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10NEWSnewsLanes handles tall order at Canary WharfKeeping a drainage system operatingsmoothly depends on regularmaintenance, the right technology andtechnicians who know their stuff.Doing it across a site with 33 buildings, over 200shops, bars and restaurants in 4 retail malls; aconference centre; 2 railway stations; anunderground station; car parks; 20 acres oflandscaped spaces; and a working population ofmore than 93,000 people, takes all that — and a bitmore besides.That’s why Canary Wharf Group plc chose Lanes forDrains, the UK’s largest independent drainagespecialist, as drainage maintenance contractor forLondon’s newest business and banking centre whichincludes the tallest building in Britain at 244-metreshigh.Kevin Moore of Lanes’ London depot says thatmaintaining the drains on a site spanning 97 acres isno mean feat, but size doesn’t deter Lanes:“The first programme took almost 3 weeks becauseSaville fliesin for RIBAThe Royal Institute of BritishArchitects has chosen Panasonic103 High Definition plasma screens toprovide high impact displays at itsLondon headquarters.The giant screens have been supplied by SavilleAudio Visual and are being installed in partnershipwith PSCo at the RIBA building in Portland Place,London.The first Panasonic screen has been installed onthe ground floor landing in the entrance area,within a console surround with side panels forbacklit displays. The size of the image and it’samazing colours and contrast are already creatinga daily buzz of excitement in the building.The second screen, securely packed in its flightcase, had to be lowered by crane into the sixthfloor of the building, where it will be fitted as partof a bespoke Saville ShowStar media cabinet inthe Wren Room.With its intuitive, integrated control system and103 display, the ShowStar system will add stateof-the-art,interactive facilities in high definition.RIBA chief executive Richard Hastilow said: “At astroke, Panasonic and Saville Audio Visual haveenabled the RIBA to enter the world of digitalimage communication in a creative and visuallyexciting way”.Saville overcame a considerable challenge just toget the big screens into the building. The principlescreen looks as though it was made for its spacein the art deco foyer, and demonstrates howleading edge audio visual facilities can beintegrated sensitively into architecturally sensitiveplaces. Reader Reply No: 111124all the work, which includes cleaning and CCTVcamera surveying all the surface and foul watersystems, has to be completed out of normal workinghours.Power protection for thestunning new StPancras International wasprovided by a Chloride 70-NET UPS system. Chloridehas supplied six 60 kVAunits to safeguard the widevariety of critical powerapplications at this busyhigh-speed rail link to thecontinent.The flexibility of the 70-NET familyoffers major advantages forinstallations where there are variedand diverse requirements in termsof battery autonomy, power,redundancy and harmonic control.Available in a variety of sizes from10 kVA to 60 kVA, it combinesmaximum flexibility with reduced weight anddimensions. Full protection for the load is maintainedusing advanced systems encompassing softwaresolutions, parallel kits, safety and disconnectingdevices, system bypass switches and sophisticatedcommunications. Vector control technology, with its“It might be a tall order for some, but we see it as areal opportunity to show our technical, physical andlogistical capabilities.”Kevin goes on to explain how the contract cameabout: “We were doing some relining work forMcNicholas plc, who constructed the Canary WharfSouth infrastructure including the sewers. CanaryWharf’s infrastructure manager, John Filmer, wasoverseeing the works that weekend and came overto find out more about Lanes. After that hesuggested we quote for the annual maintenancecontract when it came up for renewal. So we did —and won!”John Filmer is confident that Lanes was the rightchoice: “I realised that it was a highly professionalset up when I saw the team working that day. Theguys were very efficient — and certainly knew whatthey were doing. Then when Lanes submitted thetender that added up too.“It wasn’t just one thing,” he says. “I was impressedby the whole Lanes package.” RR No: 111078Power protection platform . . . .The world’s first smart power meter toprovide facilities managers withwireless data delivery to PCs,laptops and PDAs has beenlaunched by EnergyOptimizers. Plogg Blu is asimple plug-in device thatallows the electricityconsumption of anappliance to be checked inreal time, monitored over alonger period, and evencontrolled remotely fromanywhere within a buildingor site.Connected between an electricalappliance and the mains supply,Plogg Blu combines highly accurateultra-fast digital signalprocessing, eliminates powerdisturbances andinterruptions in real-time toprovide reliable ‘clean’, highqualityAC power.Importantly 70-NET is fullycompatible with Chloride’sindustry-leading remotemonitoring and diagnostictool, LIFE.net.This installation continuesChloride’s strong associationwith the rail industry, NetworkRail and High Speed 1 inBritain. The Company alsoprovided the UninterruptiblePower Supplies for the tracksignalling andcommunications systems on the high-speed linebetween St Pancras International and the ChannelTunnel. It also has a number of existing UPSsituated in First Capital Connect and LondonUnderground infrastructure serving St Pancras.Reader Reply No.: 111070Bluetooth power meter enableswireless energy managementkilowatt-hour (kWh) measurement with a powerfuldata logging capability. Integrated Bluetooth deliversdata to a PC, Pocket PC compatible PDA(Windows Mobile 5 or 6) or, with a softwareupgrade available shortly, to a Bluetoothequipped smart phone.Energy data can be displayed in differentformats and exported to Excel for furthermanipulation. Remote switching allowsappliances to be turned off and on directlyfrom the controlling PC or wireless device.“Plogg is the smart energy saving technologyof the future, available today,” said ShaunMerrick, General Manager of EnergyOptimizers. “Even at today’s prices, it canpay for itself quickly in terms of energysavings, and its cost benefits will increase asenergy prices continue to rise.” RR No: 112006