Wates Smartspace appointed AMD Environmental to complete a number of upgrades to Southampton Combined Courts over 16 months. In this time, the AMD team successfully replaced outdated Air Handlings units to improve air quality and completed an upgrade to the Court’s Building Management System including energy saving measures across the building, along with multiple other component replacements and upgrades.

The challenge of this project was that much of the work had to be completed in a live building, so the AMD team were dedicated to causing minimal disruption to daily Court proceedings. This was particularly crucial in the aftermath of the Covid-19 Pandemic where courts have been working to reduce backlogs.

AMD developed the design for approval by Mace, producing 3D models in Revit of existing services and mapping areas of the building that required improved fresh air, cooling and heating and applying that information to the replacement AHU specification.  The constant temperature heating and chilled water circuits were also redesigned to suit the revised design model.