Client: Mann Island
Location: Liverpool
Project: PPM Contract
Project Manager: Andy Morgan
Mann Island is an architecturally spectacular sight with views across the Albert Dock and River Mersey. Standing alongside the waterfront’s historic Three Graces, Mann Island embodies contemporary Liverpool with 376 deluxe one, two and three apartments.
Mann Island had previously been working with a national FM provider before Kimpton took over the PPM contract for the buildings.
Our contract is for the planned preventative maintenance of the building fabric and common spaces but excludes the individual apartments. This does however encompass the ventilation, air conditioning, water temperature monitoring, emergency lighting, and fire alarm systems.
In the tank rooms there are two standalone cold water storage tanks, each holding approximately 20,000 litres of water that is boosted by stand alone pumps to serve the apartments above with cold water. With a building as tall as Mann Island, boosted water is necessary to allow showers and good water pressure across all 13 stories. Tanked water also provides a level of redundancy for residents. If for some reason, mains water was cut off to the building they would have a good period of time where water was only drawn from the tanks, without them being refilled until the supply is restored.
To ensure the safety of the residents and staff from a fire, the Kimpton PPM team maintain the fire alarm system including the smoke and heat exhaust ventilation systems (SHEVS) triggered by the alarms. All of the emergency lighting throughout the buildings, as well as for the underground parking, are tested on a monthly basis so that occupants are able evacuate the buildings quickly and safely.
One small but interesting addition with a taller building is that each of the lift shafts needs to be fitted with firefighting sump pumps. In the event of a fire and sprinklers being activated, or fire fighters pumping water into the building, the lowest point is normally the bottom of the lift shaft. If these remain full of water it could present a risk to life in the unlikely event of the lifts being required to evacuate any part of the building.
Dry risers are also tested. These are also common in tall buildings and allow the fire service to connect a pumped water supply to the outside of the building and enable firefighting or sprinklers on the upper floors of the building.
In the basement there are also HV panels that need maintenance. Alongside power factor correction units and the extract for fumes within the car park it’s varied range of services that need to be delivered to keep the building functioning safely.
The project is one that fits right into the skill set of the Service and Maintenance team. We have many years of maintenance experience in the real estate sector with Philharmonic Court and Dover Court for the University of Liverpool.
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