News 2024
All our news for the year is outlined below, enjoy! We also have a news archive going back to 2013, click here for more...
July 2024 - BAFE SP101
Although BDS has supported its engineers to undertake the competency requirements of BAFE SP101 covering the servicing maintenance of portable fire extinguishers, it has taken a huge extra push with our compliance team to meet the BAFE audit requirements & register our company with this Scheme.
BDS are pleased to announce we now hold this Certificate to enhance our Life safety qualifications...
July 2024 - The Royal College of Music
The Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall at the Royal College of Music required their fire detection system to be upgraded from their inaccessible fire beams located above their Flentrop Orgelbouw Organ, forming the stage's backdrop which was installed in 2018.
Requesting a meeting with the client and the manufacturer Honeywell to determine a workable solution we eventually agreed to use a Vesda VEP Aspirating system using seven sampling points via capillaries that would give the right amount of detection.
The old beams which were originally wired from the attic were isolated and new cables were diverted to incorporate the Vesda control panel and add this the Gent by Honeywell Fire Alarm Loop, although access was tight the pipe work was successfully installed, and the system tested, protecting this most prestigious of venues.
July 2024 - The Royal Exchange
We are proud to announce that BDS have been awarded the Annual Maintenance contract for their Fire Alarms, Life Safety Systems, Extinguishers, Smoke Vents, Emergency Lighting, CCTV & Access Control systems.
The Royal Exchange, an iconic and historic building in London. The building has twice been destroyed by fire and subsequently rebuilt. The present building was designed by Sir William Tite in the 1840s. The site was notably occupied by the Lloyd's insurance market for nearly 150 years. Today, the Royal Exchange contains restaurants and luxury shops. The building holds a special place in history, and we are honoured to be entrusted with the responsibility of looking after their fire , Security and life safety systems.
In addition to this exciting opportunity, we are thrilled to expand our portfolio by partnering with Polyteck Building Services Ltd
We are committed to delivering a first-class service to all of their clients and look forward to the collaboration ahead.
June 2024 - Latymer School
Notifier Fire Alarm Network L2 Upgrade Secured over the Summer Holidays
400 years ago, this year Edward Latymer paid for local poor boys to be educated, and so through the centuries & with private funding the school that is named by him continues to ensure it stays among the very best in the country.
The school is located in Hammersmith and although it has buildings along the banks of the River Thames, it also is set along Kings Street meaning it uses its own private pedestrian tunnel to link its buildings where the great West Road Runs through it.
BDS were asked to carry out a validation of the schools fire detection to ensure it met with the requirements for BS5839-1: 2017 L2 Design, this meant Automatic Fire Detection must be installed in escape routes and rooms opening onto these routes as well as areas defined as a fire risk.
Locating & plotting risk areas BDS also conducted load tests and loop calculations to ensure 24-hour battery backup and all the fire detection loops were not overloaded and still leave enough spare capacity for future development. This major investment by Latymer School ensures its pupils and staff are protected as well as these important London landmarks...
June 2024 - 21 Bloomsbury Street £300K Fire Alarm Contract Secured
BDS have secured the shell and core with cat A fit out for 21 Bloomsbury Street.
The area of protection covers lower ground floor to level 8, the fire detection and alarm system incorporates Seven Advanced Electronic MXPro5 networked fire control panels with the addition of Advanced Electronic special builds Sprinkler indication panel and fireman’s control/override panel.
The system will comprise of Hochiki protocol for field devices. BDS will also be installing the disabled Refuge and toilet alarm systems utilising Baldwin Boxall Omnicare. The installation starts in June 24 and completes in February 2025...
May 2024 - Watling House Cannon Street
BDS were tasked with upgrading the existing 3 Panel Kentec Syncro Fire Alarm system to the latest Kentec Taktis fire control system which has just recently passed BS7273-4 Category A Status which means the system WILL give failsafe actuation of any fault that impacts on the ability of the door mechanism to actuate on a fire event. Including an Open or Short Circuit or a power failure.
May 2024 - Castlemaine House Ground Floor AOV
The Horizontal Smoke Vent at Castlemaine House in Battersea was reported faulty following recent vandalization. A cage was fitted for Security and BDS supplied and installed a new motorised window vent manufactured by Sertus that interacted with the AOV system that protects the building all works were successfully completed in one day and witness tested by the client.
