Bilco Smoke Vents and Hatches for Canary Wharf Development

C A S E S T U DY
Bilco Smoke Vents and
Hatches for Canary Wharf
Development
Offices
Sector
Office blocks
Project
Purpose built offices for
accountants Fitch and Co
Architect
Norman, Disney & Young
Main Contractor
Canary Wharf
Contractors Ltd
Roofing Contractor
Prater
D-50REM automatic smoke vent incorporating Bilco’s new 60-second opening actuators to meet requirements of
EN12101-2. Two of the special sized quad vents were 2200mm x 3000mm with a third 1400mm x 4840mm.
Bilco UK Ltd, a leading manufacturer of
access doors and vents, has completed
delivery of three smoke vents and five
roof access hatches for two large office
developments in Canary Wharf,
London. The main contractor on this
development is Canary Wharf
Contractors Ltd.
The DS3 East and West buildings are
purpose built office blocks for
accountants Fitch and Co, and audit tax
and advisory services provider KPMG.
DS3 is part of phase II of the Canary
Wharf Development which consists of
16 buildings.
Bilco has supplied three of its
D-50 REM special sized quad leaf
smoke vents. Two of the vents were
2,200 by 3,000 mm and the other vent
was 1,400 by 4,840 mm. The
ventilators were supplied to building
envelope specialist contractor, Prater,
which installed them as part of its
roofing contract.
Five special sized motorized roof
hatches were also supplied to the
Canary Wharf development to provide
emergency escape off the roof. These
were installed into pressurized stairwells
by sub-contractors Hotchkiss Ltd and
Gardener and Co.
All hatches (the largest two are
1,050 by 2,650 mm) provide roof
access by means of a full-sized concrete
stairway complete with heavy duty
handrail for safety. Each hatch was fitted
with the Bil-guard railing system to offer
fall protection when the covers are
open. The hatches are fitted with a slam
lock latch mechanism and the two larger
hatches are also fitted with a strike bolt
that locks the cover off at both ends for
added security.
DS3 is part of phase II of the Canary Wharf
Development which contains 16 buildings.
James Fisher added: “Bilco specialises
in working with its clients to provide
them with products that meet their
needs. We were able to meet all the
requirements for smoke ventilation and
roof access at Canary Wharf.
Pat McMahon, operations manager at
Prater, said: “The Bilco smoke
ventilators meet the key requirement of
reliability in operation and offer long life
with easy maintenance and testing.
They have also been swift and easy to
install.”
These were some of the largest vents
that Bilco has manufactured and each
vent incorporated Bilco’s new
60-second opening actuators which
meet requirements of EN12101-2.
Bilco Specification
3 D-50 REM special sized
quad leaf smoke vents
D-50REM Quad Leaf
SS-50 Powered hatch above pressurised
stairwell - with Bilguard Railing System fitted.
Bilco UK Ltd.
Park Farm Business Centre,
Fornham St. Genevieve,
Bury St. Edmunds,
Suffolk IP28 6TS
Tel: 01284 701696
Fax: 01284 702531
Email: bilcouk@bilco.com
www.bilcouk.com
Aug 09