We’ve completed a major HVAC upgrade at a popular swimming pool and leisure facility, including the refurbishment of two existing air handling units (AHUs) and the complete replacement of a third.
Delivered within a challenging six-week programme timeframe to meet the client’s financial year deadline, the project required careful coordination, clear communication and meticulous planning to ensure the busy leisure facility could remain fully operational throughout.
With this added complexity, our team needed to carefully plan and coordinate works around an active schedule of swimming lessons, fitness classes and the facility’s day-to-day commitments, ensuring minimal disruption for staff and customers.
As part of the refurbishment works to the two existing AHUs, working with our sub-contractor RPJ, our team carried out a full upgrade programme designed to improve system efficiency and long-term operational performance.
This included:
- Replacing dampers and actuators
- Replacing existing belt-driven fans with a new EC fan wall system and upgraded controls
- Installing new heat coils
- Carrying out a major clean of both existing units
Alongside this, we also completed the full replacement of a third air handling unit, with works including:
- Supply and installation of a new heat recovery AHU, complete with new controls
- Installation of new LTHW coils
- Alterations to existing ductwork to integrate the new system
Our client said: “Working within a live building environment, this project came with a challenging programme and required careful coordination throughout to ensure the successful, on-time delivery of the works. The James Ramsay team managed the programme extremely well, maintaining excellent communication throughout and delivering a high-quality result within the specified timeframe. We were very pleased with how the project was executed from start to finish.”
For our team, the project was a strong example of how technical expertise, planning and collaboration all need to come together, and are just as important as the engineering work itself.
Alan Crombie, Project Manager at James Ramsay, said: “From the beginning, this was a project where planning and communication were absolutely essential. We were working against a very tight programme while carrying out significant mechanical upgrades within a busy public facility that remained operational throughout.
“A huge amount of coordination was required to keep all personnel aligned, manage works around the facility’s daily schedule and ensure we delivered everything safely, efficiently and on time. I’m extremely proud of how we responded and the quality of work delivered under challenging circumstances, helping improve the long-term performance and efficiency of critical building services infrastructure.”
