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Legislative issues Case study – Great Scotland Yard
THE WES+ fire alarm system is being used to protect the original Scotland Yard police station in London whilst it is in the process of being turned into a five star luxury hotel by Galliard Homes. From 1829 to 1890, this historic building
was used as the headquarters for the Metropolitan Police, and the development, which is costing £110 million, involves retaining the original Edwardian facade. Once completed, the new five star hotel will offer rooms which cost up to £10,000 per night. Galliard Homes makes fire safety a priority on all of its developments, which is why the project team at Great Scotland Yard set about identifying what it considered to be the ‘most effective fire alarm system’ currently available.
Reasons for change
A hard wired fire alarm system had been used on other construction sites, but it was found to be cumbersome. In particular, it found that the trailing wires created a trip hazard, and the process of repositioning
the call points as work progressed was time consuming and required the attention of a qualified electrician. David Ridge, sites services manager at
Galliard Homes, commented: ‘We felt that there must be a better way of protecting the Great Scotland Yard development from the dangers of fire. Following extensive research we identified WES+ as a system that would provide us with a step-change in usability by the fact it is wireless. ‘That overcame the challenges that we had with hard wired systems, and it being compliant with the relevant sections of EN 54 meant that we were also confident that it gave us the best fire protection. When we complete Great Scotland Yard later this year, we will be able to transfer the system to our next project, making it the best and most cost effective system on the market today without doubt.’
System details
The fire alarm system that is now installed at Great Scotland Yard will trigger a site wide alarm even if just one of the manual
34 SEPTEMBER 2018
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