Fulton’s project engineer David Tuey explains that the specification from Haden Young required the plant room to be prefabricated and fitted to a prepared concrete base just 70 m2. Site access was also restricted, so all connecting services needed to be pre-positioned very accurately. Haden Young has building-services responsibility within the joint venture undertaking a major reconfiguration of Stoke Mandeville.
To facilitate manufacturing and delivery, Fulton designed the plant room in three modular sections. CAD software was used to position equipment, which included two horizontal RBC 1500 steam boilers, blowdown vessels, plate heat exchangers, circulating pumps and water-treatment and chemical dosing systems. These modules were separated before delivery. Once on site, the flues were installed and erected, and the modules were joined and sealed to prevent water ingress.
