Sector
Manufacturing
Client
High Tech Manufacturing Client
Location
Skelmersdale
Standards
NFPA 13
Equipment
FM Approved Sprinkler Tank 485 m3.
1 x Electric and 1 x Diesel FM approved fire pump rated at 1585 USGPM @6.5 bar.
3 x 150 mm FM Approved Wet Alarm Valves.
1500 Sprinklers.
100 m3 Temporary Sprinkler Tank and temporary pump which was deployed as a temporary water supply whilst we were decommissioning the existing sprinkler tank and fire pump house for 16 weeks.
Programme
12 months
Year of Completion
2025
A high tech life safety manufacturing company required a comprehensive fire protection upgrade at their Skelmersdale facility. This challenging retrofit project involved working around existing manufacturing processes in a high bay storage warehouse, production areas, and offices with significant time constraints while maintaining continuous operations.
We delivered a comprehensive sprinkler system upgrade that transformed the facility’s fire protection capabilities. The project centered around upgrading the sprinkler system to warehouse, production areas, offices, carousels units and upgrading the water supplies with full NFPA 13 compliance, ensuring the highest level of fire protection for this critical manufacturing facility.
Our team completed a full fit-out of staff offices with both void and ceiling protection throughout the 2-storey office building, upgrading roof sprinkler protection within the warehouse with ESFR protection. We also fitted out workshop machine areas, kardex carousel units, and production offices with full sprinkler coverage all in accordance with NFPA 13. The project also involved a complete replacement of water supplies, removal and replacement of the existing sprinkler tank, upgrading and replacing the existing fire pumps, and installation of temporary water supplies to enable the existing sprinkler tank and pump house to be decommissioned whilst maintaining a fully operational sprinkler system for the duration of the works and specifically to give full cover while the existing water supplies were offline for 16 weeks.
Our Project Manager, Lee Keating, said “Really challenging retrofit project where we had to work around existing manufacturing processes, high bay storage warehouse with some really challenging time constraints.. All whilst having to work around our customer’s people as they continue to fully operate for the duration of our retrofit project.”
Hall & Kay’s overall delivery of what was an extremely challenging project was exceptional, we had a very good group of people who helped keep our operations active during the project duration
