Tasmanian Police Headquarters HVAC Instalation

The Hobart Police Head Quarters was built in two main stages. The first stage was the Support Services Building located in Bathurst Street and stage two, the City Police Station in Liverpoll Street.

TCM Pty Ltd was the successful mechanical services and DDC Controls/Building Management contractor for both projects.

The mechanical services comprises floor by floor central air handling plant with Variable Air Volume (VAV) units handling the specific load requirements of each zone, with electric reheats installed where necessary. Heating and cooling for both buildings is provided under the control of a TC Technologies DDC control system. The DDC and Building Management controls are very extensive, and can be monitored at an on-site workstation or through a dial-up connection from the TCM offices. The DDC control system allows operators to monitor and interogate the performance of individual plant within either building and make any necessary changes.

The main plant for the Support Services Building consists of a series of roof mounted air chillers which provide the chilled water supply, with two Luke 160kW machines providing the heating requirements of the HVAC system. The City Police Station HVAC system is satisfied by a 400kW Multistack Chiller.

The Tasmanian Police Headquarters project was completed in the early 1990's.