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Cedar Court Grand Hotel - York

THE CHALLENGE

CASE STUDY

SOLUTIONS DELIVERED

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Cedar Court Grand Hotel

Cedar Court Hotels is Yorkshires largest

independent hotelier, with four very successful

four-star properties in Harrogate,

Hudderseld/Halifax, Leeds/Bradford and

Wakeeld. But in 2009, the Company purchased

the iconic North Eastern Railways Headquarters

in York, one of the great railway buildings of

England, with the ambition of turning it into a

luxury hotel.

The result is Cedar Court Grand Hotel & Spa,

which opened in May 2010. This historic building,

which won an architectural award in 1904, has

been carefully restored to retain all of the

original features whilst integrating the facilities

and style of a luxur y property.

Cedar Court Hotels has worked closely with the

AA, and it is hoped that when it receives its rating

later this year (2011) it will become Yorks rst

ve star hotel.

ISG technology designed and installed the

infrastructure to support the telephone, data,

WiFi, television, audio and CCTV networks

throughout all areas of the hotel.

The solution provided the hotel with a exible,

future proof installation that takes into account

their particular IT infrastructure needs while

tting in with constraints of a Grade II listed

building and the desire for a luxurious ve-star

nish to all areas of the building.

ISG technology worked diligently to complete

the two scheduled phases on time and to enable

all of the other trades on site to continue working

to their programme. ISG technology created a

consolidation box design, allowing rooms and

oors to be completed in any sequence without

being dependent upon the other trades or other

areas of the building. This enabled ISG

technology to be exible and to work around the

other trades allowing progress on site to

continue unrestricted.

Unique challenges exist within every project,

especially when working on a Grade II listed

building. ISG technology has a wealth of

experience working on listed buildings gained

from many high prole installations including

Westminster Abbey, Customs House and English

Heritage hence ISG technology was able to apply

this experience to The Cedar Court Grand Hotel.

ISG technology was chosen to work directly forCedar Court Hotels, providing a full design and

installation service working in conjunction with

the building and electrical contractors to deliver

a solution within budget, with future exibility

which allowed for a phased installation approach

throughout the building.

To maintain the character of the building and to

provide the desired nish, it was decided that all

services within the bedrooms would be chased

into the walls, therefore removing the need forsurface mounted skirting trunking. Using this

method provides a better nal nish but it

restricts the future installation of cables within

the rooms, therefore ISG technology worked with

Cedar Court Hotels design team to ensure that

sucient outlets were installed to serve the

current and future needs of each guest.

In addition, the cabling in each room needed to

be installed in two phases. The installation

needed to be in sequence with the building

program before the walls were re-plastered.

John Bulger,

Senior Project Manager,

ISG technology

Working in a Grade II listed building is alwayschallenging especially taking into account the scale

of the refurbishment and the quality of the nishrequired in a 5-star Hotel.

John Horvath,

Group Hotel Director,

Cedar Court

ISG technology provided an infrastructure designthat suited the building as well as the technicalbrief. One of ISG technologys Project Managersensured that the project ran smoothly and toschedule.