01.02.2005
The new £311m HOCLAS Project (Home Office Central London Accommodation Strategy) has been fitted with FP600, the new fire resistant power cable from Pirelli.
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Electrical project manager, Peter Edwards of Shepherd Engineering Services (SES), explains why Pirelli’s brand new cable was used: “We chose FP600 for ease of installation, robustness, resistance to potential damage from exposure to site conditions and the installation benefits it provides over conventional MICC. It also met the approval requirements of the District Surveyor at the City of Westminster.
“Installing FP600 is significantly easier and quicker compared to MICC methods. Benefits on cost, time, and the speed and quality of installation have been achieved by utilising various products from across the Pirelli portfolio such as FP200 Gold, FP400 and FP600 to suit differing fire resistant cable applications.”
The HOCLAS development, consisting of three buildings linked at basement level and by walkways at upper levels, will provide the Home Office with work space complete with security, recreational and storage facilities at basement level and linked car parking. Each building also has a central atrium.
Pirelli has supplied its new FP600 cable, which is being installed from the life safety switchboard on the roof level of building C, via electrical risers and within the floor void serving equipment within Buildings A, B & C, for life safety supplies such as fire fighting lifts.
“In addition, continues Edwards, we are using Pirelli FP200Gold for the fire detection systems, fire and disabled refuge phones and all voice alarm systems. FP400 cables have been installed for sub-mains cables serving smoke ventilation, sprinkler pumps and essential services.”
Gordon McKinnon, marketing manager for Pirelli Cables said: “FP600 was developed to satisfy the more onerous requirements for essential service cables now required by UK regulators. Greater demands are consistently put on materials as Fire Safety Engineering concepts are used in ever more complex building projects.”
The building services will include heat exchange plant, refrigeration plant and heat rejection, ventilation plant, atrium smoke ventilation, automatic sprinkler installation, fire alarm & detection systems, emergency lighting, standby power supplies, lightning protection and commissioning/testing. The building has 100% backup generator supplies.
Building Services Consultants Flack + Kurtz (UK) Ltd designed the offices in Marsham St, Westminster, and the main contractor for the project is Bouyges UK. The offices are scheduled for completion in November 2004.
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Related contacts
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Pirelli Cables Limited, Marketing Department
PO Box 6, Leigh Road, Eastleigh
Hants, SO50 9YE
Tel: 023 8029 5029 Fax: 023 8029 5437 |
Mark Gilbert
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