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SPECIALISED SOLUTIONS Marshall-Tufflex’s Specialised Solutions team was set up with the specific aim of working with clients to find a way around their installation challenges. This dedicated team addresses some of the difficult cable management problems encountered by designers, consulting engineers and contractors and, with the help of the in-house Design Office, fabricates versatile design solutions that combine functionality, style and safety. SPECIALISED SOLUTIONS
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SPECIALISEDSOLUTIONS Marshall-Tufflex’s Specialised Solutions team was set up with the specific aim of working with clients to find a way around their installation challenges. This dedicated team addresses some of the difficult cable management problems encountered by designers, consulting engineers and contractors and, with the help of the in-house Design Office, fabricates versatile design solutions that combine functionality, style and safety.
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HEATHROW AIRPORT TERMINAL 5Product: Stainless steel floor boxes
The Heathrow Airport T5 project required bespoke stainless steel floor boxes delivering access to data and power supply systems vital for the safe and effective running of the airport and visually compatible with the floor finishes of the terminal building.
Several hundred of these access units were built to sit flush with the floor and designed to comply with Health and Safety legislation for pedestrian traffic.
Working closely with SPIE Matthew Hall and BAA, Marshall-Tufflex collaborated to produce rectangular, round and square floor boxes in various sizes. Many of the boxes have lockable lids and all are fabricated in heavy duty stainless steel to take higher point load than standard floor boxes, enabling them to cope with wheeled traffic and protect the cables within. The boxes accommodate Cat 6 cabling with provision for Cat 7 and Cat 7a systems.
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The BBC’s massive project of redevelopment to Broadcasting House in central London houses 5,000 people, delivering news nationally and globally as well as national radio and music services, creating one of the largest live newsrooms in the world and using the latest broadcast technology.
The project utilises Marshall-Tufflex’s MT32 prefabricated wiring system, eliminating hard-wiring on site and permitting much faster installation times. It is delivered to site in cable management ‘bays’ complete with pre-wired cable sets marked with circuitry and ready to feed into distribution boards.
The system is installed into the initial fit-out of the Central Apparatus Area and Local Apparatus Rooms throughout the new 12-storey building, including three basement levels.
BBC BROADCASTING HOUSEProduct: Power distribution units
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The ‘bays’ are installed above ceiling height and constructed from a combination of Marshall-Tufflex’s PVC-U Maxi Trunking and Mono 10 with specialised Cee-Norm sockets. The complexity of the vast amounts of circuitry has necessitated the building of extra large containment units with the necessary headroom – some as much as 18 metres long with a 150mm x 150mm high containment capacity. A large number of sockets and cables in relatively short spaces have also been addressed by this cable management solution.
“We met what was a complex and very quick programme on time. The standard of Marshall-Tufflex’s pre-manufactured units was good and helped us to reach timescales when under pressure.”
Phoenix Electrical Co Ltd
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Cambridge University’s historic Fitzwilliam Museum required a skirting trunking system that would be a good match to the light oak floor. The building and its galleries are Grade 1 listed so the specification also had to meet with Historic England’s approval.
“Marshall-Tufflex’s Sterling Profile 3 in Light Oak was the closest match,” said Darren Potter, Chief Technician of Facilities at the Fitzwilliam Museum. “We chose Sterling Profile 3 as it had square edges rather than bevelled ones, making it easier for us to fit the trunking flush into the skirting void behind the wall,” said Darren.
The museum also used the MT32 prefabricated modular wiring system as they regularly need to change temporary exhibitions each requiring a different display layout with corresponding power supplies. MT32 now allows them to quickly reconfigure the power supplies and removes the need for trailing extension leads.
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Architectural practice, The Bazeley Partnership, designed a new IT department within the sixth form of Tretharras School in Newquay for Cornwall County Council.
The architects’ design included curved cable containment wrapped around a central workstation as the focal point of the room.
CCC’s senior electrical engineer, David Shuff, turned to Marshall-Tufflex for a solution that could cope with the curved external and internal bends, all at dado level.
Marshall-Tufflex recommended its multi-compartment PVC-U perimeter cable management system, Sterling Profile 1, of which 40 metres was pre-curved to order.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITYProduct: Light Oak trunking to meet Historic England approval
NEWQUAY SCHOOLProduct: Curved trunking
“With the nature of this circular design, the trunking was a key element. Only Sterling could give us scope to achieve the architect’s vision, and the end result has met everyone’s expectations.”
Cornwall County Council
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Marshall-Tufflex provided a spectacular solution for Michelmores Solicitors’ striking glass building in Exeter.
Series 2 PowerPoles in aluminium were specified to blend in with existing steel columns, manufactured with special bends and suspended horizontally around the building to carry power and low voltage lighting in a way that sympathised perfectly with the existing steel work.
TES Projects Ltd, contractors for the installation commented: “The system suits the purpose really well, it carries segregated fire alarm and door entry cabling and it all looks really good.”
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WOODWATER HOUSEProduct: Horizontal PowerPoles
UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKProduct: Special paint finish for aluminium trunking
Elegance 110 and Bench trunking both in aluminium were supplied with custom paint finishes in RAL 7035 Light Grey and RAL 7016 Anthracite Grey to match new benches at the University of Warwick’s School of Engineering.
The colour matching greatly enhanced the overall appearance of the project of two refurbished teaching laboratories, where power and data connections to laboratory workbenches were situated for computers and test equipment.
“Apart from the look and functionality, we also required a quick turnaround, and Marshall-Tufflex was able to supply the trunking within a very tight timescale – a major factor in enabling us to complete the project on time.”
