Category: Leisure

Conversion of an existing office building into a 116 bedroom hotel located on Newton Street, Manchester.

The project was undertaken with the aim of providing efficient heating and cooling systems that minimise operation and maintenance requirements whilst meeting an international hotel operators expectations and demands for a super-budget hotel.

Project Team:

Client: Easy Hotel
Main Contractor: Styles and Wood
Architect: Buttress
Mech Contractor: Vaughan Engineering
Elec Contractor: Performance Electrical

Project Value

MEP Services: £1.5M

Services

Air Conditioning
Heat Recovery Air Handling Units
Gas fired heating
Domestic water services
Sprinkler mist system
BMS
Life safety generator
Lightning protection
Room access control
Security
CCTV
IT containment infrastructure

The project comprises the conversion of, and extension to Wyreside Hall, a Grade II listed property into a 5* hotel and leisure complex together with external hard and soft landscaping.

Phase I: Conversion of the existing hall and reception extension including basement whisky bar, snooker room, welfare, server room, stores and transient space with an open plan area for possible future occupation. Ground floor summer room, TV room, bar, function rooms and kitchen. First-floor bedroom accommodation.

Phase II: New extension including ground floor function room, kitchen and bedroom accommodation. First-floor bedroom accommodation.

All hotel bedrooms are served via HVRF systems incorporating HBC controllers providing low-pressure hot water or chilled water to each fan coil unit providing simultaneous heating and cooling with full heat recovery between fan coil units and building zones.

Project Team

Client - Wyreside Hotel
Main Contractor - VVB
Architect - Graham Anthony Associates
Mech Contractor - Iceberg Building Services
Elec Contractor - Iceberg Building Services
Acoustic Consultant - Hoare Lea
Quantity Surveyor - VVB
MEP Services £1.65M

Services

Air Conditioning
Ventilation
Domestic Services
LPG
Fire Alarm, Security, Disabled Alarm and PA
Lighting, LV Power Systems