Solidere

Solidere is the Lebanese company responsible for the development and reconstruction of the Beirut Central District (BCD). Lying at the heart of the Lebanese capital city the BCD is an area thousands of years old, traditionally a focus of business, finance, culture and leisure. Its reconstruction constitutes one of the most ambitious contemporary urban developments worldwide.

Berytus Parks

Berytus Parks is an intelligent office complex built to the highest international standards. It offers 10 floors with a total area of 12,200 m² above ground, plus 150 m² of underground storage and a 200 space car park to fit the business needs of companies occupying the building. It includes offices, showrooms, fashion shops, and guarantees a flexible and unrivalled professional working environment. The complex, surrounded by 6,500 m² of gardens, is one block away from the famous Beirut Souks area and located 10 minutes away from the airport. Berytus Parks hosts some of the worlds leading companies including GE, SABIC, CITIBANK, Nokia, Credit Suisse, Microsoft and many others.

Pre-existing situation & UTCFS’s role

During the development of the Berytus Parks concept, it became clear to the owners that this ten story building would need to be equally as safe as it was going to be impressive. All office areas of the complex were to be equipped with security systems by individual tenants on their arrival. However the communal areas, which were to form a substantial part of the site, needed to be equipped with a state-of-the-art fire detection system right from the start. Berytus Park’s management started looking for a security manufacturer able to meet their many and detailed requirements. Mac-Corp, a local business partner of UTCFS, was therefore selected to provide this high-profile building with a UTCFS fire detection system.

UTCFS’s solution

After careful consideration, it was UTCFS's EST platform that was chosen to protect Berytus Parks from fire hazards. EST is a high-end fire detection platform, offering vast customisation and scaling capabilities to its users. At the Berytus Parks, there are currently over 600 devices installed of which 100 are manual call points and 500 are addressable detectors. All these devices are linked via three EST3 control panels to a central monitoring room, employing UTCFS’s, highly customisable FireWorks software package. This package allows users to adapt the system parameters to display information suited to the site’s specific security needs. In addition the Berytus Parks' EST fire detection system is completely interfaced with its building management systems, creating an integrated, secure and reliable environment for its tenants.