New Mexico Capitol Building: boasting a new fire systemThe New Mexico Capitol building’s fire safety system has been given a major update courtesy of System Sensor.
The 1960’s fire alarm system needed replacing with a new one including fire detection and notification devices.
The capitol building in Santa Fe is a popular destination among visitors to New Mexico, and has the distinction of being the only round capitol building in the US.
System Sensor provided over 318 photoelectric smoke detectors, 46 thermal detectors and an incredible 964 speaker strobes as part of the complex installation which was carried out by New Mexico-based Sound & Signal Systems.
Kurt Kesselman, president of Sound & Signal Systems explained how the biggest challenge was keeping the old system operational while the new one was installed.
"It took a lot of time and planning ahead. The old system was kept working while the new system was being installed.”
The building houses nearly 600 artworks as part of the Capitol Art Collection, valued at over $5.6 million, and to protect these Sound & Signal Systems elected to replace the old addressable panel with new Notifier panels.
"Once everything was cut over and on the Notifier system, we worked 24-hours straight, taking out old panels, putting the new panels in their place and recabling from junction boxes to get that cut over and completed.
"When we tested products for this application, System Sensor speaker strobes were the product that worked the best with the acoustics in the Capitol building. And when we were awarded the job to install the fire safety system into the new parking garage and State Capitol Annex buildings, it was an easy choice. We continued using System Sensor and Notifier knowing that it would all work well together when we synchronized and networked the systems.”
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