ENGINEERING PRACTICE REPORT

Simon Green

Green Building Design Consultants

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 CONTENTS

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Introduction

Siefert's Hexagon Tower, Manchester 2

Santander Consumer Finance, RedhilL Surrey 3

National Trust, Rainham Hall, Essex 4

12 Addison Avenue, London 6

Hornton Court, Kensington, London 7

Sir John Cass Business School, City University, London 9

JP Morgan, Moorgate, London 10

10 Chiswell Street, London 12

217 Bath Road , Slough, Berkshire 14

Sempra Trading, Bishopsgate, London 15

Broadgate Tower, London 17

17 St. Augustines Road, Camden, London 18

Sentrum Data Centre, Camberley 20

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ENGINEERING PRACTICE REPORT

My career progression has seen me develop from a qualified engineer to now running my
own successful building design consultancy for the past 12 years.

In this time I have completed a Building Services honours degree and feel that I have a
balanced theoretical and practical knowledge, which allows me to oversee all the projects
my consultancy undertakes with competence.

I have strong people and project management skills. I manage a team of 11 and look after
the business development of the consultancy, whilst still taking the lead on many projects,
acting as Lead Engineer and Project Manager.

In view of the fact that I have held a senior position for the last 16 years and the experience I
have gained in this time, I feel I have achieved a level to demonstrate and justify my
competencies as a professional engineer to the standards demanded by the Institute and
industry as a whole.

Below is a non-exhaustive list of projects I have been involved in, followed by a detailed
table expanding on these projects and listing the relevant MCIBSE competence objectives
demonstrated:

DATE CAREER EPISODE DESCRIPTION

2013-2014 Siefert's Hexagon Tower, Engineering controls to reduce energy

Manchester use and environmental impact
2013 Santander Consumer Finance, Refurbishment and EPC upgrade from
Redhill, Surrey G to B
2012-2014 National Trust, Rainham Hall, Essex Mechanical & electrical engineering
j2roject: heatinq solutions
2006-2007 12 Addison Avenue, London Conversion of a 3 storey public house
J21us new development
2005-2012 Hornton Court, Kensington, London Design of renovated luxury
aQartments
2013 Sir John Cass Business SchooL City Design of a new lecture theatre and
University, London classroom facilities
2010-2011 JP Morgan, Moorgate, London Building refurbishment - mechanical &
electrical design
2009-2010 10 Chiswell Street, London Design of new offices for trading
company with specific energy
requirements
2009 217 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire Relocation of commercial kitchen and
cafe
2007-2008 Sempra Trading, Bishopsgate, Redevelopment of Category A office
London S12ace
2009 Broadgate Tower, London Design & creation of serviced office
space from Category A fit-out to
Cateqory B
2008 17 St. Augustine's Road, Camden, Award-winning energy saving project
London in Camden Square Conservation Area
2005-2006 Sentrum Data Centre, Camberley Design and install of a high power
density 10,000 sg ft data centre

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Career Episode
Competence
Objective
Siefert's Hexagon Tower, Manchester: 2013

This 167,000 sq ft building in Blackley, north Manchester, was designed

by Richard Seifert and Partners in 1971 to house offices and labs for ICI.
The building is arranged over 12 floors, has over 500 parking spaces and
contains offices, a restaurant, laboratories and even its own gym.

To keep this iconic building operating efficiently and to reduce levels of

environmental impact, Green Building Design Consultants have been
appointed by project managers Jones Lang LaSalle, to manage a E3
series of new engineering controls to reduce energy use by 40% within
the building.

By modelling energy usage and designing adaptations to control air

flow throughout the whole tower, I have achieved a predicted energy
saving of over 40%. Whilst the building was at the leading edge of
design in the 1970s, limitations with constant heating and constant
cooling controls mean energy is often wasted in occupied areas and
air-conditioning and heating systems often operate simultaneously. By A1
introducing a new Building Management System and computer
controlled mechanical equipment such as Volume Control Dampers,
parallel heating and cooling are to be avoided and fresh air volumes
will be reduced, with heat recovery on the lab extract.

Having completed the tender works, I am now heading up the team to

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complete construction and monitor the energy use and savings
achieved by each element of the design. The savings will be reported
to the client on a monthly basis with the first set of results due out in late
2014.

