Public Sector

• Type : M&E Design & Build – Public Sector
• Value : £787K
• Client : London Borough of Brent
• Main Contractor : Morgan Sindall
• Specialist Subcontract Partner : FG Alden (Mechanical)
• Specialist Renewables Partner : Darke & Taylor Energy Solutions (Solar PV Array)

Darke & Taylor Building Services Design with Darke & Taylor Contracting were appointed as the M&E services specialist for the D&B construction of this highly sustainable and futuristic youth centre. D&T used its extensive design capability to develop the concept design into a practical and budget compliant solution.

• Type : Public Sector – Culture & Arts
• Value : £3M
• Client : Aylebury Vale District Council
• Main Contractor/Project Manager : Willmott Dixon
• Architect : Arts Team
• Building Services Consultants : Ramboll UK
• Other Consultants : FG Alden
• Partners : M&E Package Led by FG Alden

Architecturally stunning and a complex engineering project, this 300,000 visitor per year theatre is the centre piece of Aylesbury Vale District Council’s Waterside development. Darke & Taylor Contracting was responsible for electrical, fire and security installations and played an integral role in the installation of a complex stage lighting system.

• Type : Education – University
• Value : £1.7M
• Client : Said Business School Foundation / Oxford University
• Main Contractor/Project Manager : Holloway White Allom
• Architect : Dixon Jones
• Partners : M&E Package Led by FG Alden

One of Europe’s youngest business schools, based at one of the world’s oldest universities. Darke & Taylor Contracting undertook the entire electrical contract on this prestigious project which required the installation of the latest technologies and stunning external illuminations to this purpose built business school. Since completing the project, Darke & Taylor Testing and Maintenance have continued to provide an on-going maintenance solution for the facility.

• Type : Public Sector – Education
• Value : £1.8M
• Client : Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
• Main Contractor/Project Manager : Willmott Dixon
• Architect : IID
• Building Services Consultants : Faber Maunsell

This ambitious £23M project to demolish and rebuild a 750 pupil secondary modern school was completed in time and within budget. A number of state-of-the-art sustainable features were installed as part of Darke & Taylor’s electrical contract, including photovoltaic panels. Other innovative features were built in to the design including an “oyster card” style PCI compliant technology to operate everything from the security gates to the tills in the canteen, and a centralised computer system, which publicly displays the energy usage of the building to help educate users on sustainable issues. Project was used as a WRAP Net Waste Method field trial. Darke & Taylor was one of the contractors on site that co-operated with the main contractor, Willmott Dixon, to improve waste management and reduce the associated financial and environmental costs.

• Type : Public Sector – Health
• Value : £1.3M
• Client : West London Primary Care Trust
• Main Contractor/Project Manager : Willmott Dixon
• Architect : Penoyre & Prasad LLP
• Building Services Consultants : Whitby Bird
• Other Consultants : FG Alden
• Partners : M&E Package Led by FG Alden

Part of the LIFT project, this health centre is an NHS building designed to integrate a number of local dispersed services into a one-stop Care Centre within Hounslow. Darke & Taylor Contracting was responsible for the installation of specialist services to this high-tech purpose built facility including four GP Practices, Community, Outpatient, Dental Care and Children Services.

• Type : Public Sector – Education
• Value : £1.1M
• Client : Islington Council
• Main Contractor/Project Manager : Willmott Dixon
• Architect : Nicholas Hare
• Building Services Consultants : Hoare Lea
• Other Consultants : FG Alden
• Partners : M&E Package Led by FG Alden

Darke & Taylor Contracting tendered for and won the contract to undertake the electrical installation to this ambitious and award winning project. This involved relocating and integrating three successful schools onto a single complex site with a commitment to sustainability, community and inclusive education at its core.

• Type : Public Sector – Health
• Value : £500K
• Client : Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust
• Main Contractor/Project Manager : Carillion Health
• Architect : RTKL
• Building Services Consultants : BDP
• Other Consultants : Crown House Technologies

Darke & Taylor Contracting successfully completed the electrical contract to Level 2 of this purpose built new wing to the John Radcliffe Hospital. This required working on a live hospital site, delivering a project with the minimisation of environmental impact as a central theme – the development has been recognised as an Office for Government Commerce Sustainability Exemplar.

• Type : Public Sector – Education
• Value : £120K
• Client : Oxfordshire County Council
• Main Contractor/Project Manager : Mouchel

Darke & Taylor Electrical Services undertook a full rewire of the lighting and power systems for the art block and sixth form block at this large secondary school.

• Type : Public/Education Sector New Build
• Value : £2.1M
• Client : Aylesbury District Council for Aylesbury College & Buckinghamshire New University
• Main Contractor/Project Manager : Morgan Sindall
• Building Services  : Darke & Taylor M&E Contract
• Specialist Supplier  : Hager Klik LCM Lighting Control System

This case study from Hager, a leading supplier of solutions for electrical installations, details how Darke & Taylor worked with the company to come up with a design solution and specification for a flexible, reprogammable and energy efficient lighting control solution