Case Studies
Just a few of our recent Case Studies to give you a insight into the wide variety of products and services we provide.
New 800kVA Generator is Installed underground
"The project was extremely complicated because the Generator was located in the basement. The final changeover had to be undertaken by shutting down Atlantic Pavilion over a weekend, completing the project and having everything back up and running by 6-00am Monday. Thanks to Merlin’s efficiency and attention to detail everything went very smoothly."
Mark Pearson, Virgin Media Capital Works Project Manager for Carillion
Faced with the issues of how to remove an obsolete standby Generator from the basement of a listed building in Albert Dock Liverpool, Carillion, one of the UK’s leading support services and construction companies turned to Merlin.
The original Generator was only able to provide power to a passenger lift in the event of a power failure and the building owners needed standby power to support the whole building.
The project was particularly complex because the Generator was sited in the undercroft of the building beneath a pedestrian thoroughfare. This meant that the old set had to be removed through an aperture in the footpath.
We were aware that the new 800kVA set would not fit through the same opening, so we arranged to have the aperture enlarged. The new set was specially designed such that it could be split apart into engine and alternator. It was then craned into the undercroft, reassembled and manoeuvred into position.
Being underground the engine cooling, exhaust and fuel supply were a particular challenge. Cooling was resolved by positioning the radiator on the roof of the building and installing approx 100 metres of adjoining pipework.
To overcome the exhaust and fuel problems we arranged for flues to be designed to blend in with the aesthetics of the building and specially manufactured fuel tanks to fit into the available space in the undercroft.
It took our specialist Project team 6 weeks of very hard work to complete the project.
Key to the success was the backroom work carried out prior to starting site work which included extensive planning, testing and proving of the solution.
As Atlantic Pavillion is a listed building, we spent considerable time working with the consultants, architects, landlord and local authority to ensure all the regulations and local requirements were met with minimum disruption to the local community.