Winder Power install transformers for opening of The Leadenhall Building
United Kingdom, London: Two years after winning the power contract for The Leadenhall Building, Yorkshire based Winder Power will install two 10 MVA transformers for the September opening to visitors for the very first time.
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United Kingdom, London: Two years after winning the power contract for The Leadenhall Building, Yorkshire based Winder Power installed two 10 MVA transformers for the September opening to visitors for the very first time.
Referred to by many as the ‘’Cheesegrater’, the building is a one of kind, based in the heart of the City of London located right beside London’s ‘Walkie Talkie’. In 2012, Winder Power, was contracted to be the transformer manufacturer and installer to power the land-mark building.
Due to the size and location of the transformers, the units were to be housed in the basement of the Leadenhall building and, in order to secure safe passage and placement, Winder Power were required to manufacture specialised lifting equipment to lower the transformers through a restricted access, from ground level, into two housings in the lower basement.
It took several weeks to manufacture the specialist lifting equipment, which allowed engineers to lower the transformers, one by one. A number of shock recorders were fitted to each transformer to ensure that any impact or potential damage to the transformers during transport and installation was monitored and ultimately avoided. These transformers will ultimately supply electricity to Leadenhall’s 47 floors, 26 lifts and 610,000 square feet (56,700 square metres) of office space – this equates to the electricity supply to several thousand homes.
Speaking about the project, Laurence MacKenzie, Group Managing Director, Winder Power, said: ”As a company, it has been a hugely rewarding to be a part of the team that delivered this landmark project, now so prominent on London’s skyline. This is one of the most advanced forms of construction, and we are more than delighted that our ’made-in Britain’ transformers were selected to be a part of this.”
Source: Hume Brophy
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