Morfitts completes archive building for Leeds University
Ready to leave site having completed the M&E contract for this new archive building at the University of Leeds is the Morfitts’ team (from left) Paul Thompson (electrical project engineer), Lee Kennedy (mechanical foreman), John Cundale (project engineer) and Dominic Gallacher (electrical foreman)
Morfitts has completed the £550 000 design-and-build M&E contract for a new archive building at the University of Leeds. It will be shared with Marks & Spencer, which was started in Leeds over 125 years ago, and will permanently house M&S’s full company archive and provide future expansion space for collections from the university library.
A design requirement was that in the event of a major loss of energy supply, environmental conditions in the archive rooms must be maintained for 48 h — with very little tolerance being allowed.
The project was designed to achieve a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating. The M&E services include a gas-fire CHP system, a 120 kW propane chiller, solar PV panels and other energy-saving devices.
