Howell Cummings | Kitchen Planning & Design | Commercial Catering Equipment Supply

Howell Cummings Catering Equipment Ltd secures Liverpool University Project

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

The building is being designed by architects Stride Treglown, and comprises of a 250-seat restaurant, kitchen and cafe in the ‘West Block’ and retail space, currently designed as three units plus a laundrette, in the ‘East Block’. 

The development will also include 710 student accommodation units, providing a mix of en-suite study bedrooms, studio apartments, two-bedroom apartments and two-bedroom duplex ‘loft’ apartments.

The student development is being hailed as the most sustainable in the UK and includes features such as a grey water system to provide water for toilet flushing, LED lighting for common areas, air source heat pumps, brown and green roofs, solar-thermal heating and integral natural habitats built into the brick work.

The project is defined into 5 key areas where Howell Cummings Catering Equipment have been commissioned to design, supply and install catering equipment.

Area 1 - The Main Kitchen provides a bespoke back of house kitchen where the majority of preparation and cooking will take place. The design takes into account the proposed building structure and the limitations of floor to ceiling heights relating to coordinating services installations.

Area 2 – The Main Restaurant Servery is constructed in an Oval counter configuration, constructed adjacent to the main ground floor kitchen. This area is designed to cope with the busy University and Student requirements of a 250 seat restaurant preparing and serving throughout a busy daily schedule. This area also includes a separate cooking display area.

Area 3 – The Main Wash Area has been designed with the latest appliance technology alongside a DDA compliant motorised Hi-Lo Tray Racking collection facility servicing the busy dish wash facility.

Area 4 – A bespoke Cafe Area provides a separate refreshment facility to the main restaurant on the ground floor level

Area 5 – Mezzanine Level – Hospitality Servery, designed for catering, as a specialist facility, for University conferencing, hospitality and corporate events.    

Howell Cummings Catering Equipment have worked closely alongside Ocon Construction to develop, design and coordinate the installation which is due to commence in February 2012.

The project has started on site and is due for completion in June 2012, ready for summer delegates and the new intake of students for the 2012/2013 academic year.