specification
  • Electrical and mechanical works
  • Project management from start to finish
  • Ancillaries – including additional hoses and cabling
  • HIAB delivery

“This project is a great example of how we believe we really set ourselves apart from others within the rental market” explains Ben Davies, Aqua’s Hire Director. “Our service offering isn’t just about dropping rental kit to site, we pride ourselves on offering a complete solution and the best level of customer service. We work with our customers to establish exactly what they need, whether that’s a rapid emergency response or a long- term lease hire approach.”

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