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 MCIBSE
Career Episode
Competence
Objective
Santander Consumer Finance, Redhill, Surrey: 2013

I was instrumental in winning this prestigious project to refurbish a new

regional head office for Santander Consumer Finance. having
prepared a detailed tender bid and design proposal to upgrade the 01
building from Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating G to B.

Santander Consumer Finance is relocating its regional head office to

this five storey 47.000 fF office building in Redhill, Surrey. Green Building
Design Consultants are designing and managing a complete overhaul
of mechanical and electrical equipment. which I will oversee. We are
working with Opl Group on this project; the fit-out and refurbishment
company owned by Balfour Beatty pic, who previously used this
building as their regional office.

The overall brief is to provide energy efficient space using all new
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technologies. for heating. ventilation. air conditioning. lighting, power E3
and data cabling.

All existing services will be removed before new equipment is installed

throughout the building. Low energy features will include:

• 4 pipe fan coils in the ceiling void for heating and cooling

• A new ventilation system with heat recovery

• New high efficiency LED lighting with daylight dimming and PIR
controls to save energy when rooms are unoccupied

• State-of-the-art power plant and data systems to keep energy

usage to a minimum

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 MCIBSE
Career Episode
Competence
Objective
National Trust, Rainham Hall, Essex: 2012-2013

GBD were appointed as mechanical and electrical engineering

consultants to this project and asked to find a heating solution for the E3
Georgian house that did not involve radiators; in keeping with how the
house would have looked back in 1729.

Due to the age of the property and strict conservation requirements,

the fabric of the building could not be disturbed and so I ruled out
under-floor heating and other convection heating as options.
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Applied lateral thinking and in-depth research led to my winning
proposal: an adaptation of industrial oven heating technology. Green
Building Design has developed a tiny ceramic heater which allows
radiators to be removed in restoration projects.

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Working alongside Principal Engineer, Huw Davies, I was instrumental in
designing the ceramic heater, only 125mm long by 50mm wide, which
affords an extraordinarily high heat output. Placed in the back of the
fireplace and fixed to the metal grate, this solution meant the heating
device would offer the same impact as a coal fire. The ceramic heater
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is also linked to a control system, to keep humidity within critical
boundaries so as to prevent any timber damage.

This innovative heating solution passed all necessary tests and

demonstrates my ability to look outside the construction arena for
solutions to co nrr"",,,-t . National Trust are still consideri

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radiators and the final decision will be based on aesthetic
considerations.

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 MCIBSE
Career Episode
Competence
Objective
12 Addison Avenue, london: 2006-2007

This project was a conversion of a three storey public house

dating from the early 1840s to four storey office accommodation,
located in Holland Park, West London. The project included the
removal of the existing roof to form a complete new 3rd floor.
Additionally, a new three storey mews house was constructed at
the rear of this property.

The aim of the project was to create 'high end' office

accommodation with a residential feel and to this end
plasterboard ceilings and domestic-style pendant luminaires
were used in the office. This required careful co-ordination of
both the Mechanical and Electrical seNices to ensure that the
office spaces and comms room were seNed to the required
standard, whilst maintaining the residential character of the
space. Al
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The Engineering seNices solution I proposed, featured the
installation of an air to water heat pump system, air conditioning
and photovoltaic solar panels.

other key features included:

1. Thermal insulation added to the building fabric to improve

the energy efficiency.

2. Coordinated fire alarm system across office space and

mews house with all other seNices split between the two
units

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Career Episode
Competence
Objective
Hornton Court, Kensington, London: 2005-2012

Hornton Court is a red brick Edwardian Building that has been

converted into lUxury apartments. It is situated within the affluent area
of Kensington close to Hyde Park with a project cost in excess of £5
million.

Green Building Design, with myself as Lead Designer, has designed 12

renovated flats within this block over a period of over 7 years.

Prior to commencement. I undertook a full safety audit to enable E2

certain works to take place whilst tenants were in situ and to ensure 02
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minimal disruption. I held a meeting with tenants to explain the works to
be completed and get everyone on board with the project.

