MK Electric publishes 47th edition digitally and online
MK Electric has just published the 47th edition of its catalogue in a CD-ROM specification version, so displaying one of the largest quality ranges of electrical product and accessories available on the market in a user-friendly electronic format. It is also provided online as a download from
www.mkelectric.co.uk.
The Specification Guide CD-ROM and download not only covers an extraordinary 5300 products, but also adds technical information suitable for specifiers and consultants. They provide comprehensive and fully-illustrated details on the company’s extensive offer – from wiring devices to circuit protection and cable management. They also include range highlights for MK’s Ackermann and Friedland sister businesses.
Among the highlights are Echo, the company’s wireless, batteryless, self- powered switch technology, and Astral, a versatile and intelligent MESH network system that incorporates Zensys RF
communication technology. The system offers significant benefits that will appeal to the installer, specifier and developer depending on requirements. Astral devices – the initial range comprising controllers, dimmers and switches – have the capability to control lighting in one particular room, but also lighting throughout the entire property. Each device is effectively a transceiver – both receiving and transmitting RF signals. Signals are detected by all other astral devices within range – or any other device with Z-Wave™ as its inherent RF “language” – and when programmed to do so, will control the lighting connected to them; or they will forward the signal to the desired destination device via the most effective and efficient route. The CD and download also features MK’s comprehensive range of sensors which can provide energy savings of up to 80% in corridors and toilets and 30% in open plan offices. A fast-fit clamp system
makes the sensors easy to install or remove and the sensors are programmed via infra-red. The sensors use PIR, microwave or ultrasonic detection which will work to a range of up to 60m2
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The company uses the data to explicitly and comprehensively state its
commitment to sustainability – not least its claim to have the ‘greenest’ cable management products in the industry. The collateral also provides notes on safety and reliability, design and innovation, updates on changes to regulations and an overview of the MK, Ackermann and Friedland businesses.
www.mkelectric.co.uk
Bruynzeel doubles storage space for the Bowes Museum
One of the most important museums outside of London is The Bowes Museum in the north Pennines. Housed in an impressive French-style chateau in the picturesque market town of Barnard Castle, it has doubled its storage space and improved the conditions for its paintings and books with contemporary storage facilities by Bruynzeel Storage Systems.
Work commenced in 2005 with much needed repairs to the roof following the winning of a number of grants. The project saw the transformation of visitor amenities, as well as the creation of new galleries on the upper floors of the Museum where Bruynzeel installed modern storage systems at the end of 2009. At the top of the building, a spectacular Reading Room was created, where researchers and students can access the Museum’s archive and library. When the project was initiated, storage facilities for the major items in the collection were spread thinly across the entire third and fourth floors. Many stores were in the attic space, directly below the roof. Access was difficult, conditions were inappropriate, and the1960’s style nut-and- bolt shelving provided neither the capacity nor the level of protection that the collection required. A complete re-design of gallery and storage space was required;
Building & Facilities Management – June 2010
with new storage equipment deemed a priority.
Bruynzeel Storage
Systems fitted two rooms with ArteStore picture racking and installed Bruynzeel Compactus mobile shelving in the Archive and Rare Books store. The Library was furnished with
Bruynzeel’s latest Sysco® Library shelving, which was powder-coated in Antique Bronze to
complement the interior design. Working in conjunction with the main contractor as the four mezzanine storage platforms were installed, Bruynzeel fitted the rails and tracks for the Compactus mobile and ArteStore picture racking before the finished floors were laid. By countersinking the rails and tracks into the depth of the mezzanines, Bruynzeel optimised the Museum’s storage capacity in the available headroom. Access restrictions to the library, and its curved walls, meant that all of the new storage equipment had to be craned into the building through a window almost 30 metres above the ground. “Bruynzeel’s innovative storage
solutions have increased our storage space and improved the conditions in which our reserve Fine Art collection and Books are stored”, says Jon Old, Senior Conservator at The Bowes Museum. “Bruynzeel understood our requirements and what we were trying to achieve. They worked closely with our project team throughout the entire contract, with the result that the somewhat challenging delivery and installation went smoothly. We are now able to more easily catalogue books and most importantly, to store them in such a way that they are easily retrieved for reference and viewing in our fantastic new Reading Room”.
www.bruynzeel.co.uk Email:
enquiries@bruynzeel.co.uk
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