Adman were appointed by British Telecom (BT) as Principal Contractor to undertake flood protection works to key buildings in Manchester City Centre which house critical telecommunications infrastructure. The buildings are located directly adjacent to/on the River Irwell and most works were completed while working over this deep, fast flowing river.
The comprehensive scope of work included:
- Full access to building elevation overlooking River Irwell
- Diversion of deep-level tunnel sump pumps (phased)
- Removing ducts, louvres, grilles and openings to building elevations overlooking the River Irwell and replacing them with new brickwork to match existing
- Provision of new water-tight telescopic intake ducts
- New waterproof tanking render to the internal basement face of the River Irwell walls within the basements of Dial & Irwell House
- Duty and standby sump pumps to the basement
- Survey & lining of existing internal stormwater pipes within the existing lift shaft
- Completing all repairs to the below-ground drainage installation
