Key features of the Musgrave Cold Store include
- Cold Store approx. 70m long x 30m wide x 12m high, temperature -18°C
- Separate Ice Cream Store at -26°C with dedicated refrigeration plant
- Loading Bay with glycol chilling
- Environmentally-friendly ammonia refrigerant and Industrial plant with 25 year design life
- Ultra low condensing temperature plant with 12°C winter design temperature
- LED cold store lighting – long life, instant-on, minimum servicing required, directional fittings
- All electrical motors high efficiency
- Defrost-on-demand evaporator controllers
- Special rapid-rise door with dehumidification from loading bay into Cold Store
- Condensing Pressure Optimiser
- Heat recovery for underfloor heating
- Remote-access SCADA system for data monitoring and reporting
- Thermal imaging and air tightness testing of Cold Store envelopes
For this project, FTG provided the following services
- Refrigeration Specialist Consultancy – drafting of Specification, and issuing to shortlisted tenderers
- Insulated Envelope Specialist Consultancy – drafting of Specification, and issuing to shortlisted tenderers
- Tender Process Management – Compiled the Tender Packages, issued the Tenders, assessed the Returns, conducted the Interviews
- Contract Administration using MF1 Forms and Conditions of Contract
- Acted as CDM Co-ordinator on behalf of the Client
- Managed Planning and Building Control approvals
- Project Management on behalf of the Client – weekly meetings, reports etc.
- Integrated M&E Services – lighting, emergency lighting, sprinklers etc. and Coordination of Racking
- Auditing of the completed installations against Specification, rejection of non-compliant work
- Achieved handover of the working depot below budget and ahead of Schedule
