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70 km of Draka Firetufplus cable installed at Highcross Leicester leisure and retail centre(03/03/2009)
The new Highcross Leicester leisure and retail destination is the largest redevelopment the city has ever seen. 70,000 metres of the Draka’s Firetufplus® 0HLS® halogen-free circuit integrity alarm cable was installed by Electract Limited for the fully-networked Protec fire detection and alarm system and the public address system that covers all of the centre’s public areas. The development links directly to the adjacent Shires shopping centre, which has also been re-branded “Highcross”, and a... [more]
80 kilometres of Firetufplus cable installed at O2 arena(03/06/2008)
O2, which is owned and operated by AEG [Anschutz Entertainment Group], is being heralded as "Europe's finest indoor music and sports venue". Described by AEG as “a city-within-a-city”, the O2 arena is surrounded by an entertainment district that will open to all, night and day. This comprises a number of leisure attractions, including an 11-screen cinema, exhibition space, an indigo music club, restaurants, bars and cafés, all lining an avenue as wide and long as Bond Street. Draka has play... [more]
Firetufplus fire performance cable protects The O2(17/07/2007)
The Millennium Dome reopens this month as "The 02". The 02 Arena will be home to a 30,000 seater sports and music stadium, a 2000 seater live music club, 11 screen cinemas, shops, restaurants and bars. Since March 2006, the site has been undergoing a total refurbishment programme. In the usual situation for a major construction, cranes were unable to fit under the existing structure. As such, the roof had to be constructed at ground level and lifted by 16 computer controlled 'strand jacks... [more]
Draka Firetufplus cable chosen for synchrotron(10/01/2007)
Draka’s Firetufplus enhanced circuit-integrity cable has been chosen for one of Europe’s most impressive high-technology research centres, the new £60 million Diamond Light Source scientific facility currently being built in South Oxfordshire on the Harwell Chilton science campus. A giant machine, called a synchrotron and described as “super microscopes”, is housed in the futuristic doughnut shaped building that covers an area equivalent to five football pitches. The Diamond Synchrotron is ... [more]
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