TPI July 2012

products & developments

Pioneering tube building services solution for regeneration scheme

An overview of the Heartlands site

A new flagship visitor centre at Heartlands, a £35mm regeneration scheme for heritage tin mine workings in Cornwall, UK, has been equipped with a pioneering building services solution from Pipe Center. Heartlands, which opened to the public in April, is located on a 19-acre site encompassing an original mine, with traditional exposed workings and structural supports retained as part of the visitor attraction. George Cox, who headed up the project for building services contractor EIC, commented, “A key requirement of the design was to retain the authentic mine workings with their steel and ironwork structures. The offsite modular approach offered an ideal solution, as it could be blended into the historical setting. It effectively becomes part of the scene without distracting from the

electrical services and heating pipe work for low temperature hot water, fed by a district heating system running on pelletised woodchip biomass boilers. Mr Cox said, “The mine workings are Grade II listed. Therefore, it required great care in all aspects of the design and installation of the system. Because the detailed assembly work is carried out offsite, in factory-controlled conditions, it significantly reduces the amount of time and manpower required to install the finished system onsite. Importantly, it also reduces the amount of working at height required and reduces the risk of accidents.” In addition to high efficiency biomass boilers, the site uses solar power and rainwater harvesting, storing collected water in existing below-ground storage structures. Pipe Center staff took part in site visits and technical surveys with EIC in order to understand the challenges and constraints of the project. Roger Hoskins, regional sales manager for Pipe Center and Climate Center, said, “As well as the Modular Engineering solution, we also provided heating plant and a tube, valves and fittings package sourced from our Plymouth branch. The whole project was carefully managed with input from all parties, including our preferred suppliers.” Wolseley uK customerservices@wolseley.co.uk www.wolseley.co.uk

impact or historical authenticity of the workings.”

The modular system, built offsite by Pipe Center’s specialist Modular Engineering business, includes

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