Air Conditioning

Case Study: Halliwell Solicitors

The Client

Halliwells is the fastest growing commercial law firm in the UK with offices in Manchester, Liverpool, London and Sheffield. At various times its offices have required the installation of new air conditioning units or the replacement of old systems and Kimpton has worked with the firm extensively on these projects.

The Projects

Kimpton works closely with Halliwells’ facilities department across all its northern offices, carrying out quarterly preventative maintenance on all equipment as well as emergency call-out repairs and new installations. In Manchester, where Halliwells’ head office is located, this covers five separate building locations.

Kimpton’s ongoing work for Halliwells was typified by one recent project at the company’s office in the City Plaza development in Liverpool city centre. It was critical to avoid overheating in the main communications room which houses all IT cabinets and equipment.

The Solution

Suitable ambient temperatures were restored by installing a split air conditioning system.

Kimpton Air Conditioning division’s installation comprised of a condenser on the offices’ third floor roof from which pipe work was installed up a riser to the ceiling void in Halliwells’ seventh floor office and then out into the communications room to serve the ceiling mounted cassette. All of these works were performed causing minimal disruption to the office staff.


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Alan Maxwell is facilities manager at Halliwells’ Manchester office:

“Just as our business is founded upon enhanced service and client satisfaction, so we look for the same in our external suppliers. Kimpton is one company we can rely on to pull out all the stops and provide excellent service whatever the project.

“It’s important that day to day legal business is not inconvenienced by noise and disruption from any building service issues such as air conditioning installations or refurbishments. Most of this work needs to be done outside of normal office hours, for example evenings and weekends, and Kimpton has the flexibility to provide this service wherever we have an air conditioning requirement. We continue to enjoy an excellent relationship with Kimpton across all our sites. ”