Case Study

Delivering Crucial Cooling for Homerton Hospital: A Case Study

Homerton University Hospital in London is undergoing a significant refurbishment to enhance both its facilities and services. As part of this upgrade, the hospital’s old cooling equipment was removed, and new Air Handling Units (AHUs) were installed. With the new chillers not scheduled for installation until 2025, a temporary solution was essential to supply chilled and hot water to the new AHUs.  

The team here at Andrews Sykes stepped in to deliver a tailored heating and cooling solution that would meet the hospital’s immediate needs while ensuring operational efficiency.  

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Cooling Famous Cricket Ground in Nottinghamshire: A Case Study

A famous cricket ground in Nottinghamshire needed a rapid and effective climate control solution to quickly convert an indoor practice area into a functional and comfortable presentation space. Here’s how the Andrews Sykes team made it happen.

During the matches, the club needed to transform its indoor practice area into a presentation space for its members. The challenge was maintaining a comfortable temperature in the space while ensuring that the setup did not disrupt the club’s daily operations.

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Emergency boiler hire helps avert patient relocation at healthcare facility

An unexpected boiler failure can have a range of consequences for healthcare facilities and leave patients vulnerable. Issues are commonly detected and reported during the build-up to winter, and this was the case for a large NHS Trust looking after a dedicated mental health service in the South East. In this instance, a control malfunction had left the boiler inoperable, prompting the estates team to contact Andrews so that an alternative unit could be installed.

Our client contacted us late in the evening and requested the deployment of a replacement boiler hire as quickly as possible. Due to concerns about the potential for legionella bacteria to grow as a result of low water temperature, it was vital that we connected a substitute boiler that same evening.

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What happened in Europe this month? – Valentine’s Edition

Belgium

It’s the season of love, but we know that not everyone is a fan of Valentine’s Day. In some instances, self-care and personal growth must take priority. We’ve taken this somewhat literally in Belgium, with our progress in the region recently extending to opening a third depot in the country.

Our new property in Kortrijk gives us a wonderful platform from which to serve customers in the west of Belgium – as well as northern France – and we’re very confident that we’ll be able to make defining connections with a number of customers based in this expansive region. Love at first sight, or love at first site?

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Sales, strategy, and step-ups: Here’s a recap of our sales conference

Last week, our sales teams met up in Daventry for a very productive two-day training seminar and strategy meeting.

The event provided our HVAC and Pumps Sales Directors – Paul La Roche and Chris Graham – with an opportunity to relay business plans for 2023 onwards, while also allowing all present to engage in dialogue, network, and share ideas.

The training was undertaken by Steve Reeve, who was a former Sales and Marketing Director at Andrews Sykes. Additionally, we were delighted to announce a number of internal promotions as part of broader plans to reorganise our sales teams.

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Andrews Sykes top ten blogs of 2022

If you are new to what we do at Andrews Sykes, you might not be aware of our long heritage as a 165-year-old company specialising in HVAC and pumps. But we also write a popular blog on a weekly basis!

We cover a range of topics including case studies, roundups, opinion pieces, advice/top tips, and segments highlighting the work of our wonderful team.

If you’re already one of our regular readers, we’d like to say a big thank you for tuning in and we look forward to sharing more with you in 2023!

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What’s been happening in Europe this month?

UK

We knew last month had been a good one, but it has since come to light that it was our best December on record from a revenue perspective! Britain experienced snowfall, ice and bitter temperatures – and it’s fair to say our clients were cold. Although we didn’t have a choice in the weather, our loyal customers chose us to provide temporary heating units. We’ve always made it our target to provide a high level of service and deliver during sleet, snow, or shine, and that’s exactly what we did!

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