Oxford Brooke’s University’s Headington Hill Campus is now handed over to a satisfied client, marking yet another successful completion for CMB Engineering. Our team started works on site in December 2023, having secured the £14 Million Mechanical & Electrical contract for the project earlier that year.

 

Headington Hill Campus is the latest addition to the Oxford Brookes University campus collection and will house the Faculty of Technology, Design & Environment. The 2-bulding development, which sits within a Grade II Listed estate, now houses a new teaching block, faculty offices and an engineering building – all designed to transform STEM and creative activities within the university. A large aspect of the new facility will be centred around the university’s interest in Formula 1 technologies and research.

 

The teaching block spans across 3 floors and includes an immersion lab, robotics lab, 3D printing equipment, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality and Augmented Reality technologies, and a dedicated computer suite. A key component to the building is the Virtual Reality Cave, enabling students from a range of courses to create virtual buildings and towns, use interactive CAD design and disassemble a Formula 1 car to test changes to its design.

 

Meanwhile, the workshop will be the home to specialist engineering equipment with state-of-the-art labs and teaching spaces. These include high voltage testing areas, advanced scanning technologies and an automotive lab with a range of Formula 1 racing cars to be researched on.

 

With CMB having provided the M&E services throughout the scope of this project, we were often met with some logistical difficulties and hurdles to overcome, but our team managed each of this with success. The M&E services we carried out for the project included:

 

Electrical:

 

• Main LV power and mains distribution

• Standby Generator

• Lighting installation

• Site wide Dali Lighting Control System

• Intelligent Emergency Exit Signage

• External lighting installation

• Small power installation

• Fire detection and alarm system

• Structured cabling installation

• Disabled refuge and toilet alarm systems

• Access controls and door entry systems

• CCTV System

• Lightning protection installation

• Electrical vehicle charger installation

• Photovoltaic Systems

 

 

Mechanical:

 

• Drainage and sanitaryware installation

• Domestic cold-water services installation

• Domestic hot water services installation, served by local heat interface units

• CAT 5 water system installation

• LTHW heating systems, including roof mounted air source heat pumps

• General ventilation systems served by roof mounted air handling units

• Kitchen extract system

• DX air conditioning systems

• Sprinkler system including dry risers (teaching block)

• Misting system (PBW)

• Specialist process gas systems

• Specialist local extract ventilation systems

• Smoke ventilation systems (NHHB)