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Prysmian’s fire performance cables have been specified to power essential life safety systems at Twickenham Stadium, the home of England Rugby, as part of the South Stand redevelopment programme.
Edmundson’s of Twickenham supplied Prysmian’s FP600, FP400 and FP Plus fire resistant cables, which have been specified to power the smoke extract fire fighting system, the emergency lighting and public address speaker systems and the fire alarm system.
Project consultants Arup specified the cables, as electrical consultant Andrew Hudson explains: “With safety in mind, Prysmian’s FP cables were specified, as they can be trusted for venues that attact large number of visitor.”
Senior project engineer, Stan Drummy of Lorne Stewart was in charge of the smoke extract, emergency lighting and speaker system installations, and says he managed to save significant time. “The impressive user friendly construction makes Prysmian’s FP cables really easy to strip back and install, helping us to cut installation time in half.”
The new South Stand stadium bowl was completed and opened in November 2006, bringing the capacity of the stadium up to 82,000. The redevelopment, which is due to be finished late this year will also include a hotel, conference and exhibition space, a performing arts centre, a healt club, office space for the Union and a new rugby store.
For further information: cables.marketing.uk@prysmian.com