8 December 2009
At 202 metres (663ft) in height, the 46 storey tower will be one of the tallest towers in the City of London providing unrivalled views and enhancing the London City skyline. Its 40 metre mast will give it an overall height of 242 metres.
Besides being one of the tallest buildings in London the design of the 40.836 square metre of office space will set new standards. In the slender glass and steel construction you will find 36 floors of offices and have access to a public restaurant and bar on the three top levels.
The environmental focus in running the building also set new standards. The tower's heating and cooling systems are equipped with Frese Alpha automatic balancing valves, which limit flow to fan coils, plate heat exchangers and critical plant room equipment.
The Frese Alpha dynamic balancing valve ensures easy and reliable balancing, regardless of differential pressure fluctuations in the systems.
Frese will deliver more than 2,700 Alpha valves as a component of their Modula valve system, which was specifically designed for fan coil installations and includes a flushing bypass, isolating valves drain cock and test points. In addition to the fan coil valves, Frese will also provide Alpha Wafer valves for plate heat exchangers and critical plant room equipment such as chillers and ice tanks.
- The Alpha valves are not our newest technology, but have a proven track record around the world, particularly in tall buildings and have been successfully installed and commissioned by Skanska on previous project in the UK, says Matthew Dunk, Sales Director, Frese UK.
He points out that the dynamic Alpha valves always eliminate overflows and allow the pump to operate at optimum efficiency, thus saving energy.
Before this prestigious order was confirmed Skanska needed to be convinced that Frese could provide quality, reliability and service to the very highest standards. When their project team visited our factory in Slagelse in November 2008 they were not disappointed.
Frese UK has developed a close relationship with Skanska on the Heron Tower. Matthew Dunk expects that the building will be a significant reference project for Frese globally. Skanska is one of the world's largest construction groups and it is fantastic to be working with them on such an iconic, landmark project. They have an excellent understanding of Frese's products and embrace innovation. He looks forward to developing the collaboration.
In the UK dynamic products have not been widely specified in the past. The Frese team has spent the last five and a half years talking to landlords, developers, specifiers and installers to promote the advantages of dynamic valves. It is becoming more widely accepted that our products save time on site, ensure hydraulic stability and most importantly save energy, so there is something to please everybody.
