PROJECT PROFILE
ARDNASHEE SCHOOL & COLLEGE, DERRY/LONDONDERRY
Scott & Ewing Ltd delivers specialist Mechanical package for SEN school THE OMAGH FIRM COMPLETED ALL MECHANICAL SERVICES FOR THE £35M PROJECT, RANGING FROM BMS CONTROLS AND NATURAL GAS-FIRED CONDENSING BOILERS TO RAINWATER HARVESTING, SERVICING CAMPUS TOILETS…
Scott & Ewing Ltd has installed a complete mechanical package for a £35m project creating a unique space for special needs students, working alongside its associate company and main contractor Woodvale Construction Company Ltd. A much-needed facility for special education needs (SEN) funded by the Department of Education, Ardnashee School & College is a single-storey campus for pupils aged 3-19 with profound, moderate and severe learning difficulties. Handed over in February 2025, the project was awarded an impressive 44/45 rating from the Considerate Constructors
Scheme and is targeting BREEAM Excellent accreditation. Located at the old Foyle College site on Northland Road, the 7.8-hectare space includes a reception area, halls, classrooms, offices, storerooms, school meals accommodation and private toilet areas. Specialist SEN facilities incorporated into the build include sensory and therapy rooms, a hydrotherapy pool, sports suites and hygiene rooms including sensory baths and Japanese-style toilets. Scott & Ewing Ltd’s complex mechanical installation for the project included a large BMS system; multiple LTHW circuits; underfloor heating and radiant panel
systems; air-source heat pumps; MVHR; AHU and local extract installations; and a hydrotherapy pool. The school’s primary heat source is met by four 500kW natural gas boilers configured in a cascade arrangement. Heating requirements for rooms throughout the school are serviced either by underfloor heating or radiant panels. A large freestanding flue stack was designed and installed by Scott & Ewing Ltd. Domestic hot water generation is via a hybrid system in which air-source heat pumps are used to pre-heat the water to 50°C. Plate heat exchangers, powered via the gas boilers, are then used to uplift the
“The quality of the finish, and the experience and process of the build, has been second to none for us.”
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