PROJECT:
De Clare Court, Haverfordwest
BUILD COST:
£6 Million
CLIENT:
Pembrokeshire Housing Association
MAIN CONTRACTOR:
Jehu Project Services
ARCHITECT:
Pentan Partnership
De Clare Court was the first extra care facility to be built in Pembrokeshire, in 2006. Based in Haverfordwest the facility provides 30 one bedroom apartments, 10 two bedroom apartments, an 8-bedrooms dementia-care unit and on-site communal faciities.
Bullock Consulting were appointed as commissioning M&E Engineers for the project. Duties included carrying out the re-design of some systems that were not appropriate for the building, producing the BREEAM calculations to achieve a "very good" standard and co-ordinating the commissioning and handover of the systems employed.
Renewable Energy Technologies were installed and included 2 Combined Heat & Power units and 30m2 of solar hot water thermal panels. Low energy lighting and controls and care alarm systems were incorporated into the design.
