100 SAFETY & SECURITY
open-close switches and rain and wind sensors can also result in the creation of a customised NSHEV, which can ensure the product is fit for purpose for the particular installation environment. With some simple modifications, such as the addition of a fixed vertical safety ladder, a unit can also provide a means of escape from the roof, or offer access for infrequent maintenance. By using a skylight, the NSHEV can also offer a source of natural daylight to the space below.
Product in practice
Discovering the need for reliable smoke ventilation with a bold yet discreet design, the Riverside Museum in Glasgow required two custom-designed smoke vents to meet strict requirements with regard to building safety regulations. The museum’s iconic design dominates its riverside location, while paying homage to the heritage of its surroundings. Crucial to the museum’s flowing design is its roof, which curves and undulates and continues around the east and west sides of the building to constitute the majority of the external structure.
In the event of a fire, NSHEVs improve visibility, accelerating evacuation times and assisting firefighters
The smoke vents were manufactured to a unique specification to create a seamless, aesthetic finish with the museum’s distinctive roof, showing that style can also be accomplished alongside safety. The ideas of smoke clearance and smoke ventilation, like many other fire safety systems, can be complex. However, as ‘life- safety’ systems, they must be robust and durable, and tested to the industry standard. The design and equipment must be suited to the building type, and installation and maintenance must be done by a highly qualified team to ensure that the systems function effectively when needed.
Tony Stevens is technical estimator at Bilco UK
£92 million student accommodation project receives Advanced protection
Five new towers at the University of Brighton’s Moulsecoomb Campus are now protected by a fault-tolerant network of MxPro 5 fire panels from global fire systems leader, Advanced. The 13 networked MxPro 5 panels have been installed to protect the five student accommodation towers varying between eight and 18 storeys, which will provide more than 800 student bedrooms as well as ground-floor fitness facilities and amenities for the students’ union. MxPro 5 is the fire industry’s leading multi protocol fire system solution, certified by FM Approvals to the EN 54 standard. It offers customers a choice of four detector protocols and a completely open installer network, backed up by free training and support. MxPro 5 panels can be used in single-loop, single-panel format, or easily configured into high-speed networks of up to 200 panels covering huge areas. Ease of installation and configuration, as well as a wide range of peripheral, make MxPro 5 suitable for almost any application. Advanced’s reputation for performance, quality and ease of use sees its products specified in locations around the world, from single-panel installations to large, multi-site networks.
0345 894 7000
www.advancedco.com Gilberts helps protect twin towers
An “iconic” site that has been transformed into high rise, high specification living for young professionals is a showcase for the latest in modern methods of construction – including its fire protection. The Coventry development – named Elliotts Yard after the automotive business that occupied the city centre site since the 1920s – comprises two separate buildings including a 17-storey tower containing a total 200 apartments. Modular construction techniques were chosen as far as possible to deliver a sustainable solution that simultaneously provided robust acoustic and fire safety performance, including precast concrete sandwich panels and the latest in smoke evacuation – Gilberts Blackpool’s’ Series 60 dampers. Smoke control specialist Baiceir recommended installation of a Gilberts Series 60 smoke damper into the fire shafts on each floor (30no in total), with fan skids on the roof of each building to accelerate smoke evacuation. Gilberts’ Series 60 is believed to be the only vent of its kind designed and manufactured in the UK. It has been tested to – and passed – all relevant tests ((EN1263-1, EN1363-2). Delivering up to two hours’ fire integrity.
01253 766911
info@gilbertsblackpool.com
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