Paris, 14 September 2004
Cegelec, an integrated international group providing technological services to companies, public and local authorities, has been awarded a contract to supply and install a new ventilation and fire protection system for line M2 of the Budapest underground network. The contract, worth close to 11 million euros, was signed with Budapest’s public transport company BKV and is part of a major renovation of the line, which is over 30 years old.
Cegelec has chosen a new fire protection system for the Budapest underground based on sprays which emit fine droplets of water to form a mist . This technology, applied in recent years only for newly- built underground railways, extinguishes fires by a cooling and oxygen- depleting effect of the fine water mist- vapour. This solution is more effective and infrastructure- friendly than the traditional water jets, as it reduces collateral water damage and has the added advantage of absorbing harmful combust ion products while the fire is being extinguished.
The ventilation system installed by Cegelec will be fitted in the line’s nine underground stations as well as throughout the length of the tunnel. It will be installed over the next three years, as work can only be carried out during the line’s relatively short off hours.
Cegelec has extensive experience in the field of ventilation and tunnel safety systems, with the Mont Blanc tunnel, and the Lötschberg one in Switzerland, being recent examples, as well as in the field of urban underground transport. Cegelec has already been chosen by 11 French cities to develop or maintain their public transport networks (underground railways or tramways), and positions itself as an international player in the field, with major projects in Europe (Athens, Prague, and, at the end of last year, the future Turin underground) and other parts of the world (Bangkok, Istanbul, Cairo, Mexico and Singapore).
Contact :
Jean-Louis Erneux
Cegelec Communications Department
Tel. +32 2642 30 70
jean-louis.erneux@cegelec.com
www.cegelec.com
