Oventrop meets the valve requirements of Bristol Civil Justice Centre
An extensive range of Oventrop valves have been installed throughout Bristol’s new Civil Justice Centre for HM Courts Services to meet the requirements of the Courts Standard and Design Guide. The company was on the approved-supplier list from the outset of the project.
This project comprises 9600 m2 over seven floor levels and is the largest civil courts centre in the south west of England. The building also houses Bristol Probate Registry. There is a plant room of floor five.
The five court floors are packed with services as each court is individually controlled — requiring complex services, many of which are in a limited amount of space.
All the main equipment is in the fifth-floor plant room, including gas-fired boilers, two gas-fired water heaters and a third cylinder for solar preheated water. Also on the fifth floor are water-cooled chillers with their cooling towers and all the air-handling units.
Pipework in the main runs and risers is screwed and welded steel, with transition to copper to connect to fan coils and radiators. Copper was also used for the domestic-services circuits.
As well as Oventrop AV6 TRVs and Combi 4 lockshields for 70 radiators, control valves were provided for 130 4-pipe fan-coil units. Oventrop also supplied commissioning sets for low- and medium-flow applications, flushing bypasses, strainers, drain cocks and check valves. Differential-pressure valves were provided to facilitate hydronic balancing.
