Works have been completed on a new Aldi retail store in Bagenalstown, incorporating a retail sales area, storage area, administration and plant areas.
The building is of precast concrete insulated sandwich panel construction with steel beams supporting insulated roofing panels. All the precast concrete panels are complete with recessed conduits to all electrical outlets and preformed openings for services.
Aldi’s latest lighting scheme has been installed incorporating suspended continuous-row lighting system over the aisles and a mixture of fixed and adjustable spotlights highlighting the merchandising.
For more information please contact Stephen Kelly
donegal@wallacewhittle.com
Wallace Whittle provided full M&E Design Services and Site Supervision on this new build school project which was successfully completed Dec 2009. This project was completed before programme. Fellow design team members included Hamilton Young who provided architectural services and Concannon Healey Heffernan who were the Civil & Structural Engineers on the project.
For more information please contact Stephen Kelly
donegal@wallacewhittle.com
We were appointed on this new campus building to carry out full M&E design and provide Sustainability Consultancy.
The new faculty for 1800 students which was completed in September 2009, incorporates an automated night cooling strategy operating in conjunction with exposed soffits forming part of the passive measures incorporated into the scheme.
A CHP lead heating system has been designed plus other sustainable techniques which have contributed to the achievement of a ‘Very Good’ BREEAM rating.
For more information please contact Jonathan Taylor
london@wallacewhittle.com
Building magazine analyzed over 400 construction industry companies, issuing over 15,000 employee surveys, in compiling the 2009 Top 50 Employers list. Wallace Whittle are delighted to be included. Only five Mechanical and Electrical related businesses were selected following the anonymous surveys which addressed social responsibility, job enjoyment, leadership, inspiration, ability to contribute as well as employment benefit packages. WW has one of the lowest employee churn rates of the Top 50 which is reflected in our stability and continuity following a period of rapid growth.
The common feature across the Top 50 is that staff feel good about where they work and this is reflected in how we react with our Clients.
Building magazine also recently published its Top 250 Consultants listings for 2009. Wallace Whittle is still the fifth largest MEP consultant in the UK and moved up to 38th overall Engineer when civil, structural and multi service consultants are included. We are also in the top 40 of all Construction consultants in terms of financial measurements.
The market survey showed new business down 25% and that 20,000 jobs were lost by the Top 250. Also of concern was that total fee income only dropped marginally, as a result of project time lags, and 2010 is predicted to show a sharp fall as new more competitive orders feed through.