The renovation of the apartments included the refurbishment of single

apartments and the amalgamation of two apartments into one larger
space. With the internal areas reconfigured, the following were
installed:

1. New heating (Building fabric insulation upgraded, energy A1

efficient boilers installed as well as under-floor heating) E3

2. Air conditioning (to habitable areas and the master bedroom)

3. Ventilation

4. Electrics

5. Lighting (Later apartments made extensive use of LED and other

energy efficient lighting)

6. Above ground drainage

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The energy efficiency of the building was improved while also
maintaining the external appearance of the property. The building also
underwent a complete update of the common parts and installation of
a new lift system to the West wing with minimal disruption to the
occupiers.

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 MCIBSE
Career Episode
Competence
Objective
Sir John Cass Business School, City University, London: 2013

Green Building Design was awarded the contract to design a new

lecture theatre and classroom facilities for the world-renowned Cass
Business School; one of the global elite of business schools with
campuses in Bunhill Rowand Northampton Square in the City of C3
London.

Working in partnership with Structure Tone, I worked with my team of

senior engineers to design and oversee mechanical and electrical fit-
out of numerous new facilities to enhance the students' environment
and experience.

These new state-of-the-art facilities include:

• A Harvard lecture theatre

• Kitchen

• Refectory

• Classrooms

• Acoustic meeting rooms (with sound attenuating features)

Having previously worked on the Greig City Academy redesign and

development, my consultancy is now gaining a solid reputation in the
education sector; an area we plan to expand over the next few years .

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Career Episode
MCIBSE
Competence
JP Morgan, Moorgate, London: 2010-2011 Objective

I led a complex bank tendering bid with signed warranties, which

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resulted in Green Building Design being employed by JP Morgan to
provide the mechanical and electrical design element for this project in
the City of London. The total area of works approximated 6000m2.

The project involved the refurbishment of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 7th floors
of this building to provide new facilities to accommodate 500 new
Trader Desks moving from a subsidiary company and to include the
retention of the existing services as much as possible.

I attended the tender interview to explain how we intended the design

to be completed. The client outlined their requirements, highlighting a
comfortable working environment with updated technology for the
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staff as well as a robust and safe system as priorities . Following a review
with my team and in depth research, I presented back to the client with
a proposal to include the following design solutions:

1. The additional trading desks drew a significant amount of power

and produced a large amount of heat. To prevent discomfort to
the traders, I designed a system with fan coil units within the floor
void to provide cooling directly into the desks. The congested B2
floor void also contained power supply and large amounts of
data cabling and required careful coordination.

2. I also installed a new electrical changeover panel to improve

the resilience of the system in the event of power failure. The
electrical system was reconfigured to prevent the existing
building generators being overloaded, and introduced drop-out

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 conlac'ors '0 allow a phased manual restart of the systems.

3. New telepresence rooms to allow video-conferencing with

offices worldwide.
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My role was that of Project Manager and Electrical Designer. I offended C2

every construction site meeling and signed off the contractors monthly
applications fOf payment. including all-weekend complex shutdowns
and switchgear modifications. finally completing the block building start
& 1ST & load shedding.

The project was comple ted on time and to budget.

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Career Episode
Competence
Objective
10 Chiswell street, london: 2009·2010

Much research went into this project prior to commencement as a

suitable building needed to be found in order to meet the energy
requirements of this client. I had to survey a number of buildings before
finding 10 Chiswell Street and even then modifications were required in
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order to increase capacity and cater for the needs of the client .

Covering two floors and 10,000 sq ft, including the creation of a new
1500 sq ft comms room in the basement, this project involved the
design of new offices for the London branch of a New York based
trading company. The company required that each trading position be
able to operate with an energy consumption of up to 1300W with an
ultimate capacity of 40 traders.

My design incorporated a new EDF transformer to provide the extra B3

power required. The existing 400kV A roof-mounted life safety generator
was not of sufficient size to meet the power requirements and so a new
1250kVA generator was placed on the building roof. A traditional ~:
trading floor cooling system was not suitable for the loads predicted
and so a C02 cooling system was specified to cool each desk; This was
one of the first such systems installed in the UK and required me to study
the workings of such a system and undertake extensive research and
learning to fully understand how the system should operate and be
correctly installed - with some post-project corrections to reduce
cooling on some desks.
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Two new chillers and generator required careful coordination with the
existing roof-mounted plant. Large quantities of data cables would not
fit into floor void so were rerouted voids and down
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Through the duration of this project our design was continually refined
and improved resulting in a more than satisfied customer. Overseeing
Ihe whole project. I was able to identify the problems and find
appropriate, cosl ~effec t ive solutions. The quality of our work. was
paramount to ensure the design was f it~for~pu rpose and safe, without
compromising user comfort.

