{"id":7485,"date":"2014-10-15T10:41:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T09:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/?p=7485"},"modified":"2014-10-15T10:41:41","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T09:41:41","slug":"fp-plus-cable-used-in-refurb-of-iconic-mersey-tunnels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/fp-plus-cable-used-in-refurb-of-iconic-mersey-tunnels\/","title":{"rendered":"FP PLUS cable used in refurb of iconic Mersey tunnels"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Prys\"<\/a>In excess of 12,000 metres of Prysmian\u2019s FP PLUS enhanced fire resistant cable was specified for the fire alarm systems in the significant refurbishment of the Queensway and Kingsway tunnels in Liverpool, together with the iconic art deco ventilation stations.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Queensway tunnel \u2013 known locally as the Birkenhead tunnel \u2013 was opened by King George V in 1934 and in 1971 the Kingsway tunnel, locally known as the Wallasey Tunnel, was opened by Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n

The Queensway tunnel stretches 2.13 miles under the River Mersey connecting Liverpool to Birkenhead and is serviced by six ventilation stations designed by Herbert James Rowse, housing the fans and associated machinery to provide clean air to the tunnel. The Kingsway tunnel is 1.5 miles long and connects Liverpool to Wallasey. It is serviced by two ventilation stations, also designed by Rowse<\/p>\n

Stuart Pinder, Project Officer at Merseytravel, who was responsible for managing the installation of the cable explained: \u201cThe fire alarm systems in both tunnels and the Ventilation Stations had come to the end of their lives and were identified for replacement as the original analogue systems were installed in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder current BS 5839-1, an \u2018enhanced’ fire resistant cable was required and so Prysmian FP PLUS was specified, installed and commissioned.<\/p>\n

BS 5839-1 is a code of practice for design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of systems in non-domestic premises and is the code used by designers, installers and building owners.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alastair Croft, Project Manager at EFT, the contractors installing the FP PLUS cable system in the Queensway tunnel said: \u201cPrysmian cable was chosen for its technical performance. It is a sound choice as its unique dressable construction makes for easy installation as well as being a financially viable option.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prysmian\u2019s FP range is the original, easy to install and fully compliant fire resistant cable range, approved by engineers, installers and regulators. In the unfortunate event of fire, Prysmian\u2019s \u2018standard\u2019 and \u2018enhanced\u2019 cables retain vital circuit integrity which allows firefighters time to manage the fire and gives an increased chance of evacuating the building safely.<\/p>\n

The new fire alarm systems have been installed with minimum disruption to tunnel users.<\/p>\n

For information call 023 8029 5029 or email <\/b>cables.marketing.uk@prysmian.com<\/b><\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In excess of 12,000 metres of Prysmian\u2019s FP PLUS enhanced fire resistant cable was specified for the fire alarm systems in the significant refurbishment of the Queensway and Kingsway tunnels in Liverpool, together with the iconic art deco ventilation stations. The Queensway tunnel \u2013 known locally as the Birkenhead tunnel \u2013 was opened by King […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-news","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}