Hawkes Bay Sports Park Hall Nears Completion

Sports Hall Lighting & Ventilation

MEPS Building Engineers designed the Electrical, HVAC and Hydraulic services for the new Sport Hall at Hawkes Bay Sports Park. This include a large variety of spaces including indoor netball and athletic facilities, gym, office spaces, conference spaces, and sports lab with the capability of heating the space up to 30°C for simulating overseas ambient temperatures during competitions. The building has also been designed with no services penetrations in the roofs (to minimise roof maintenance and maximise lifespan), hidden air conditioning condensers (to keep the clean building look) and communal water heating and HVAC services to maximise energy efficiency.

Hawkes Bay Sports Feature Light
Feature Light in Entrance
Hawkes Bay Sports Showers
Changing room showers with exposed services for an industrial look
Hawkes Bay Sports Exposed services
Sports Lab with exposed services and high temperature heating system
Hawkes Bay Sports Athletics
Sports Hall Athletics area
Hawkes Bay Sports Hidden condensers
Hidden Condensers
Hawkes Bay Sports Staff room
Staff area
Hawkes Bay Sports Feature light 2nd floor
Feature light framed to be seen from multiple locations and angles
Hawkes Bay Sports Gym
Gym with exposed systems and both air conditioning and ceiling fans for air movement so the air conditioning can be left off in mild weather
Hawkes Bay Sports Cafe
Cafe served by feature lighting and radiant electric heaters as the doors will be generally open during sport days
Hawkes Bay Sports Exterior
Building exterior

Copper or Plastic Piping: Which is best

Copper Piping

Water Piping – Copper or Plastic

When it comes to water pipes, copper has been the material of choice for a very very long time.

Plastic pipes of all sorts (PEX, uPVC, HDPE) have become increasingly popular in the past 20 to 30 years. One reason being the increasing cost of copper pipes over their equivalent in plastic.

So, what are the pros and cons?

Conclusion

There is no one 100% safe solution. Little is known at present about the plastic piping release of volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) and assimlable organic carbon (AOC’s). Copper is the system with the easiest of issues to control and mitigate and on balance appears to be the better option.