Heating solutions provided by RVT Group help nursery school in Scotland complete project after a 2 year delay

Case Study Overview

As part of The City of Edinburgh Council’s Early Years scheme, Robertson Construction were contracted to construct five brand-new nursery school buildings in the region.

Challenge

The contract was previously awarded to a different main contractor who went into liquidation halfway through the build, resulting in the projects being delayed by approximately 2 years before being handed over to Robertson Construction to complete.

With the buildings wind/water-tight and internal works needing to be completed during the cold winter months, Robertson Construction needed a solution to raise the internal temperature of the buildings to allow finishing trades to progress in a timely manner in view of getting the projects back on track.

Also, due to the semi-completed buildings lying dormant for a period of time following the previous contractor’s collapse, some of the buildings had experienced water ingress creating some areas of dampness in some of the buildings. Robertson need to carefully yet thoroughly dry-out the timber-frame buildings and maintain an ambient internal temperature of around 15 degrees so that work could progress.

Solution

Robertson needed an effective drying out programme, so they contacted specialists in climate control, RVT Group. Following RVT’s site assessments and calculations, Robertson utilised a Climex Indirect Oil-fired Temporary Heating System on each of the nursery buildings in question. The systems consisted of a mobile heater positioned outside the building, with flexible ducting running in via a window opening or doorway.

The systems were tailored to achieve a 12 degree temperature rise in each of the buildings, creating a positive pressure with warm dry air circulating throughout the buildings. The circulation of dry air was required to draw moisture from surfaces and purge out damp cold air. The heaters were compatible with the sites’ existing 110v power supply, and fuel supply for the heaters was managed by RVT.