A case study of an upgraded fire safety system at a £60m expansion of a Belfast boutique hotel. Phase one of Ten Square Hotel Belfast’s 50-bedroom extension was completed in December 2016, with work on the whole project set to finish later this year. This first phase expansion has also added the new Linenhall Business Centre with conferencing, function rooms and events space. The hotel development’s second phase will see a 66-bedroom expansion on the other side of the original building into the former Scottish Amicable Building on Donegall Square to include a spa and gym, and will bring the hotel’s bedroom capacity to over 140.
As for fire safety the hotel has Kentec’s control panel. Belfast-based Specialised Fire & Security supplied and installed a new, networked fire safety system for the new areas of the building whilst also upgrading the hotel’s fire system, which involved replacing the control panel and integrating the old system into the new one.
Kentec says that its Syncro series of control panels use microprocessors to provide a control system of high integrity. Syncro can be configured to suit systems from the most simple to the highly complex, the product firm says. Its fully integrated and secure network provides an intelligent interface for building control.
John Moore, Specialised Fire & Security’s Contracts Director, says: ‘We were very pleased to be able to specify Kentec Syncro fire safety control panels for both the new and upgraded parts of the fire safety system. This was not a straightforward installation, as the Kentec panels had to communicate together to run two protocols on the same network of panels for Hochiki detectors installed on the new phase and Apollo detectors on the existing phase of the hotel. We have worked with Kentec on a number of projects and know that we can rely on their products to deliver the performance and reliability critical life-safety projects demand.’
