Nine Elms Point is a major new residential and retail development at Vauxhall in central London. The
development on the south bank of the River Thames comprises seven residential buildings – the tallest of
which is 37 storeys – and a new flagship Sainsbury’s superstore.

Linked by open green space and landscaped raised gardens, Nine Elms Point forms a key part of the ongoing Nine Elms redevelopment, London’s largest transformation project.

J S Wright was responsible for the installation, testing and commissioning of pre-designed mechanical services for the 645 private and shared ownership apartments and penthouses, along with the concierge, gym, lounge and dining rooms, business suite, cinema room and basement car park.

Mechanical Installations:

• Boosted cold-water distribution systems

• Wet riser installations

• Commercial sprinkler system for Sainsbury’s service yard and car park, as well as sprinklers for residential car park

• Residential sprinkler system, connected to the boosted cold-water distribution system

• Underfloor heating for all private and shared ownership apartments

• Comfort cooling by fan coil units for selected apartments

• Mechanical ventilation heat recovery systems serving all apartments

• Sanitaryware for all apartments

• Refuse chutes within each building

• Fit out of commercial and gym areas with all mechanical services including heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems

• Below ground drainage system installation across Sainsbury’s podium level

Fish Island Village 1 & 2 is a vast award-winning mixed-use development at Hackney Wick in London. Designed and built by housebuilder Hill and housing association Peabody with the area’s industrial heritage in mind, the scheme aims to create a lively and vibrant canalside community.

J S Wright was responsible for installing, testing and commissioning the mechanical services for all 423 one, two and three-bedroom private and affordable apartments, along with a concierge, gym and underground parking, in the first two phases of the development comprising 16 blocks.

J S Wright also provided the services for The Trampery, a ground floor level network of workspaces on the development, managed by the social enterprise of the same name.

Mechanical Installations – Apartments

• Mains cold water supply from site boundary to storage tank and booster set in basement energy centre, with distribution pipework to all flats
• Natural gas supply from bulk gas meter to communal boilers in energy centre
• LTHW heating from community gas boilers in energy centre to apartment HIU boilers for domestic hot water service and underfloor heating
• Hot and cold-water systems, including pipework and boosted cold-water feed from energy centre to apartment HIUs to serve all domestic appliances
• Mechanical ventilation heat recovery systems serving apartment blocks and concierge
• Local supply and extract systems to energy centre, cleaners’ cupboards and bin stores
• Rainwater drainage pipes for balconies
• Above ground drainage to remove soil, waste and overflows from all flats and energy centre to underground drainage system
• Sanitaryware to all apartment blocks and cleaners’ cupboards, including internal rainwater installation
• Building Management System (BMS) for controlling and monitoring main plant, including metering for individual apartment energy consumption complete with a prepayment system

Mechanical Installations – The Trampery

• Boosted cold water supply from existing cold-water connection
• LTHW heating via indirect HIUs for delivering instantaneous hot water to radiators, including hot and cold-water pipework
• Passive and extract ventilation systems and above ground drainage