Fire & Hazard Protection
Sanctuary Housing installs Aico smoke alarms in new development
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anctuary Housing, one of the largest social housing providers in the country, has installed Aico’s 160RC series mains-powered RadioLINK alarm systems into all of the 96 flats in its latest £10.4 million development in Newlands Place, Cumbernauld. Sanctuary Housing manages homes across England and Scotland, providing general rented, sheltered and home ownership accommodation. Sanctuary Cumbernauld, one of its regional operations in Scotland, is in the midst of a £70 million regeneration programme to remove the town’s 12 high rises and rehouse the tenants. The new development in Newlands Place, which features four blocks of 24 two- bedroom flats, will re-home 96 families in modern, comfortable homes. As a key safety measure the development is being fitted with Aico’s 160RC series mains powered, rechargeable lithium battery back- up smoke alarms. David Robertson, Director at FLN Consulting Engineers,
specified the alarms for this new development: “We have specified Aico on all our projects for a number of years having been impressed with the overall quality and reliability of the product.” Each flat has its own stand-alone system. Additional alarms have been installed in the communal hallways, which are interlinked using Aico’s RadioLINK technology to those in the individual flats. An alarm activated in the communal area will cause the alarms in all flats to be activated for maximum safety. Alarms in flats, however, will not cause the communal alarms to activate, thus avoiding issues of alarms causing unnecessary disruption to other residents. RadioLINK lets you interconnect Aico alarms and accessories together using Radio Frequency (RF) signals rather than cabling. New properties, such as the Newlands Place development, are seeing the benefits of wire free alarm interconnection as it provides far greater flexibility in alarm installation and adaptation.
ADT provides Newcastle College with the full package
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DT Fire and Security is now providing fully comprehensive fire and security solutions with integration of the fire detection and access control systems for the majority of Newcastle College. For the past six years, ADT has maintained the majority of fire detection and alarm systems at the college. However after demonstrating successful results the contract has been extended to include the installation of new systems as well as the phased upgrades of existing security access controls, intruder alarms and CCTV. Newcastle College is one of the best performing Further Education colleges in the UK. The college is part of the Newcastle College Group. With a turnover of more than £179 million, NCG is one the largest education, training and employability organisations in the UK. As part of the new contract, ADT will install MX panels utilising the
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latest Generation 6 digital fire detection technology in any new facilities. This will provide both Newcastle College and NCG with superb functionality and
performance as well as a greater detector lifespan between service changes. “We are delighted to extend our contract with Newcastle College and NCG,” commented Ian Hodgson, Regional Managing Director for ADT Fire and Security. “We have a long- standing business relationship with them, and as such are very much looking forward to delivering a comprehensive service that offers the highest levels of fire safety and security.” ADT will now begin a rollout programme across all new and the majority of existing buildings on the Newcastle College site. Moreover, the ADT team will carry out upgrades for NCG’s other divisions Rathbone,
a youth charity in Manchester and Belfast and West Lancashire College, which along with Newcastle College, form part of NCG.
Steve Johnson, Group General Estates Manager at NCG said: “For the past six years ADT has provided us with an excellent level of service. As such, the provider was the natural choice when it came to upgrading security and fire systems as well as specifying ADT products for new capital projects. The fact that the team were able to interface multiple systems across a number of sites was another advantage for us and one that will really simplify the installation process moving forward.”
For further information about ADT Fire & Security visit:
www.adt.co.uk
Building & Facilities Management – October 2014
Aico’s mains-powered 160RC series smoke and heat alarms are a popular choice for specifiers and social housing providers as they contain tamper proof rechargeable lithium back-up cells, which last the life of the alarm. These can provide over six months back-up in the event of a mains power failure and the batteries can’t be removed by tenants for use in other household devices. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Ei Electronics, Aico is a market leader in residential fire protection in the UK. All alarms are designed and built in Europe specifically to meet the UK standards and regulations. For more information, please go to
www.aico.co.uk
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