See our video of the finished installation below
April 2024 - £200K Fire Alarm Fit out at Project Edward begins...
BDS have now started to carry out the installation works for Project Edward (29 Carlton House Terrace, St James, London) where our remit is to supplement the existing fire alarm system (Advanced Electronics with Apollo XP95 devices) to suit the newly proposed floor layouts on levels 6,7,8,9, ground, and lower ground floors. Along with the detection being provided to the project floors we are also installing new aspiration systems within the SER rooms on each floor utilising Xtralis Vesda equipment.
April 2024 - Spring Day Meeting, 3 Generations attend and a Fire Extinguished...
BDS held its regular annual Spring Day customer event at Epsom Downs and was pleased to have three generations of Blyde’s looking after some of our valued clients. We even had the opportunity to extinguish a Bin fire that had somehow caught alight! Luckily a water extinguisher was close at hand and the fire was put out by Mitchell before it could take hold.
See the short video of how that played out below...
April 2024 - LORDS Nursery Pavilion
BDS has carried out a new Gent Vigilon Fire alarm Installation upgrading the existing wiring and field devices, The System used to be part of the indoor cricket centre but following the installation of new armoured network cabling the site wide system has now been expanded to 16 nodes. BDS continue to support Lords the Home of Cricket providing annual maintenance and 24hour emergency cover with special arrangements and cause and effects for match day cover.
March 2024 - 4 New Nacoss approved Intruder Alarms installed
A long-standing client of ours, Galliford Try, provided BDS with a wonderful opportunity to upgrade the Intruder Alarm systems across our managed Portfolio. The works included a total of 4x site upgrades whereby we used the Galaxy equipment range consisting of control panels, keypads and PIR’s.
March 2024 - ICHIKOKUDO Ramen Restaurant
Soho Estates has rented out space for a new Japanese restaurant in Wardour Street... BDS was asked to Design install & Commission an automatic fire alarm system based on the C Tec XFP platform using Apollo XP95 protocol the system needed to interface to Sound Systems Gas shut off valves and Lifts BDS also provided all Fire extinguishers for the premises.
Febraury 2024 - It’s all in House...
Our engineers are constantly updating the latest programming software to their own engineering laptops. By having our own training facilities with most Open and Managed Protocol systems on display, we ensure our engineers are competent and professional in their service delivery.
Febraury 2024 - 5 Star Luxury at the Beaumont Hotel
BDS has completed the integration of the Gent fire Alarm System to the 5 Star Beaumont Hotel Extension. Aswell as the design and supply of new Fire Extinguishers and signage. The Hotel has recently been renovated and extended, with a new 29-bedroom wing and the addition of two further private dining rooms. Our works included seamless cause and effects programming and testing ensuring all networked panels operated within the design parameters agreed with the local building control and the London Fire Brigade when the Hotel was first opened.
January 2024 - Great start to the year with our Hotel Clients
The Beautiful Tylney Hall Hotel part of the Elite Hotel Group has now had its Notifier 7 Loop ID2000 Fire Alarm control panel upgraded to an 8 Loop ID3000 system. The works were planned for the second week of January following a very busy festive season and was successfully upgraded over 4 Days part of the works were to split one off the overloaded loops and then verify this 1,000-point Notifier system. As a Gold Partner the client will now enjoy a 5-year trouble free warranty.
We have been servicing the Fire Alarm and Emergency lighting for London Bridge & Tower Bridge Residence Inn Hotels for a number of years, Building on that working relationship we have now been awarded the rest of their life safety assets and are now also looking after & servicing the AOV’s, Dry Risers and Extinguishers
January 2024 - Passive Works for The Royal Borough of Greenwich & RAFA
Following the fire risk assessment at Ravens Way, London SE12, BDS’s passive fire team were appointed to carry out the passive fire compartmentation and fire door surveys. Following the submission of our reports we were assigned to carry out the remedial repair works to the buildings fire compartmentation penetrations and the installation of nine FD30s fire door sets to communal area. The works were scheduled for a 3-month period, commencing November 2023 with successful handover in January 2024.
Following a request to survey the Fire Doors at RAFA Housing, we successfully carried out the installation of three replacement Fire Doors, this was carried out swiftly and without too much disruption to the residents.
January 2024 - Happy New Year to all our Customers, Suppliers and Friends...
Kevin Blyde & The Team at BDS