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Ovia lights up new 4,500 sq m fruit packing and distribution facility


Family run mixed farming business AC Hulme & Sons, based near Canterbury in East Kent. As part of an ongoing campaign of expansion, AC Hulme & Sons has built an extensive new grading, packing and distribution complex which will this year handle around 12,500 tonnes of apples and pears. Oviawas specified as the exclusive lighting supplier for the new development, with the sales and lighting design teams working closely with Steve Collins, managing director at BMS Electrical Contractors.


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his large and complex project required delivering the massive new building on time with minimal


disruption to the grower. The development was built partly on the footprint of existing packing and distribution facilities that had to be operational until the very last moment. A variety of Ovia light fittings have been installed across the range of buildings, office space and external locations. Several PIR lighting controls as well as Scolmore’s Click Flow connectors were also specified to provide quick and easy solutions for specific areas. For the vast packhouse shed, Ovia’s Inceptor


Hion LED Dimmable Highbay fittings with microwave sensor were installed. A white finish in the Hion was selected and fixed to the ceiling using the surface brackets, to provide the finished look required by the client. The non-corrosive U-Lite slimline linear LED fittings in a range of standard, emergency and microwave options were selected for areas including the packaging store, plant room, forklift


charging room, traffic light area, pre grader store, grader room and dispatch area. For the main office areas the Inceptor Iona commercial LED downlight in both standard and emergency options were used for the corridor and stairwell locations. The Inceptor Slate LED recessed panels were chosen for the main office


area, with their low UGR19 diffusers making them suitable for working environments. Inceptor EVO Bulkheads in standard and


emergency options were selected for the external façade by the entrance reception lobby. PIR Controls - recessed passive infrared sensors -


have been fitted for all offices and external lighting requirements. Occupancy sensors were chosen as part of the desire to help save costs and energy usage. For the extensive external areas, a number of Ovia IP65 LED Pathfinder Floodlights – 50W and 150W - have been installed. Where there was a requirement for emergency lighting on the project, a number of self-test options were selected. These were the 30W emergency LED self-test maintained box exit signs and the IP65 3W emergency LED maintained bulkheads.


For more information, visit www.oviauk.com or contact sales@oviauk.com or 01827 300640


CMDdemonstrates the art of power distribution at Warwick Uni


CMD Ltd, the specialist in workplace connectivity and ergonomic solutions, has provided Betatrak busbar power distribution and a range of electrical accessories for two major capital investment projects at the University of Warwick.


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esigned by Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios, the £33 million Faculty of Arts building is a showpiece


development comprising four interconnected structures set around a central atrium, which will enable inter- disciplinary collaboration across the university’s arts and humanities departments. The electrical installation was carried out by


Derry Building Services and the plug and play benefits of a busbar powertrack system were identified as the ideal solution for the office and teaching areas from the outset. CMD’s Betatrak system was selected, with CMD’s UK manufacturing enabling an agile approach to site deliveries throughout the programme, which was delivered during COVID 19 restrictions. The original requirement included bespoke floorboxes to provide a robust solution for the student environment but CMD was able to demonstrate that the company’s one-piece, fast-fit 20 Series


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floor boxes met both the durability and aesthetic requirements of the project, enabling cost and time savings on the installation. Adrian Littlejohns from Derry Building Services commented: “The CMD team worked with us to value engineer the specification to their fast-fit 20 Series product, which provided savings on both procurement and installation costs, while offering a readily available solution that fitted the needs of the building.”


CMD Ltd’s 63A standard earth Betatrak was also specified for the University’s £54.3 million Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building (IBRB), a building that will bring together up to 300 biomedical researchers from across the School of Life Sciences and Warwick Medical School. Along with the powertrack and a mix of three- and four-compartment floor boxes, this project involved 118 Rotasoc under desk modular power units manufactured by CMD Ltd at the company’s Rotherham factory. David Hammond, capital programme


director from the University of Warwick added: “The university’s investment in these two buildings aims to drive collaboration in subject areas where we already have a strong reputation for excellence. We wanted to create buildings that embrace innovation and the potential for future change.”


For more information, visit www.cmd-ltd.com


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