ACL Engineering Ltd is a leading service provider of building management services, delivering flexible and cost efficient services within the public and private sectors, including utilities, banking, finance, retail, industry, information technology, telecommunications, media broadcasting, manufacturing, leisure, national and local government and hospitality.

ACL provide management and practical expertise in most aspects of building management including refrigeration, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, electrical, access control systems, fire alarms, and building works.

Our understanding of our customers’ demands and working environments enables us to tailor unique packages to individual needs, whether based upon simple mobile reactive teams or delivering a total service solution with site resident management and engineering teams.

Survey
We will look at, and listen to your requirements in terms of services, budgets and time scales. Prior to going to the formal proposal stage we will discuss our survey and if appropriate suggest alternative methods of achieving your objectives. Having agreed our understanding of your requirements we will produce our proposal.

Proposal
ACL will produce the proposal with as many options as required. The proposal will detail all the services, costs, reporting procedures, time scales and any other required information. We will also produce asset lists, plant condition surveys and capital expenditure predictions including technical reports and drawings.

Implementation
 Upon agreement of the proposal the services will be provided, which of course may vary as circumstances change. Flexibility is a key issue which we recognise and understand.

At agreed intervals during implementation we will report progress to you, and during the life of the agreement we will report what you want to know, and need to know, on a regular basis. Comprehensive site records will be maintained in line with statutory regulations and your requirements.
We will agree an auditing procedure with yourselves to review all documentation and reporting procedures, which can be revised as circumstances demand.

Constant Care
In addition to the contracted services we are able to satisfy in tandem, any on demand requirements, from one man for an emergency breakdown to managing contractors for any specialised requirement.

ACL also provide a 24-hour monitoring service for such sensitive areas as computer rooms, core business facilities and trading areas, with a fast response, 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. This service is supported by our mobile engineering teams with a fleet of specially equipped vehicles.

ACL have managed projects ranging from a £1.4m hospital refurbishment package to £2,500 split type comfort cooling system.

The hospital refurbishment works incorporated :-

• New boiler rooms with a heating capacity to 600kw with additional hot water generators.

• New steel and copper pipework distribution to new and existing radiators.

• Modification to the existing steam distribution mains throughout the hospital including renewal of the condense pumping stations.

• Toilet blocks and facilities replacing all sanitary ware, mains cold & hot water services and tanks.

• Above ground drainage, internal UPVC and external cast iron was replaced.

• New ventilation was installed to the consulting rooms, engineered to work with the existing system.

• Survey resulting in disconnection and re-routing of underground services to enable demolition works.

The whole project was based on concept design drawings from which we worked with the design team of consulting engineers and hospital project engineers to effect minimal disruption and downtime to a fully operational hospital For over 11 years ACL building management services have performed the maintenance schedules for Computacentre including amongst other services maintaining and servicing the boilers, chillers, pressurisation units, VRV systems and split air conditioning systems. Computacenter is a nationwide contract with sites in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Crawley, Manchester and Birmingham.

Five years with the National Film Theatre providing resident site engineers and a manager to carry out the full maintenance schedule covering boilers, chillers, air conditioning, sprinklers, hose reels, dry risers, water treatment, chlorination, tap water sampling, lightning protection, fixed wire testing, pat testing, gantry systems, hoists, power factor correction, emergency lighting including central battery stations and power generation. A contract with Westferry printers to providing building management services. Four engineers, three electricians and one supervisor maintaining a 24 hour cover seven days a week to one of the UK's leading contract printers. Titles include - Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, Financial Times, Guardian, Sport, Star, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Express and many free publications. Shift engineers were responsible for BMS computer controlled PPM systems with pneumatic controls serving 70 AHU's, which incorporate heating and chilled capabilities supplied by three centrifugal chillers capable of 500 tons of cooling each, and four boilers with a total of 10,000,000 BTU’s. Back up to the systems was provided by a mobile team of air conditioning, air compressor and combustion engineers on call 24/7

Other projects include:-

• The replacement an air conditioning system to two 900m2 floors of a six storey office block utilising VRV equipment and fresh air heat recovery systems.
  Project Value £ 200,000

• Installation of a new air conditioning system utilising two split units in a communications room.
  Project Value £ 4,800

• Replacement of a steam generator for a flour milling company whilst maintaining production operation throughout.
  Project Value £136,000

ACL have been working with Thames Water Utilities and Anglian Water services on the repair and replacement sewage digester pressure/vacuum safety valves. Anglian Water have also used ACL to service and repair industrial and domestic boilers, the industrial boilers being dual fuel, burning either oil or methane produced from sewage. Our Commitments ACL are committed to reducing emissions to air, land and water by minimising energy consumption, reducing and recycling as much waste as possible and reviewing the goods and services we procure against environmental criteria.

People
Our reputation for excellence has been built over many years on the extensive knowledge and training of our staff, to provide the outstanding service our customers require for their core business to succeed.
We recognise that nothing is achievable without employee involvement and dedication, which is why we are totally committed to continued training and developing of staff to ensure they all posses the knowledge, skills and experience to perform their roles to the highest standards across an ever growing range of services

Safety, Competency, Efficiency ACL believe that safety, competency and efficiency are absolutely vital to an effective workforce. ACL ensure that all statutory and regulatory obligations are met, keeping abreast of new or amended legislation, an essential component in building management services. ACL conduct risk assessments and provide method statements when required. We will not compromise Health & Safety to reduce costs or undertake dangerous short cuts to save time. Technology ACL are committed to making continued investment in technology to support the delivery of our various services. These investments are complemented with an equal investment in people and the developing of business process to ensure that the technology is effective in enhancing the services, which we provide. Work Management ACL has an in-house team of experts who provide a tailor-made intelligent building controls service. The team undertakes all programming tasks connected with routine planned and preventative maintenance, breakdown calls and system upgrades, delivering a seamless service supported by ACL’s own engineers.

Asset Management
ACL implement Service Net as a standard technology for asset management.
This technology helps manager’s schedule and track maintenance activities. Through feedback of completed work the performance of the customer’s assets can be better understood. Identifying problem areas in the performance of assets can allow a reassessment of their operation and maintenance with the objective of enhancing reliability and reducing the cost of ownership.