MBM Services has been involved in a number of plumbing and heating projects within the Education sector.
We carefully schedule and manage work to ensure as minimal disruption to the learning environment.
Our DBS checked, qualified and experienced team of plumbing and heating engineers can deliver your scheme to the highest standard. Please give us a call to chat through your project requirements and we can provide a quote from your plans. Take a look at the projects we have undertaken for our clients over the last 18 months:
Grammar School, Greater Manchester
MBM Services completed the installation of a new heating system at a south Manchester school in April 2023. This 7 month project was undertaken during school time and out of hours. Health and safety of pupils and school staff as well as our team was the highest priority. All engineers are DBS checked. Project management was key as we needed to work with the school to ensure that we worked in areas which would cause minimal disruption to the operation of the school. The project our largest contract to date and included the following mechanical services:
Strip out and enabling works:
Drain down, isolation and strip out of existing below ground services.
Strip out of existing heat emitters and heating distribution.
Strip out of the plant room including flow and return circuit.
Supply and installation of:
Circulation pumps in the boiler room.
LST Radiators
Wall and ceiling mounted fan coil units.
Panel radiators and valves.
Mixing and zone control valves within the boiler room.
Installation of heating pipework in the boiler room and the whole school for all heating infrastructure.
Insulation of all pipework.
Installation of below ground insulated heating pipework.
Installation of heating distribution system and expansion bellows.
Chlorination of system to BISRA BG29 2012 standard.
Testing, commissioning and production of operation and maintenance manual.
Lancaster High School
In August 2022 MBM Services completed a mechanical plumbing and heating contract for a school in Lancaster. The project was completed in six weeks in order to ensure that all work was completed prior to the commencement of the school year in September.
Plumbing work included the follow:
Drain down and strip out of pipework to all toilets within the school.
Installation of domestic hot and cold water supplies including new isolation valves to all toilet blocks.
Supply of concealed cisterns and flush plates.
Above ground drainage.
Thermal insulation.
Installation only of sanitaryware.
Chlorination, testing and commissioning.
The following heating services were also provided:
Heating system extension to existing classroom.
Supply and installation of radiant heating panels.
Chlorination, testing and commissioning.
Nottinghamshire Primary School
In September 2022 the MBM Services project team completed a mechanical contract for a primary school in Nottinghamshire. The work was undertaken over a six week period to ensure that the project was completed before the school reopened after the summer holidays.
The project included supply and installation of the following:
Full plantroom renewal, with 2no high efficiency Hamworthy modulating boilers and low loss header, Jeremias St/St flueing, VT - CT - DHW Lowara variable speed pumps, Lowara mains water top up device, Fernox dirt air separation and dosing device, with full BISRA flushing and dosing of the heating system pipework, together with mains cold water chlorination of domestic services installed.
New gas and heating services installed into an external trench, 50mm mdpe gas and 25mm flow and return Rauvitherm pre-insulated heating pipework.
32 Lst radiators and various remote thermostats
1,000m plus of combined services - steel for heating, copper hot and cold-water distribution services, with Viega megapress crimp fittings on steel and Pegler Express crimp on domestics.
Thermal insulation to pipework in Rockwool phenolic foam with taped joints and service Identification.
Terrain Above ground drainage services from classroom sinks.
Clients own Dunham Bush fan coil units.
New domestic services.
High School, Northwich
In September 2021 MBM Services completed a 12 month refurbishment project at a secondary school in Northwich. The school was operational during the refurbishment, which meant that there were numerous considerations to plan for, including when we could switch off the water supply to undertake some of the strip out and installation works.
Our element of works included:
Isolation and strip out of existing water and gas supply.
Plumbing and gas elements of the refurbishment of 2 science labs, including supply and installation of:
Hot and cold water services
Secondary hot water return
Gas services from point of entry
Drainage
Insulation of pipework
Refurbishment of 2 toilet blocks, including the following:
1st fix of water supplies and above ground drainage to all new sanitaryware points.
Second fix of all sanitaryware including toilets, concealed cisterns, hand washing troughs, taps, TMVs and accessibility toilets including DocM, sinks and grab rails.