Author Archives: Paul Southall

“Nothing to see here, move along” Or “Spot the pumphouse”

Spent a fantastic morning in the company of several members of the NT Architectural Panel and our very own Liz Green looking at the woodland workbase and the views across the Menai Strait from the Vaynol estate. The purpose was … Continue reading

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What is the Plas Newydd Marine Heat Pump generating so far = Paperwork (and lots of it)

Detailed design and planning work is well underway at Plas Newydd, with tender documents having gone out to potential contractors. Running parallel with this we are working with the numerous stakeholders and statutory bodies in order to ensure all aspects of … Continue reading

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Plas Newydd – How to stop your pump house floating away (and other such conversations)?

As many of you will have seen in the press yesterday the Plas Newydd Marine based heat pump project has been given the green light. This comes following an initial “We’ve had an idea” after a visit to look at … Continue reading

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Fit for the Future: Annual Report 2012 – 2013

 We have spent the last week bringing together all of the data on our environmental progress during 2012 – 2013 into the “Fit for the Future Environmental management System Annual Report”. The purpose of this document is to highlight the … Continue reading

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Around the World in 80 seconds – our video conferencing is up and running

Over the last few weeks Lucy Hale (Msc intern working with Keith and I) has been working with our business support team to finalise the video-conferencing facilities for the NT in Wales. The driver (excuse the really bad pun) has … Continue reading

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Plas Newydd – From Divers to Design

The results of the diving survey work Keith highlighted recently are starting to come back in, so I thought I would start to make the links between divers splashing about in the Menai Strait having a fantastic time, and how the … Continue reading

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Stackpole Biomass – How are we doing?

Following Keith’s recent blog on the Stackpole biomass system -Welsh biomass, biomass, biomass…makes a change from hydro - we have been conducting a “post occupancy assessment” of the system to check actual performance against the anticipated performance of the big box that … Continue reading

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