Preventative Maintenance
Case Study: News International, Knowsley
The Client
The main UK subsidiary of News Corporation, News International is a major publisher of some of the country’s leading national and Sunday newspapers including The Sun, The News of the World, The Times and The Sunday Times.
Its plant in Knowsley, Merseyside, houses some eight printing presses and is responsible for production and distribution of newspapers across the North of England.
The Project
Kimpton Service & Maintenance Division has been retained as the site’s sole provider of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) for the past 10 years, completing regular maintenance checks on all boile and air conditioning equipment to maintain ambient temperatures for up to 400 on-site employees.
In addition to PPM, Kimpton is also periodically appointed to handle specific design and installation projects throughout the building and the latest has involved a new air conditioning system installed as part of a brand new production office suite.
The Solution
The new 220m2 open plan and cellular office space will be used as a print production meeting suite and heating and cooling of the facility will be delivered by a Mitsubishi VRF unit. Kimpton engineers have installed a heat recovery condensing unit externally which in turn connects onto a branch box controller which is positioned in the ceiling space of the manufacturing suite. A number of slim line ducted units are installed within the ceiling space providing conditioned air to each office area via insulated duct work and diffusers.
The project has been completed over a three month period with minimum disruption and inconvenience to facilities and employees.
