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Central House

Sprinkler pump room with electric and diesel pumps, a pre-action suppression system protecting five rooms, full building life safety monitoring, and frost-protection trace heating in the loading bay.

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System Type
Sprinkler pump room with pre-action suppression
Protected Areas
Five rooms with smoke detection and audible alarms
Pump Configuration
One electric pump + one diesel pump
Monitoring
Full life safety on Category A and B signals
Frost Protection
Trace heating on loading bay sprinkler pipework
Compliance
BS 7671
The brief

Sprinkler pump room, pre-action suppression and life safety monitoring.

WSD delivered the sprinkler pump room electrical and control scope, a pre-action suppression system covering five rooms in the building, the smoke detection and audible alarms feeding those protected rooms, full building life safety monitoring on Category A and B signals, and frost-protection trace heating on the sprinkler pipework within the loading bay.

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Sprinkler pump room

One electric pump and one diesel pump with all associated control wiring.

Pre-action system with bypass

One pre-action system with a bypass manifold and its corresponding control panel.

Detection for the protected rooms

The pre-action system protects five rooms; all smoke detection and audible alarms for those rooms were supplied and fitted by WSD.

Full life safety monitoring

Category A and B signals monitored throughout the building.

Loading bay trace heating

Trace heating and lagging providing frost protection on the sprinkler pipework within the loading bay.

On site

The work,
in detail.

A small selection from the as-built record.

Services used

Five of our disciplines, one site.

Pump Wiring & Control Circuits for Sprinkler & Wet Riser Systems

Electrical containment, wiring and control circuits for sprinkler and wet riser pump systems. Plant room electrical install, designed and built in-house.

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Pre-Action & Deluge Systems

The electrical side of pre-action and deluge fire suppression systems. Detection, control panels, cause-and-effect, integration. Tyco, Viking, Reliable, Victaulic.

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Fire Alarm System Installation, Design & Commissioning

BS 5839-compliant fire alarm systems designed, installed, commissioned and maintained by our own engineers. Commercial and industrial across the UK.

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Full Life Safety Monitoring

Centralised signal monitoring for sprinkler, wet riser and life safety systems. Local panel, remote diagnostics, integrated with the wider fire strategy.

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Electric Trace Heating Systems

Self-regulating trace heating and insulation for sprinkler tanks, pipework and pump rooms.

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