Apollo Fire Detectors Chosen to Protect Ministry of Finance, Abu Dhabi
British fire detection technology manufactured by Apollo Fire
Detectors has been chosen to protect the Ministry of Finance
Headquarters in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The project to upgrade the
building's fire detection system was awarded to Telectron, who have
operated in the UAE for 35 years.
The Ministry of Finance is responsible for ensuring best use of
federal government resources through effective financial management
and implementation of fiscal policies. It comprises 14 departments
and employs hundreds of staff. This presented Telectron with a
major challenge: the fire detection upgrade - which included
totally rewiring the system - had to be undertaken while the
building was fully occupied and without causing any disruption to
the work of the Ministry.
Telectron's engineers therefore worked flexibly in shifts,
depending on the type of work that was to be carried out. For
example, any ceiling work was only undertaken outside office hours.
Work in other areas was scheduled to fit with the accessibility
available around the Ministry's normal operations.
Telectron successfully completed the installation at the end of
2009. The new fire detection system provides comprehensive
protection over all ten floors of the Ministry's headquarters and
comprises approximately 750 Apollo XP95 devices arranged over seven
loops. The system is controlled using Advanced Electronics control
panels and it interfaces with critical equipment such as lifts, air
conditioning and pressurised fans. It was handed over to the client
with full Civil Defense approval.
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