Building services contractor J S Wright is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year and has recently secured its biggest-ever deal.
Building services contractor J S Wright is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year and has recently secured its biggest-ever deal.
Established in 1890, the company has won a £10m-plus commission to equip more than 400 new homes at one of the biggest regeneration schemes in East London. It is one of a series of contracts with a total value exceeding £18m that Galliard Homes has awarded J S Wright for Indescon Court at Millharbour.
The company will provide mechanical services to 423 private apartments in four blocks, including a 32-storey building, at the £100m development.
J S Wright will be installing heat-interface units in each apartment for residents to receive energy efficient heating and hot water as part of the second section of Indescon Court Phase 2.
In addition, the company has won a further £2.5m contract with Galliard to provide mechanical and public health installations for a new 12-storey, 130-bed deluxe hotel on the same site.
It is in the process of installing the site-wide mechanical and public health installations to the entire project, which is part of an initial £5m contract that includes fitting out the first 123 apartments at Indescon Court for One Housing Group by March 2015.
The new phase of the project, scheduled for completion by December 2015, will also involve the installation of boosted cold water, heating, chilled water and public health services to all 423 apartments and the fitting of four-pipe fan coil units with associated building controls in three of the blocks. J S Wright will also be fitting mechanical ventilation heat recovery ventilation systems so that residents can enjoy fresh air with a reduced need for heating and will install smoke ventilators and sprinklers in all apartments.
Separately J S Wright has been commissioned to provide heating and commercial hot water services to the new 130-bed hotel at Indescon Court. It will be fitting a hot water flow and return system from a dedicated hotel plant room to serve all rooms and common areas, along with four-pipe fan coils in each room connected with a building management system. The brief also includes the installation of a boosted cold water service and above ground drainage serving all areas, sprinklers in all hotel rooms, wet risers to service corridors, and sanitary ware. It will also be providing a supply and extract central ventilation system and smoke ventilation for common areas.