The integrated fire system was installed by Kentec Installation Partner (KIP) Glosec Dragon, a Cyprus-based business specializing in the design, installation, and maintenance of security, surveillance, hazard prevention, and hospitality systems.
About UNIC Residences
The UNIC student residences have been designed to set a new standard in modern student living. They consist of two separate complexes, SIX and TRIANGLE, which provide a multitude of dining, relaxing, and entertainment options including, a cafe, a mini-market, gym, TV rooms, and games areas.
Split between six, 12-story distinctive towers, SIX comprises 307 luxury student residences and is protected by two, highly-sophisticated Taktis eight-loop addressable fire panels. TRIANGLE complements SIX with an additional 147 modern and spacious rooms, with one six-loop Taktis panel installed.
Across both SIX and TRIANGLE’s fire protection systems are 578 heat detectors, 530 sounder bases, 94 call points, and 339 optical detectors. Three Taktis Vision Repeaters provide information on the status of the fire alarm system in key positions across the residences via large, full-colour, touch-screen graphical displays.
Solution - Taktis Fire Panels
Taktis includes a full suite of graphics, communications, analytics, and remote management tools Taktis provides an expandable solution, which includes a full suite of graphics, communications (copper and fiber), analytics, and remote management tools. Multiple protocols can be supported on each panel to give installers and end-users maximum choice in their systems’ design, and the scalable nature of the product provides the highest level of futureproofing and networking capabilities.
A 7” full-color resistive touch screen display and a clear, uncluttered intuitive interface make it easy to use even for those with minimal or no training, essential in the event of an emergency.
Right System For the Project
Stathis Ierodiaconou, Managing Director of Gloss Dragon says the business has worked with Kentec for more than two decades and developed a trusting relationship: “Our experience with Kentec meant we knew Taktis was the right system for the project’s scope and needs. The project required that remote monitoring was possible from one control room to cover both SIX and TRIANGLE residences. It also needed to be an expandable system, which can grow as the development grows.”
With Glosec Dragon also installing and maintaining a suite of other CCTV, wireless access control, intercom, parking, and energy-saving systems, Stathis says integration was essential: “Taktis is easy to install, integrates with other systems well and customer feedback has been good.”
Ensure Fire Safety System
Anastasia Christodoulou, Manager, at UNIC Residences, says student safety is paramount: “We required complete assurance that our fire protection system is providing the utmost protection. We were assured that Taktis does just that and that its advanced integrative capabilities mean a futureproofed and user-friendly system.”
Costas Constantinides, Head of International Development at Kentec, says Taktis was the ideal choice for this development: “The highly-powerful and sophisticated Taktis panel was chosen to ensure the fire safety system had the required reliability, scale and flexibility to protect large numbers of students at such a prestigious development.”