ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BLIND PEOPLE, LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE
REPLACEMENT LED LIGHTING, DATA UPGRADE

Sense College Loughborough is a small specialist college based in the heart of the East Midlands, offering daytime services to young people with a wide range of disabilities.

SCOPE OF WORKS

The Client was looking to make some improvements to the college by replacing all the old lighting (approx. 600 fittings) with energy saving LED fittings, replace all the suspended ceiling tiles throughout the college with a modern looking tile and thermal insulation pads above for additional energy saving.

We also installed new suspended ceilings in many of the first floor classrooms and offices.

As part of the upgrade a new server room was created with a complete data cabling upgrade with over 500 new data outlets around the building.

OUTCOME

The entire project was delivered within the 6 week summer holiday period with around 90 rooms and corridors having new ceilings, tiles and lighting.

A complete IT infrastructure was installed throughout the building, whilst maintaining the old system until the last moment so staff and some students could continue working during the holidays.

ON SITE CHALLENGES

Although the works was carried out during the college holiday period some staff and students were in attendance for the whole period, this meant we had to work to a live environment and program.

Liaising with staff to ensure there were rooms available for students and staff and safe routes throughout the building.

The old IT system had to be maintained throughout the job whilst the new system was being installed.