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Projects

The ground floor common areas are serviced by a separate AHU located in a ground-floor plant room .

Each of the wine and special spirits rooms have their own split units .

The rooftop bar .

Roof plant – tempered fresh air unit .

have meant significant financial implications to the client , amongst other factors .

Radisson , as with many other larger operators , has customised brand standards that must be adhered to , and are essentially easy to achieve in new builds . These include aspects such as engineering design of the building , electrical and mechanical systems , but also include the building structure , a minimum number of rooms and building levels , types of rooms included , and the overall look and feel of the venue . Because this project was just about finished when Radisson entered the picture , GPCE went through the exercise of identifying how many brand standards could still be achieved . This produced a list of compliant and non-compliant elements , which was then accepted by the operator .

Radisson foremost insists on best practice and good engineering design to achieve an energy-efficient building . GPCE always follows best practices and ensures that there is an excellent balance between

Roof plant – chilled water generators .

Roof plant – a typical DX unit .

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