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Ashburton Triangle Mixed-Use Development Installs Advanced Fire Protection


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hat-trick of fire protection solutions from UK manufacturer, Advanced, is now installed at a sought-after, mixed-use development just metres from the Emirates Stadium, home to premiership football club, Arsenal. Three 8-loop, one 4-loop and one 2-loop MxPro 5 fire panels, as well as a LifeLine paging system and a custom-built 16-way peripheral relay panel have all been installed at Ashburton Triangle in Islington, London. The fault-tolerant network of eight panels is installed alongside approximately 3,500 Nittan devices and integrates with a host of third-party solutions, including the site’s intelligent escape signage, sprinkler system, lifts, door access and individual apartment and rooftop dampers.


The MxPro 5 fire system is also integrated with the LifeLine paging system, used by the onsite concierge team for staff alert purposes. For increased safety, Ashburton Triangle’s fire system has been set up to communicate with


“Not only did this project require a solution compatible with specific Nittan devices, it also needed to support high-performing cause and effect programming, false alarm management and to facilitate


staged evacuation. We


selected Advanced as we knew it could easily deliver on the requirements for Ashburton Triangle, and nothing really comes close to its solutions in terms of flexibility and ease of installation.” Phil Calvey, sales manager for the South


the Emirates Stadium’s fire system, signalling to the stadium when its alarm has been activated, and visa versa.


Responsible for the supply and commissioning of all equipment, on behalf of Newlon Housing Trust, were Coomber Fire and Security Systems who have installed Advanced’s fire protection solutions for almost 20 years. Adam Pitman, senior fire systems engineer at Coomber Fire and Security Systems, said:


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West and West Midlands at Advanced, said: “The flexibility of


Advanced’s solutions


provide a range of time and cost benefits to installers, particularly in scenarios where specific equipment is specified, or needs to be integrated with the fire system. Our MxPro 5 panels are designed to make life as easy as possible, delivering robust solutions that offer real peace of mind, all backed-up by our highly-rated technical support.”


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Breathing new life into historic building T


he Grade II listed India Buildings in the heart of Liverpool has undergone a major refurbishment, to transform the


100 years old, 12-storey mixed use structure into state-of-the-art office, residential and retail accommodation.


Being redeveloped for owner Legal & General by refurbishment specialist Overbury, the rejuvenation sees the eight floors of Category A office space delivering a BREEAM and WELL- compliant environment, through grilles and diffusers from air movement specialist Gilberts (Blackpool). The 350,000 ft2 of commercial space is served by four-pipe heating and cooling services connected to fan coil units behind bespoke bulkheads.


Consulting engineers


Crookes Walker Consulting designed the ventilation strategy,


installed by Ameon


Building Services Engineering. Crookes Walker specified a combination of Gilberts’ JSL and L Series linear bar grilles in the bulkheads, GECA eggcrate grilles and GTD concealed swirl diffusers across the field area of the perforated ceilings to handle both the supply and extract of fresh air throughout


the open plan commercial areas. Gilberts GX air valves ventilate the WCs.


Gilberts’ technical team in-house executed Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling of Crookes Walker’s design to validate optimal incoming air temperatures to


achieve comfort conditions, without


over-heating: a comfortable average 22°C was preserved. In the Category A office space – already let to HMRC – Gilberts’ L Series of linear bar grilles provide heated air supply, with a typical 57% free ventilation area; blades can be set at a choice of 0°, 15° or 40° deflection. ‘Fineline’ bars enable blending into the


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bulkheads throughout the office space. GECA egg crate grilles handle extract of the used air. In the office and meeting room ceilings, Gilberts’ patented GTD omni-directional concealed swirl diffusers feature a frameless chassis, which means they become an invisible, integral component of the ceiling grid; the radial vanes provide rapid entrainment and intermixing of high volumes of air through up to 50% free ventilation area ceiling tiles to avoid draughts or cold spots for the occupants below.


The ground floor area features Gilberts’ JSL jumbo slot linear diffusers. The innovative air supply diffuser provides a shadow-gap appearance with high airflow (between 20- 250l//s per metre), with an unbroken visual appearance


unique in the


Runs up to 6m long sit alongside GECA egg crate grilles to provide extract through the suspended ceiling.


Gilberts is one of Britain’s leading independent air movement specialists, and is unique in its ability to develop components.


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