Electrical Contracting News (ECN) May 2016 | Page 10

CONTRACT NEWS

PRIMARY PACKAGE
REL Electrical has delivered a £1.75m mechanical, electrical and plumbing
(MEP) package at a new primary school in Lewisham, London.
Lakehouse, an asset and energy support services group, appointed REL
to carry out the work at Prendergast Primary School. The £10m purpose built
building is home to two new reception classes, 14 classrooms, an atrium and
kitchen area as well as a five-a-side football pitch.
The MEP contract included the installation of all lighting, data, power,
cabling and security equipment, including access control and CCTV. REL
also installed air conditioning and a sprinkler system throughout the building,
PV panels on the roof, as well as a full, natural ventilation system to reduce
energy and provide compliance with BB101.

CABBIE CONTRACT
Evolt’s electric vehicle (EV) charge point infrastructure has been supplied and installed by APT
Controls at the Dundee taxi company 203020.
The taxi firm is increasing its fleet to 100 fully electric vehicles, making it the largest EV taxi fleet
in the UK.
Dundee is currently vying with seven other cities for £20m of funding to become the UK’s electric
taxi capital – and Evolt is playing a significant part in helping to achieve this.
APT Controls was selected after a full tender process as the key supplier to 203020’s fleet of 30
EVs, and has subsequently installed five top-of-the-range 50kW Tri-Rapid chargers, which efficiently
charge vehicles in half an hour, and a further 10 7kW chargers that are ideal for quick top ups.
203020 aims to have 100 EVs on the road within six months, according to its CEO, David Young.

POPE’S PICK
Tai Calon Community Housing has used Aico RadioLink smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms to overcome problems installing
interconnecting alarms into one of its supported living schemes.
Tai Calon is the largest social housing landlord in Blaenau Gwent, with more than 6,100 homes. One of its 11 schemes is Grace Pope Court
at Llanhilleth. It has 27 one bedroom flats on two floors.
Grace Pope Court was built in the early 1970s and the ageing mains powered alarm system needed replacing. However, Tai Calon wanted the
work carried out with the least disruption to residents.
Aico recommended its battery powered alarms featuring RadioLink wireless alarm interconnection. RadioLink allows Aico smoke, heat and CO
alarms to be interconnected using radio frequency (RF) signals, eliminating the need for interconnecting cabling. Furthermore, as these are quality 10
year Lithium battery powered alarms, all usual cabling requirements have been removed, making it an ideal solution for Grace Pope Court.
The Aico battery RadioLink alarms have been installed alongside the existing four zone conventional L2 fire alarm system installed in this
property and act as a back up system to this.

PLANT PROTECTION

DOOR DELIGHT

Emperor and Vulcan+ cable cleats designed and
manufactured by Ellis have been put to work in the
largest single UK construction project since the London
Olympics – the Shetland Gas Plant.
Forty-two million man hours went into the development
of the plant, which went into operation in February 2016.
Developed by Total to extract gas from the Laggan and
Tormore reserves that lie 140km from land and 3,000m
below the seabed, the plant is capable of delivering eight
per cent of the UK’s gas needs and is expected to handle
500 million standard cubic feet of gas every single day.
The specification, secured by Ellis distributor ETS
Cable Components, saw the Ellis cleats installed in the
onshore processing plant, where they are being used to
secure substation and switchgear cabling.
Manufactured in 316L stainless steel, Ellis’
Emperor and Vulcan+ cleats are designed to provide
ultimate corrosion protection, even in the harshest of
environments, while also ensuring cables remain secure
and operational following a short-cir