The Westfield Stratford City is the largest urban shopping centre in Europe and consists of around 300 stores, 30 restaurants, hotels, casino, cinema and more. Approximately 27,000 people worked throughout the construction and the centre employs around 10,500 people.
The Project
There are two identical touchscreen control stations which are situated in different fire control areas. They are capable of controlling each area independently or on an ‘all call’ basis. There is no priority between the two units as they both operate on a ‘first come first served’ principle. They are fitted with prominent ‘busy’ indicators so that operators are aware if the other unit (or one of the ‘local control’ panels) is in use.
There are nine ‘local control’ panels providing independent control of specific areas within the site. As mentioned previously, should one of these panels be used, operators in the fire control area will be aware via the indication on the touchscreens.
The entire system is fully monitored and battery backed – should the mains power fail the system will remain available for 27 hours.
The system employs Baldwin Boxall’s digital audio and data network facility (BVRDNET) over copper cable and is linked to the fire alarm panel.
"This is the largest project that we have undertaken to date and, whilst it had its challenges, we are very happy with the result. The system is spot on and Baldwin Boxall supported us every step of the way."
The system has been installed to a very high standard by Premier Fire Systems Ltd – with as many as thirty engineers on site on occasions.
Chris Hartup, Sales Manager for Baldwin Boxall, commented “This was a great project for us, another one to add to the many prestigious sites we already have on our list.”
Benefits
- Sitewide touchscreen control points
- Local area control points
- Prominent 'system busy' indicators
- Refuge area communication
- Future system expansion ability
EVC System
- OmniCarePLUS EVC System
- 2 x sitewide touchscreen control points
- Disabled refuge units