Jonathan Meadows, Senior Electrical Technician at the School of Engineering
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Marshall-Tufflex has supplied Birmingham University’s School of Physics and Astronomy with an unusual trunking for the laboratories housing a study into the behaviour of cold atoms.
To aid the study into quantum phenomena by exploiting cold atom gases as a unique window into the quantum world, the laboratory is fitted out with matt black trunking. This acts as a safety measure because the work utilises high powered lasers. Should a laser beam escape, a matt black trunking will absorb the light.
The aluminium Sterling Profile 3003 feeds power and data at dado height around the laboratories and has also been installed on overhead canopies sited above work benches.
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BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITYProduct: Sterling Profile 3003 aluminium – matt black
“We compared plug and play systems but liked the fact that MT32 is extremely neat and provides significant installation time reductions. Odyssey appealed because it is CAT 6 compliant, easy to install and because it is the most aesthetically pleasing of the containment systems we have looked at – and we have looked at quite a few! The client is happy with it and we are happy with it. As a result of the effectiveness of both systems, we are taking them through other schools within the BSF initiative.”
Balfour Beatty Engineering Services
ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE, HIGHGATEProduct: MT32 and specially curved Odyssey trunking
Marshall-Tufflex provided an MT32 prefabricated modular perimeter wiring system and Cat 6 compliant Odyssey trunking in specially curved lengths to allow for fixing to the corresponding architecturally curved walls of the library building.
MT32 and Odyssey trunking provided economic and fast-fit installations at St Aloysius College, Highgate, one of eight secondary schools to undergo complete rebuilding or substantial refurbishment within Islington’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) initiative.
Balfour Beatty Engineering Services selected Marshall-Tufflex’s MT32 contained within Odyssey’s contemporary curved dado trunking system and Tom Counihan, electrical engineer for BBES, explained why:
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PVC–U trunking systems can be pre-curved to order for installation on curved walls and curved furniture.
Please contact the Technical Team on +44 (0)1424 856688 fora bespoke quotation.
Please note minimum bend radius is required
Pre-formed trunking
Ceiling-mounted units supplying various services are available as fixed items.
Series 2 PowerPost suspended
Combination bend
A combination internal bend to flat angle and adaptor to mini trunking. These can be made to order for most PVC–U trunking.
135°/45° bends
135°/45° bends in a variety of profiles can be fabricated to order. Other angles can also be produced upon request.
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PVC trunking reducer
A section of trunking which has been reduced in depth so that it can pass behind radiators or pipes.
Fabricated connections
Fabricated units for joining or interconnecting two different sizes or models of PVC–U trunking.
Profile sets
Pre-fabricated sets for negotiating columns, window bays and non-standard corners.
Multi-service pods
IEC 60309 industrial sockets on back to back aluminium bench trunking with 25mm raised brackets to raise units above any floor level water collection.
Pre-wired units
Pre-wired modules with standard UK accessories can be built to order and are supplied fully assembled and tested in-house.
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INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTORSWe distribute our cable management products to over 40 countries worldwide and welcome the opportunity to discuss any projects or requirements you may have. Below are the details of our main distributors around the world.
If you would like to discuss distribution of our products worldwide, please email [email protected] or telephone +44 (0)1424 856652
EgyptLight Import Establishment+20 22291 [email protected]
IndiaVector Projects (I) Pvt. Ltd.+91 226769 [email protected]
KuwaitAl-Dhow Engineering+965 2291 [email protected]
Saudi ArabiaHAWA Trading Est - Al-Khobar+966 13 864 [email protected]
Sri LankaBianco (Pvt) Ltd+94 250 [email protected]
UAETitan GT FZC+971 6740 [email protected]
Saudi ArabiaHAWA Trading Est - Jeddah+966 12 663 [email protected]
Republic of Ireland Core Electrical Ltd +353 1453 [email protected] www.coreelectrical.com
Russia ICS Group +7 495720 [email protected] www.icsgroup.ru
LibyaGamma Ltd+218 21444 [email protected]
MalaysiaOriginex Electric Sdn Bhd+60 37847 [email protected]
Malta Calleja +356 2144 0341 [email protected] www.calleja.com.mt
BahrainAmad Baeed Electrical W.L.L.+973 1745 [email protected]
Cyprus Andrews Electrical +357 2249 [email protected]
Gibraltar A.J.Sheriff Electrical +350 2006 1561 [email protected] www.ajsheriffelectrical.com
QatarMannai Trading Co. WLL+974 4455 [email protected]
Northern Ireland Core Electrical Ltd +44 28 900 200 66 [email protected] www.coreelectrical.com
New Zealand Ellis & Co Ltd +64 09570 [email protected] www.ellis.co.nz
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T +44 (0)1424 856600F +44 (0)1424 856611E [email protected] www.marshall-tufflex.com
Technical Hotline: +44 (0)1424 856688
In pursuance of our policy of continued product improvement Marshall-Tufflex reserve the right to change the design or specification of its products without notification.
Republic of Ireland distributor
Core Electrical Ltd 17b Goldenbridge Industrial Estate Tyrconnell Road, Inchicore Dublin 8, D08 WD50
T +353 (0)1453 7033 F +353 (0)1453 8911
Northern Ireland distributor
Core Electrical Ltd Unit 4 Duncrue Industrial Park Duncrue Road Belfast, BT3 9BP
T +44 (0)28 900 200 66 F +44 (0)28 900 213 08
Collect your order from our branches:London (E17 6DJ) Manchester (M26 1GG) Hastings (TN38 9NU)
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