Mace Chooses Prysmian Fire Performance FP600S Cable For The Shard London

By Chris Dodds on 8th August, 2012

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Prysmian Cables & Systems has won the contract to supply more than £1 million of electrical cables into the Shard at London Bridge. The Shard, which will be the tallest building in Western Europe when completed in 2012, will be fitted with Prysmian Fire Performance FP600S cable, Afumex Low Smoke Zero Halogen cables and Medium Voltage cables with their installation due to begin in 2011.

Designed in 2000 by Italian architect Renzo Piano, work on the Shard started in March 2009. Construction has continued rapidly since, and the 72 storey concrete core was completed in December as the building became the tallest in the UK at 244m. Completion is due in 2012 and the skyscraper will house residential apartments, a hotel, office space, restaurants and viewing galleries.

Pictured: The Shard, London

A number of factors influenced the main contractor Mace to choose Prysmian over alternative cable suppliers.

Paul Connolly, Shard MEP Project Manager for Mace, said: “We have appointed Prysmian as their cables are specified products that come with BASEC and LPCB approvals. We also wanted all the electrical cables to come from one manufacturer to give consistency and one that could offer more than just cables, one that could offer components such as cable glands, cable cleats and advise on best practice.

Pictured: Prysmian FP600S Fire Resistant Cable

“Prysmian are able to give us technical support and backup should we need it and having visited their Eastleigh facility I have seen first hand the quality of their manufacturing processes.”

Jonathan Sloam, Prysmian UK Business Manager, said: “We are of course delighted to be associated with such an important landmark development as the Shard. Winning this contract is testament to the hard work of all my colleagues, from manufacturing to sales, and validates our belief that we are the best cable manufacturer in the business.”

Prysmian FP600S Fire Resistant Cable Description

Conductor	Plain annealed copper stranded circular (4-35 mm2) or shaped (50-400 mm2) conductor complying with BS EN 60228 Class 2
Insulation	Mineral ceramic (Mica/Glass) fire resistant tape. 90°C cross - linked insulation
Bedding	Thermoplastic LSOH bedding compound to retain orientation of the cores and support the galvanised steel wire armour layer
Armour	Single layer of galvanised steel wires
Sheath	Robust thermoplastic LSOH sheath. Colour - black. Other colours to special order for minimum quantity
Key Applications	Smoke barriers, control dampers, smoke curtains Smoke and heat exhaust ventilation systems Fire fighting and evacuation lift supplies Extinguishing systems - sprinkler pumps, water mist and powder Wet riser pumps
British Standards	BS8519 Category 1, 2 and 3 power and control cable BS8491 120 minutes BS7846 F120 BASEC and LPCB approved London Underground 1.085 Approved Products Register
Core Identification	Harmonised Core Identification  Brown-blue Brown-black-grey Blue-brown-black-grey	Non-Harmonised Core Identification Red-black Red-yellow-blue Black-red-yellow-blue

 

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