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CHILL FACTOR^e – MANCHESTER:

The Faulkner Browns Architects’ designed indoor ski centre Chill Factor^e is home to the UK’s longest (180m) indoor skiing and snowboarding slope and the coolest family day out in the North West. The development of an Alternative Design Scheme for the primary structure by Atom Consultants helped to bring this project within budget for the main contractor Sir Robert McAlpine.

The Atom proposals for the structure had to withstand 16 tonnes of fresh snow produced each night, so that we can let it snow and snow in Manchester- quite a challenge, when the top of the main run is 35m off the ground and slopes at 15 degrees.

SPORT & LEISURE:

” We have become specialists in the delivery of indoor ski centres thanks to the excellent support provided by Atom Consultants. “

Paul Walker
Project Director
Sir Robert McAlpine

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OTHER PROJECTS

$Pontefract Hospital, West Yorkshire$

Pontefract Hospital, West Yorkshire

Healthcare

Pontefract Hospital, designed by Avanti Architects and built by Balfour Beatty is a model for a new type of community hospital that delivers a range of non-acute services for its local population. A two storey square courtyard building adjacent to the main entrance provides outpatient accommodation, while the taller L-shaped building provides the more heavily serviced and increasingly private zones.

Pinderfields Hospital – Wakefield

Healthcare

The redevelopment of Pinderfields Hospital has been central to the reconfiguration of health services in the Wakefield area. The new construction involved 90,000m² of acute hospital space on a footprint of 22,000m², all on a brown field site.

Inverdee House, Aberdeen- Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Commercial

Inverdee House is an extensive project commissioned by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). The building created a new office for SEPA and it’s laboratories and also for Scottish Natural Heritage and Joint Nature Conservation Committee. The intention in the design of this building was to reduce the impact on the environment through best practices of sustainable design and construction methods. The resulting building achieved a BREEAM excellent rating and an EPC A rating.