Balfour Beatty Engineering Services Helps Deliver Flagship Sustainable Marks & Spencer Store

Balfour Beatty Engineering Services Helps Deliver Flagship Sustainable Marks & Spencer Store PR Newswire GLASGOW, Scotland, September 5, 2012 GLASGOW, Scotland, September 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES) has completed a £4.1 million sustainable mechanical and electrical package at the new flagship Marks & Spencer (M&S) at Cheshire Oaks - the company's most environmentally conscious store. Designed by Aukett Fitzroy Robinson and built by main contractor Simons Group, the Cheshire Oaks store is one of the most high profile sustainable retail projects ever undertaken in the UK. Specifically designed to achieve a BREEAM 'Excellent' rating, the new 148,000 sq ft store incorporates a range of cutting edge technologies and building materials to deliver energy and carbon savings of between 30% and 35% when compared to the company's traditionally built stores. For the delivery of the building services package BBES employed a range of sustainable manufacturing and installation techniques, such as the offsite prefabrication of the building's plant room. This has helped to minimise energy use in the store's construction process. BBES' comprehensive M&E package included full fit out and external works including energy monitoring, waterless urinals, lighting controls, a biomass boiler, HFC free air handling units, displacement ventilation, electric car charging points and an 80,000 litre rainwater harvesting tank.