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‘Walkie Talkie’ Building Development Supplied By ETS

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Nicknamed the ‘Walkie Talkie’ because of its distinctive shape, 20 Fenchurch Street is 525 ft (160 m) tall and is the fifth tallest building in the City of London.

ETS – working with the appointed M&E contractor and their subcontractors – supplied to the development CMP glands and Ellis Patent cleats for LV and MV cabling. ETS also delivered:

The building is 34 storeys high and provides 680,000 sq ft of office space with unrivalled panoramic views of London.

Ron Spence ETS

Ron Spence, ETS’ Key Account Manager, said:

“Once again ETS have been involved in another prestigious project. This is again a reflection of the quality of products and the exceptional service ETS always strives to deliver.”

Connect with Ron Spence on LinkedIn.

 

 

 

 

Image of ‘Walkie Talkie’ building by Diego Delso (Creative Commons Licence).

ETS Cable Cleats, Glands and Lugs For 5 Broadgate, London

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When fully occupied London’s 5 Broadgate in the heart of the City will be the new home for global financial services provider, UBC.

Covering over 700,000 sq ft (66,890 sq m), the building will deliver state-of-the art trading facilities. 5 Broadgate will include up to four trading floors and accommodate approximately 750 traders.

The building has been designed by Make Architects and is on track to receive a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating.

Phoenix-Cable CleatsETS – working with the main contractor Mace – supplied Phoenix Cable Cleats (fire survival cleats). The cable cleats, from Ellis Patents, are designed to complement the new fire performance cables that are increasingly being specified within commercial and public building projects.

CMP CW Cable Glands, Cembre Cable Lugs and Euromold Separable Connectors were also delivered as part of the project.

Ron Spence ETS

ETS have supplied materials for a wide range of projects in London including the Shard and Crossrail.

Key Account Manager, Ron Spence, is responsible for London projects for ETS. Connect with Ron Spence on LinkedIn.

 

 

 

 

 

Main image by kind permission of British Land.

 

 

 

London’s Zig Zag Building Supplied By ETS

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Named because of its physical stance, Victoria Street’s Zig Zag Building is now fully operational after a 33 months build.

Developed by Land Securities, the building houses a variety of services including 187,000 sq ft of high-end commercial office space, restaurants and shops.

Zig Zag Building Interior

ETS worked on dual aspects of the project with both the main DNO contractors and the main mechanical and electrical contractor. ETS also worked with appointed subcontractors.

Materials supplied included HV cable cleats, containment and earthing materials to the DNO contractor, and a wide variety of LV materials to the mechanical and electrical contractor, and subcontractors. These comprised of cable glands, cable cleats, cable lugs and resin joints.

ETS Account Manager-Ben-Hancock

Ben Hancock, Account Manager at ETS, said:

“To be involved in such a prestigious project as the Zig Zag Building is a reflection again of the quality service and products that ETS offers.”

ETS has supplied materials for a wide variety of projects in London including the Shard and Crossrail.

Connect with Ben on LinkedIn.

 

 

Images of the Zig Zag Building by kind permission of Land Securities.

Double Acclaim for the No Bolts cleat!

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Award-winning No Bolts cleat chosen for the £800m London Waterloo upgrade

The newly launched “No Bolts” cleat has recently won an innovation award and has also been specified on a major Network Rail Station upgrade project, all within a few weeks.

Cable cleats are used to restrain power cables and the No Bolts product is the first cleat not to use the traditional fixing method of using threaded rod, nuts and washers, meaning a much quicker and less labour intensive installation process.

Released in 2016 as a joint initiative between ETS Cable Components, Ellis Patents and Network Rail, the cleat was named Innovative Industrial Product of the Year at the Electrical Industry Awards. The event, which is run by leading trade publication, Electrical Times, saw the No Bolts cleat selected from a short list of six to receive the much sought after accolade.

Proposed London Waterloo New Terminal

London Waterloo station (above image of proposed new terminal), which is the UK’s busiest rail terminal, is the first project where the cleat is being installed. It was chosen due to the clear time saving advantages and intrinsic safety benefits that the cleat possesses over other proposed products. The joint venture Project team were sold on the values from a very early stage and were keen to see the product installed on their prestige project.

Kevin Moloney, Director of ETS, said ‘It was a product design that was driven forward by Network Rail and in particular by Program Engineering Manager, Dave Barnes, who contacted me initially to ask if we could help design a new cleating product that would help alleviate a health and safety issue. It’s a great testament to the work of all of those involved to see an award like this and to see the product accepted for use, so soon after launching’.

No Bolts cleat

This range of cleats requires no conventional fixings to supporting steel-work. The design also allows for additional cleats to be stacked on top of one another with nothing more than a small turn of a unique fixing lock.

Key features:

  • Stackable design for multiple cable runs
  • No risk of damaging cable
  • Range suits Ø18-Ø55mm single cables
  • No metal parts
  • No tools required
  • Fast installation

It is manufactured from a high strength nylon specifically formulated to meet the London Underground 1-085 approved specification.

Contact us on 020 8405 6789 or email: sales@etscablecomponents.com to find out more about the No Bolt cleat.

For further information on the Waterloo station upgrade, please click here.

Watch a video on the No Bolts cleat here.

The ‘Cathedral of Science’ opens in London

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Named after Francis Crick who discovered the helix structure of DNA, Europe’s largest biomedical research institute welcomed the first Scientists last week. ETS Cable Components are proud to have been involved with the electrical infrastructure installation of this mega construction project. The funding comes from a partnership of: Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, Imperial College London, Kings College London (KCL), Wellcome Trust and University College London (UCL).  

ETS worked with the appointed M&E sub-contractors, including those working on the Low and medium voltage cable installation to ensure all cable accessories were delivered on time to meet all target ‘power on’ dates.

Due to the challenges of this site being developed in a heavily built up area on central London, 45% of the building was preassembled off site. ETS designed and supplied custom made earthbars to Laing O’Rourke’s offsite manufacturing division, to form part of their own modules, which in turn were delivered to site ‘just in time’.

For further information on the Francis Crick Institute, please follow this link: https://www.crick.ac.uk/

ETS Supplies Cable Accessories For Tottenham Court Road Upgrade

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A total of 327,000 metres of electrical and communications cabling was used for the Tottenham Court Road London Underground refurbishment. ETS supplied LUL approved cable glands, cable lugs, cable cleats and cable ties. Earthing products were also delivered as part of the project.

Taylor Woodrow (part of VINCI Construction UK) were the main contractors. The ETS team worked closely on the project with the appointed mechanical and electrical subcontractor.

The new station will have a larger ticket hall, new entrances, and a public plaza outside the Centre Point tower.

Ron Spence ETS

Ron Spence, ETS’ key account manager, said:

“Being involved in a high profile development such as the Tottenham Court Road upgrade reflects well on the quality of our products and service you provide.

“ETS have built an enviable reputation and grown to become the one-stop-shop for the installation and termination of LV and MV power cables accessories.”

Connect with Ron Spence on LinkedIn.

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