Historic & Listed Buildings
Kennedy Services Limited have extensive experience working on several high profile historic and listed buildings. We buy-in to these projects from the start of a project and work as an integral part of the Construction Team liaising with Clients, Architects, Services Designers and in some cases Archaeologists to achieve the best engineering solutions to the issues these sensitive installations inevitably throw up to complement the history and value of these structures.
Visitor Glazed Lobby Entrances
Durham Cathedral
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The construction of the glass porches that frame the delicate architecture of the north and south doors began in July 2018, to improve visitor access, use of the doors for liturgical processions and events, and the environmental conditions within the church. For the past 18 months, visitors have been accessing the cathedral via the Galilee Chapel and the Cloister via the old Prior’s Door.
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The new glazed lobbies, designed by cathedral architect Chris Cotton from Purcell, provide a much-improved welcome for those arriving at the cathedral, dramatically opening up visibility into the church and onto the Cloister. Their completion marks the final stage of the cathedral’s Open Treasure project; a six-year programme of works and activities, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which included the creation of the cathedral’s award-winning museum.
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Chris Cotton, said: “The new integrated lighting in the lobbies works to draw attention to arguably the most impressive carved Romanesque stonework in the entire cathedral.
“The lobbies also afford the delicate fabric of the cathedral greater environmental protection, and create a heat buffer to minimise heat loss.”
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Identification, isolation and strip out of existing electrical services.
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New distribution to each installation.
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Lighting & Emergency Lighting and intelligent lighting controls.
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General & Specialist Equipment Power supplies.
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Structured cabling installation including fibre backbone & Cat 6A data outlets.
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Fire Alarm installation.
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Intruder Alarm installation.
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CCTV Installation.
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People Counting System.
Armstrong Building
Newcastle University
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Value: £1 Million
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The guiding principles for this major re-development were as follows:
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to provide state of the art spaces for undergraduate teaching and social learning in the prominent Queen Victoria Street wing.
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to utilise the side wings, annex and fifth floor space to create improved open plan work areas for postgraduate students.
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to create improved and new public spaces on the ground floor through the conversion of poor quality and ill used spaces.
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to restore office spaces and provide school reception areas in the main entrance zone at each level.
Kennedy Services worked closely with the client and consulting engineers to provide the mechanical and electrical services over multiple phases which includes
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strip out of existing services
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LTHW heating systems
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General Ventilation
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Toilet extract systems
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Domestic hot and cold water
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Sanitaryware
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Above ground drainage
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Building Management System upgrades
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Lighting
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Small power
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Fire Alarms
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Access Controls
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Data Cabling
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Security Systems
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New distribution boards
Grade II listed Accommodation
3-6 Owengate, Durham University
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Value: £280k
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7 former houses form 3-6 Owengate which were constructed between 16th & 19th century. The Grade II listed buildings are sited within Durham’s City Centre Conservation Area and World Heritage Site.
Owengate leads up to the Palace Green & the Cathedral, it derives its name from the castle defences gate which was originally located at the top of the street. No.5 Owengate dates from 16th Century and retains most of its original structure, including jettying floors at first and second floor levels with exposed oak beams and a rendered front elevation.
Durham University Exchequer Building
Palace Green Library, Durham
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Value: £90 k
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Dating from the mid-fifteenth century, this is the only of the Prince-Bishops administrative buildings to have survived from medieval times. It function was to administer the bishops' legal and financial transactions – a key function for a bishopric was wealthy as Durham.
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The building contained a court, and a small dungeon as well. Today, it houses several collections of antique books, including those of Bamburgh Castle, and Martin Routh, president of Magdalene College, Oxford.
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The Exchequer Building was constructed during the Bishopric of Robert Neville, whose crest can be seen on the main façade. Neville came from of the region’s most prominent families, who were the first lay-people to be given permission to be buried inside the cathedral.
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Project
The mechanical services installation comprised the following elements:
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Careful isolation and removal of the existing heating systems, incoming water systems and ventilation, retaining the original features of the building intact.
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Provision of conservation heating to the library.
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Provision of a new dedicated B.M.S. control system and valve arrangem