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Career Episode
Competence
Objective
217 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire: 2009

The project involved the full design for the relocation of the commercial
kitchen and cafe area for 60 people in the regional office of a major
telecommunications company. This included all electrical, mechanical
and public services.

The kitchen and canteen were relocated from the third floor to a
central location within the ground floor which had previously been used
as an office and meeting room space. In addition, 4 meeting rooms
and a board room needed to be created and refurbished. The project
used a mix of new and relocated equipment from the third floor.

The unusual position of the new 80 r'n 2 commercial kitchen within the
building meant I needed a non-standard approach and innovative B2
design solutions to tackle the issues.

The delivery of an energy efficient solution (featuring inverter driven

pumps and interlocked controls) was achieved despite the complexity El
of the job. This was compliant with the latest Energy Efficiency building E2
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regulations and Health & Safety standards.

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Career Episode
Competence
Sempra Trading, Bishopsgate, London: 2007-2008 Objective

This project involved the redevelopment of 38,000 sq ft of Category A

office space within the City of London. This space was upgraded to a
trading floor with support and meeting rooms, including a new 2000 sq
ft communications room, two 300 sq ft electrical intake rooms, seven
conference and meeting rooms, two tea point areas, general offices
and a new reception area.

The project also included the installation of new mechanical and

electrical services in addition to the conversion of the existing services
to suit the client's preferred layout. Being a trading floor, the electrical
system needed to be resilient so that in the unlikely event of a failure of
part of the system or incoming supply, the trading floor would still be
able to function.
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Following extensive research, the following key design features
included:

1. Creation of two Electrical Switchrooms to ensure diverse power

supplies allowing traders to close positions in the event of power
failure.

2. Upgrade mains to two number 630A electrical supplies with

diverse routing to minimise possibility of power failure.

3. New OX cooling system with base build chilled water for Comms
Room and OX to supplement base build V AV system for trading
floor.

4. Continuous Row direct leasant

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 ambience to the trading floor while controlling glare sufficiently
to prevent distracting reflections.

5. Remote monitoring system to alert user immediately in the event

of a failure in the system, linked to USA with 'site scan'.
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Prior to implementation, I led 6 months of legal negotiation with the
Landlord to ensure we had conceptual approval for the extra power
and roof space before the lease was signed. C3

During the project I headed up the design team. monitoring and

approving the ME design, attending weekly site meetings, reporting
back to the clients and architect in New Yerk, as w ell as witnessing
commissioning and completion.

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Career Episode
Competence
Objective
Broadgate Tower, london: 2009

Green Building Design was employed by Modus Workspace and Regus

to provide the Mechanical and Electrical design element for this
project, which I procured under a Design and Build Contract.

This is the first project on which Green Building Design have worked with
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Regus. I saw an opportunity here for more collaborative work with
Regus and we have since also worked with them on various projects
including sites in London, Glasgow, Southampton, Reading and
Newbury.

This particular project involved the creation of serviced office space

from a new-build Category A fit-out to a Category B fit-out within the
landmark Broadgate Tower London.

The fit-out is spread over the 11 th and 12th floors of the tower covering
a total area of approximately 25,000 sq ft. The 11 th floor is fitted out as
cellular and open plan office space while the 12th floor is a mix of
meeting and presentation rooms and also incorporates a food
preparation room. A new comms room was installed to provide IT
services for serviced tenants on both floors of the project. Two new
reception areas were designed - one on each floor. Where possible the
existing building services were retained or enhanced as required for the
fit-out.

A lot of planning and preparation went into this project as I was fully
aware of the quick turnaround time. The project timescale was 12 C1
weeks, which included a 4 week design period, including all landlord
approvals.

