“Helping a UNESCO world heritage site meet the needs of its parliamentary members.” The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the parliament of the United Kingdom. Commonly known as the Houses of Parliament after its occupants, the Palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster, in central London. The Palace of Westminster has been a Grade I listed building since 1970 and is part of a UNESCO world heritage site since 1987. The main project was the refurbishment of the MP’s oﬃces during the summer recess, which involved the stripping out of all the existing services and replacement with new building modern, appropriate building services. Working within a listed building of this age poses many restrictions on the ability to introduce and install services within the building fabric, the design solutions provided for the services were carefully considered and coordinated to be sympathetic with the building structure as well as providing the high level of modern building services demanded by a building of such historic importance. As normal with buildings of this age and in constant use access was very restrictive, and no work is allowed if parliament was called or the MPs were working. This impacted the design programme for the new building services for the refurbished oﬃces, with surveys having to be undertaken out of normal working hours. The construction works also had to be undertaken using three consecutive eight-hour shifts, seven-days-a-week in order to complete the works on time. Other projects undertaken included the detailed review and investigation of the main air handling units serving the Commons Chamber and the ancillary areas, these consisted of approximately 12 brick built (internally tiled) air handing units, part of the original building services installation of the building. Houses of Parliament, London

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Page 1: Houses of Parliament, London - Maleon · 2016-12-01 · two houses of the parliament of the United Kingdom. Commonly known as the Houses of Parliament after its occupants, the Palace

“Helping a UNESCO world heritage site meet the needs of its parliamentary members.”

The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the parliament of the United Kingdom. Commonly known as the Houses of Parliament after its occupants, the Palace lies on the north bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster, in central London. The Palace of Westminster has been a Grade I listed building since 1970 and is part of a UNESCO world heritage site since 1987.

The main project was the refurbishment of the MP’s offices during the summer recess, which involved the stripping out of all the existing services and replacement with new building modern, appropriate building services. Working within a listed building of this age poses many restrictions on the ability to introduce and install services within the building fabric, the design solutions provided for the services were carefully considered and coordinated to be sympathetic with the building structure as well as providing the high level of modern building services demanded by a building of such historic importance.

As normal with buildings of this age and in constant use access was very restrictive, and no work is allowed if parliament was called or the MPs were working. This

impacted the design programme for the new building services for the refurbished offices, with surveys having to be undertaken out of normal working hours. The construction works also had to be undertaken using three consecutive eight-hour shifts, seven-days-a-week in order to complete the works on time.

Other projects undertaken included the detailed review and investigation of the main air handling units serving the Commons Chamber and the ancillary areas, these consisted of approximately 12 brick built (internally tiled) air handing units, part of the original building services installation of the building.

Houses of Parliament, London