Apollo Specified For Arup's £43 Million London Office Development
World class fire detection from Apollo Fire Detectors has been
specified for a new £43 million commercial development in London's
West End. Once completed, 8 Fitzroy Street, W1 will become the
London base of Ove Arup, the global firm of designers, engineers,
planners and business consultants.
The contract to supply the building's fire system, which is
being installed in two phases, was awarded to Titan Fire &
Security. Tony Tutton, Business Development Manager, says: "Ove
Arup is a very important client for us and the project had very
strict requirements. A fire system based on Apollo's Discovery
range was specified which provided a flexible and fully compatible
solution."
The Discovery range allows for the provision of different levels
of sensitivity depending on the needs of the space to be protected.
This is possible because Apollo Discovery fire detectors feature
five panel-selectable sensitivity bands that make them particularly
adaptable to a wide range of environmental conditions. To help to
protect against unwanted alarms even further, devices in the
Discovery range are also equipped with inbuilt drift compensation.
They are LPCB approved to EN54 in every one of these modes.
Phase two is now complete and when phase three is completed in
2009, the fire system at 8 Fitzroy Street will comprise almost 600
Apollo devices, including Discovery smoke, heat and flame
detectors, manual call points and interfaces. Warnings are provided
using a combination of Apollo sounder bases and sounder beacon
bases. The fire system is controlled using two four-loop Morley
ZX5e panels.
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