The Knightsbridge Estate project is a mixed-use scheme for The Olayan Group with a Skanska’s construction
contract worth £150 million. The completed project creates retail and office space, 33 residential units and a
new rooftop restaurant totalling 340,000sqft (31,600sqm), as well as creating a new entrance to Knightsbridge
London Underground station on Brompton Road and step-free access to the station, for the first time, from
Hoopers Court.
“We reviewed with Daikin the various chiller options available to us. One of the biggest constrains has been
space, which was dictated by the project architecturally. We worked with Daikin to reduce the number of
chillers we were going to install, still maintaining the capacity the client needed - we’re installing 3 chillers
designed to run at 790 kW each, but each of the units will have the capability to run at 1,051 kW.”
(James White, Mechanical Project Manager at Skanska, and David King, Associate Mechanical Engineer at
Chapman Bdsp)