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Career Episode
Competence
Objective
17 St. Augustines Road, Camden, London: 2008

Reducing energy usage by 80% in a Victorian house.

This award-winning project involved the renovation of a six bedroom

semi-detached house built in approximately 1850 and located within
the Camden Square Conservation Area, as a retrofit project to
demonstrate the energy saving potential of existing Victorian housing
stock while preserving the external appearance of the property.

The property, which is owned by Camden Council, was in disrepair prior

to the commencement of works.

I prepared a detailed tender and proposal, recommending a highly B1

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efficient engineering approach to conserving energy in the building to
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meet the objective of C02 emissions to be reduced by 80%.

Key features of my design included:

• 150mm foam thermal insulation of roof

• Insulated cladding of internal surfaces of exterior walls

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• Photovoltaic solar electrical panels

• Solar hot water system

• Insulated sash windows to avoid compromising the appearance

• Energy efficient boilers and radiators

The property is now occupied by local authority tenants.

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I was very proud 10 be part of the team which won the award "low
Energy Upgraded Social Housing Project of Ihe Year 2008 from Inside
Housing Sustoinability Awards on behalf of GBD. we were also
shortlisled for Sustain Magazine Refurbishment Award and Worcester
Environment 2020 Awards.

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Career Episode MCIBSE
Competence
Sentrum Data Centre, Camberley: 2005-2006 Objective

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This project involved the design and installation of a high power density D1
10,000 sq ft data centre in Camberley for Sentrum. The data centre was
built within 20 weeks, to timescale and budget, with another 70,000 sq ft
under development at the time, making it the largest data centre in
Europe in 2007.

The client brief was for 1.25kW per square metre but I submitted a full
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written proposal with costings to offer energy efficient cooling solutions
to minimise the full load annual estimated energy bill of £500,000. My
proposal was, however, dismissed on programme and cost grounds.

After much analysis I decided to install the new "APC mega watt UPS"
because of the module construction and its small footprint. This project El
was designed with full back up systems, to be completely redundant E2
with no single point failures. N+N distribution with all equipment and
distribution boards dual supplied. Essential PDUts are switched with static
switches, between UPSA & UPSB and other loads like the DX cooling
units with relays and time clocks to avoid surges on the system.

The new dual 20MW HV supplies from the local REC were ordered, but
not installed before our Phase I data centre was on line, requiring some
very complex switchgear designs and method statements to migrate to
the new panels, when live.

The electrical system was fully modelled on Amtech and because of

the very high fault currents (30kA at cabinet tap offs) I had to use Group B2
Schneider and use their advanced cascading discrimination software in

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which upstream devices part open, increasing the resistance to allow
downstream devices to trip at higher fault currents.

In the Sentrum data centre design I looked at the efficiencies of the

various UPS manufacturers and came to the conclusion the Delta
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conversion technology employed by APC offered the most energy
efficient solution with losses of only 3% at full load. Often data centre
users require a full 20 minutes of standby dc batteries to hold load
following mains failure. These batteries have to be continuously
charged, by suggesting we cut this down to 8 minutes we have saved
energy costs and also the environmental impact of disposal after 5 E4
years . To overcome the concern of reducing the battery standby time
we installed a redundant generator and ensured good regular
maintenance is given to the sets, as they run on full load.

Data centres are always designed for high power loads per square
metre. In my research and professional development, I have reviewed
the actual current draw on a few centres and have found the actual
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loads are 30% of the design. Subsequently I will suggest to clients we
turn off some DX coolers and let the design temperature rise to 23°C
(often set at 18°C by clients), and also consider free cooling with fresh
air.

With other clients I have looked at using this spare UPS load for other
areas and have one client now using one system feeding twice the
area it was designed for.

Following my research on the APC Mega Watt unit. I feel the module
UPS is a way forward where we put the smallest in to start with and if the
load increases then add additional modules, rather than leave
thousands of pounds worth of equipment not used.

On all new data centres I try to get the client to agree to the correct A2
(often lower) design loadings or prove the client really does need 5kW
per square metre. I prefer now to measure the load in their existing
comms rooms, as face plate powers do not reflect energy consumed.

With energy costs still rising we are now carefully looking at measures to
reduce energy use, including plant selection and free cooling options.

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