Apollo Specified For Arup's £43 Million London Office Development

World class fire detection from Apollo Fire Detectors has been specified for a new £43 million commercial development in London's West End. Once completed, 8 Fitzroy Street, W1 will become the London base of Ove Arup, the global firm of designers, engineers, planners and business consultants.

The contract to supply the building's fire system, which is being installed in two phases, was awarded to Titan Fire & Security. Tony Tutton, Business Development Manager, says: "Ove Arup is a very important client for us and the project had very strict requirements. A fire system based on Apollo's Discovery range was specified which provided a flexible and fully compatible solution."

The Discovery range allows for the provision of different levels of sensitivity depending on the needs of the space to be protected. This is possible because Apollo Discovery fire detectors feature five panel-selectable sensitivity bands that make them particularly adaptable to a wide range of environmental conditions. To help to protect against unwanted alarms even further, devices in the Discovery range are also equipped with inbuilt drift compensation. They are LPCB approved to EN54 in every one of these modes.

Phase two is now complete and when phase three is completed in 2009, the fire system at 8 Fitzroy Street will comprise almost 600 Apollo devices, including Discovery smoke, heat and flame detectors, manual call points and interfaces. Warnings are provided using a combination of Apollo sounder bases and sounder beacon bases. The fire system is controlled using two four-loop Morley ZX5e panels.