Andrews Sykes : Heat assist major construction company

After a fire broke out at a West Sussex academy school, a major construction company in the South was awarded the contract to rebuild the well-known institution.

The construction firm specialise in all factions of healthcare and housing developments but required some third-party assistance in order to complete the job as quickly as possible.

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Due to the heavy rains and lower temperatures that hit the UK in November, some HVAC hire equipment was needed to accelerate various drying processes inside the new building. At this juncture, Andrews Heat for Hire was drafted in to assist with the issue by providing suitable heating equipment to help dry plaster and flooring.

Our specialists visited the site to survey the building and discuss the best solution with the customer. After considering the size of the building and the space available, they decided to use one Aurora FH2000 heater - which is capable of supplying 200kW of heating for areas of up to 4,108m³ - and four ASF50 fans, which were used to help distribute the heat and increase the air flow.

The FH2000 heater was positioned in the middle of the academy's forecourt and four separate ducts were placed into different entrances of the building.

This project is a good example of how Andrews can provide an effective multi-unit drying solution which sped up a construction project and allowed the school building to reopen ahead of schedule. The customer in question was very pleased with our solution, commenting: 'I could not fault the set-up. It was very effective.'

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