Fire Fighting Systems For Tunnel Boring MachinesHall and Kay Fire Engineering Ltd have recently been awarded a major contract by Herrenknecht for fire fighting systems on a 180 m-long machine to be used at the Glendoe hydropower scheme in Scotland. Read E-News Weekly 30/2006 and click uk/44.This new contract is for a system which covers all major apparatus on the TBM , it includes AFFF (Aqueous Film Forming Foam) systems on the hydraulic power packs and pumps, inert gas on HV, LV and electrical switch cabinets with detection and alarm on specific areas. All equipment reports back to a main Fire Control Panel in the Operators Control Cabin. This most recent award has involved CAD design, site surveys and preparation of detailed programmes of work to ensure bringing in the project on time and in budget.Established in 1878, Hall & Kay have a background in sprinkler installations and over the years they have developed their range of products and can now offer turnkey packages covering a full inventory of detection and suppression systems. Services available include CAD design, supply, installation with commissioning and training on site.The personnel at Hall and Kay Fire Engineering Ltd has collectively been involved in the fire systems on over 20 TBMs in the past six years, on a diversity of TBMs related to the design, project management facilities and array of products that place the company at the forefront in this field. The experience gained has enabled Hall and Kay to offer all major TBM manufacturers a full design and install package specifically geared up to each TBM with full maintenance service available.For more, contact John Lomas (installation manager), e-mail john.lomas@hkfire.co.uk, and Colin Brown (senior systems sales engineer), e-mail colin.brown@hkfire.co.uk, tel. +44 1618727316, who previously worked on fire fighting systems on TBMs manufactured by Herrenknecht, Wirth, Lovat and Kawasaki for projects located globally from the CTRL in the UK (click uk/20 & uk/21) to Kuala Lumpur with the SMART project (click my/16) and throughout Europe. Visit www.hkfire.co.uk 33-34/06.