Electrical control panel designer and
manufacturer, Wiremek, has
completed a major project for global
insurance broker, Willis Group
Holdings at its listed Ipswich building.

Wiremek’s brief was to install new
panels that would facilitate easy
diagnosis and reporting, while
improving performance and saving
energy. It worked closely with the
Building Maintenance Services team
at Willis to bring the fragmented
BMS into a centralised system.

Bespoke, colour-matched panels
were designed in a modular system
that could be disassembled and
reassembled inside the plant room.

With delicate mineral insulated
cabling that needed to be re-used
and existing 1 MVA transformers
that required a bespoke fit on to the
new panel, design and installation
was complex. Features of the original
installation had to remain, such as
safety screening to an access point
that allows engineers to walk inside
the control panels.

Soft starter technology gives energy
savings on all the building’s pumps
and the BMS provides in-depth, easy
to run reporting functionality.