british library, boston spa
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Albert Innes are currently working on the Electrical Installation expansion at British Library in Boston Spa.
Their existing 44-acre Boston Spa campus is home to over three-quarters of their collection of over 170 million items and their running out of space! To address this they are constructing a new state-of-the-art storage facility – and also using this opportunity to significantly reduce their environmental impact. The Electrical Installation comprises of the mains distribution system and cable containment for Submains, Small Power, Mechanical supplies and the LED Lighting installation. The development also includes: Construction of a new generation high-density, low-energy, airtight, automated storage building with 225 linear km storage capacity infrastructure and fabric upgrades to our seven-storey Urquhart Building, maintaining suitable storage capacity for 120km of our collections long into the future removal of outdated and environmentally inefficient buildings landscaping of the surrounding site, making the most of the natural environment and enhancing local biodiversity a new, publicly accessible viewing gallery and spaces for learning. |