Europe’s largest urban shopping centre, Westfield Stratford City, has been equipped with Gent by Honeywell detection and alarm systems.
Premier Fire Systems installed the solution for the entire landlord’s area of the 1.9 million sq ft mall. The firm also won a contract to design, supply, install and commission the life safety systems in Samsung Electronic’s flagship store.
Simon Ford, contracts manager at Premier Fire Systems Limited, said:
“It was very important for the client to have the optimum level of protection for its customers and staff and also an FDA system that was very discreet in its design. The store is all about showcasing Samsung’s innovative products, so the cosmetic element of the system was an essential consideration when we designed the solution.”
The Samsung store consists of two levels of retail space on the ground and mezzanine floors which are open to the mall’s shoppers, as well as a ‘back of house’ area for employees and stock. Premier Fire Systems Limited selected the Gent Vigilon compact system, integrating it with the company’s discreet aspirating smoke detection (ASD) systems on the sales floors and a conventional system in the non-public areas.
“The ASD system removed the need to have several smoke heads in Samsung’s store,” explained Mr Ford. “The discreet design was ideal for the customer’s requirement and that is also matched by the system’s high quality performance. The active sampling technology enables the identification of a possible fire in its very earliest stages from just 1 gram of material combustion. It provided the perfect solution in this case, where the requirement was for general detection but the normal point systems weren’t suitable.”
Dave Slater, Gent business manager for the South East and London, said:
“We launched the new, flexible aspirating systems in autumn last year which coincided with the grand opening of the Westfield Stratford Centre. It is a mark to the design and performance of the system that it was selected for the first store of one of the biggest international brands, Samsung Electronics. We have received very favourable feedback from Premier Fire Systems Limited and are proud to be involved in this landmark project.”
