Case study Withington Girls School

Background

Withington Girls’ School is a leading independent day school with an outstanding record of achievement, one of the top schools in the UK and the best-performing school in the North West of England. Established in 1890 the school has grown to become an eclectic mix of refurbished Victorian buildings and state of the art facilities.

Brief

Evotech provides high quality and responsive, planned, and reactive, mechanical maintenance services, including, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) for all the school’s buildings.

Summary of works provided

Since being awarded the contract in 2016, our engineers have maintained Withington’s mechanical plant, including its numerous Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, ensuring its various teaching environments are kept at optimal levels.

Bolstering the School’s own in-house maintenance team who maintain electrical systems and water hygiene our engineers maintain its gas boilers and associated mechanical plant (pumps, pressurisation units and vessels), air conditioning and numerous ventilation fans. In total our team service and maintain 148 mechanical assets across the Withington site ensuring its buildings run as economically and efficiently as possible and remain compliant.

Our engineers work around term times with our contract manager sending in teams to undertake scheduled works during school holidays.