SPIE Scotshield won the contract to install a latest-generation fire-safety system at the £842m building in 2012.
Opening this month the new campus, which will house the biggest critical care and emergency departments in Scotland, has been fitted out in partnership with Mercury Engineering, Brookfield Multiplex and the NHS.
Glasgow-based SPIE Scotshield scoped the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the hospital’s overall fire solution. The company, which prepared for the installation over a 12-month period, incorporated a User Graphics Interface within the Laboratories Building Control Room to display all fire points.
Four remote user stations were installed at the ‘meet and greet’ areas to control 181 air handling units interfacing to vent-off and purge HVAC fireman controls.
The fire detection and alarm system has been integrated into the main building management system controlling the building’s smoke dampers. In the event 
of an alarm being activated it will send information pertaining to the event location directly to the nurse call stations.
These are located across each of the 352 nursing stations site-wide. The hospital’s robot porters will also be linked to the system; if there is a fire incident they will clear the area, returning quickly to their home stations.
“The successful completion of this contract demonstrates SPIE Scotshield’s capability to deliver complex, major scale fire and life-safety solutions,” says Thomas Coupland, Operations Manager, SPIE Scotshield.
“The extent and nature of this task presented some unique challenges and we embraced each of these, overcoming them through the dedication and commitment of the whole team working closely with our supply partners Gent-by-Honeywell.
“Together we meticulously designed and planned every element of fire system in order to provide unrivalled protection for the patients, visitors and employees – the result being a fire detection and alarm system network to be truly proud of.”
The system design was updated throughout the contract to meet the client’s specification and industry codes of practice. Rigorous self-monitoring and quality control measures were implemented, including fortnightly checks to ensure compliance with BS:5839. Ongoing inspections were carried out in conjunction with Mercury, Brookfield and Capita Symonds and these checks allowed the installation to be verified and signed-off at regular intervals, vastly reducing the potential for defects or omissions.
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