WHAT’S NEW? ICBC STANDARD BANK
CHOOSES ARTIC Artic has recently concluded the contract to replace a key chiller at the UK headquarters of a large banking group in the heart of the City of London.
The company is already the contracted hard FM partner to ICBC Standard Bank, providing planned preventative maintenance and reactive works programmes to the entire operation and are the main supplier for all air conditioning project works at the UK HQ building and their two remote disaster recovery sites.
The bank has a suite of chillers providing cooling to the building’s areas including the main computer rooms, UPS rooms, HV Transformer and switch rooms. These areas must be cooled around the clock. which is alternately split between the main ‘house’ chillers and a backup chiller for night time low occupation conditions. They also provide additional resilience in the event of a building cooling failure.
Artic’s residential maintenance teams began to identify trends indicating increasing problems with the existing chiller which was coming to the
BULL TO SHOWCASE UPGRADED CYGNUS
RANGE AT FIREX Bull Products, a manufacturer of life-saving fire protection equipment, is preparing to showcase its range of innovative products at FIREX International – an annual event that connects over 17,000 fire safety professionals from across the globe.
Taking place from 18th-20th June at Excel, London, Bull will be exhibiting at stand FX310 and will be showcasing its upgraded Cygnus Wireless Alarm System – a major innovation in wireless emergency fire alarms for construction sites.
To meet customer and market demand, the Cygnus radio system has been undergoing some upgrades and modifications which will include added functionality, improved
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end of its CIBSE guidance expected life span and made a suggestion to replace it.
After successful discussions, the bank set Artic very challenging targets to improve overall energy efficiency, ‘future-proof’ the solution, and to minimise the down time to the bank’s operation to just one weekend period.
A Turbocor chiller with a 371kW cooling option was chosen. Whilst the most expensive on capital cost, the chiller was the most efficient and
battery life, better configuration software and a combined smoke and heat detector.
The current system is the most adaptable temporary fire alarm system and has been used on some of the largest construction projects across the UK including Battersea Power Station and Bond Street Station.
Bull will also be exhibiting two brand- new fire safety innovations, giving customers the chance to see the products for the first time at FIREX International.
Matthew Trigwell, Sales Director at Bull Products, said: “We are really
cost-saving option when considered on a medium to long term. The energy savings per annum when compared to more traditional chiller technologies, are immense and the pay back on Artic’s installation price differential is estimated at one to two years.
The chosen chiller utilises R134a refrigerant but with Turbocor compressors already available with HFO refrigerant, the opportunity to modify existing chillers to keep abreast of gas legislation is expected in the future.
The team set about the complex task of planning road closures, arranging permits and cranage and pre- scheduling every detailed process required to de-commission the existing chiller over one weekend.
Artic engineers worked into the Saturday night to connect the new chiller and associated parts into the cooling infrastructure. The unit was tested and commissioned immediately, ensuring that the new chiller was up and running by the Monday morning for a smooth and fast turnaround with no disruption to the bank’s operations or occupants.
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excited to be back at Firex this year as we have even more innovations to share with customers. Fire safety is at the forefront of our business, and over the past year, we have been working to develop Cygnus and expand the range even further to ensure construction companies have everything they need for enhanced protection on site and for workers.”
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