New Lighting System At Birmingham Cathedral Building Phase 1

KEY FACTS:

Client:

Birmingham Cathedral

Consultant:

Light Perceptions

Architect:

Thomas Ford and Partners

Main Contractor:

Midland Conservation Ltd

Value: 

£302,000

Built in 1715 as the New Parish Church. St Philips is a rare and fine example of elegant English Baroque architecture and is a grade 1 listed building.

Lowe and Oliver worked closely with the lighting consultant ‘Light Perceptions’ to supply and commission the new lighting system. The cathedral comprises of environmentally friendly LED lights controlled via a Lutron Homeworks System. The lights are all dimmable and are Mains dim, Dali dim and DMX dim. The new wiring of the lighting system was installed using FP cable installed primary within roof and floor voids.

Lowe and Oliver worked closely with the lighting consultant ‘Light Perceptions’ to deliver new lighting and fire alarm systems within the Abbey. The lighting was controlled via Lutron homeworks and the control of the LED’s was DMX modules. The modules were located at the east and west end within a cabinet installed out of public sight. The wiring for this was carried out in SY multicore cable. The fire alarm system was wired in Micc throughout and was clipped directly with the building’s fabric. The fire alarm system comprises of smoke detectors, manual call points, heat detectors and beam detection.

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