'Installing a complete floor in just a few days'  

Pluggable, fast and efficient

Four new office buildings, a central plaza, two annexes and the renovation of an existing parking garage: at De Run 1000 in Veldhoven, a large business campus is being further expanded, in accordance with sustainability label BREEAM 'Excellent' and welfare and health label WELL Gold. Mansveld Techniek was involved by the client at an early stage, working in a construction team with Hurks and Croonwolter&dros to realize the extensive project. The Eindhoven-based engineering specialist is responsible for all electrical installations. From the security technology and data installations to the lighting and power installations, for which Isolectra's pluggable technology was chosen.

The new office buildings each have five floors. The buildings will be connected with footbridges, creating one impressive and connected office complex with 4,000 workplaces. Mansveld Techniek is providing the advanced E-techniques for this. "In the area of safety & security, we are taking care of the fire alarm and evacuation installation, camera installation, magnetic contacts and other security techniques," says Rene van den Biggelaar, Technical Project Leader at Mansveld Techniek. "We also provide the data installations in ceilings, floors and walls, all lighting and the grounding installation. In addition, we are responsible for the power installations. From the transformer, we leave with a large voltage rail to the main distribution boxes and all the sub-distributions. We also lay all cable routes and provide the cabling for the Ericsson and Vodafone antenna installation. Last-but-not-least, a Signify smart grid will be installed, which will also control the mechanical installations. In short: in this project, all our areas of expertise come into play extensively."

Power supply through the floor channel

All new office floors will be equipped with a floor duct, in which the power supplies for the 4,000 workstations will be connected plug-and-play. "Because the floor ducts will be permanently closed after only a few installation days, Mansveld Techniek was looking for a fast and error-free installation method," says Jordi Blanker, Account Manager Building Installation Technologies at Isolectra. "Our pluggable installation system fits this perfectly. Together with Mansveld Techniek, a nice installation plan was set up, for which Isolectra provided the package of drawings. Wholesaler Technische Unie is responsible for just-in-time deliveries, while Mansveld Techniek takes care of the assembly and maintains a monitoring role."

Beautiful triangular cooperation

"What is special about this project is that we established a nice triangular cooperation between supplier, customer and wholesaler," Blanker emphasizes. "Together we arrived at a very nice and efficient plan for the pluggable technologies." Underlying this plan were a number of specific wishes and requirements, he says. "For example, from the client's point of view, we had to work with the highest quality systems. Moreover, waterproof main distribution boxes had to be used, for which we made waterproof connections to our pluggable system. Using the installation plan as a foundation, we provided all pluggable materials with specific labels. This allows the mechanics of Mansveld Techniek to see exactly which materials need to be connected in which places. An installation kit was also developed for each office wing, in which all the materials for one office wing are cleverly clustered." Van den Biggelaar: "Thanks to the pluggable techniques, two mechanics from Mansveld Techniek can install an entire floor in just a few days."

Wieland GST18® and RST20®.

The Wieland GST18® system combined with Wieland RST20® was chosen to power the workstations. A circular choice, as both systems were recently listed with a Category 1 environmental statement in the National Environmental Database. "The main components are our Wieland distribution boxes, combined with a large number of custom coupling cords," Blanker says. "Where there is a Wieland GST18® connector on one side, a Wieland RST20® connector is incorporated on the other side to ensure the waterproof connection." The office buildings will be delivered in phases from week 6-2024. By the fourth quarter of 2024, the new building should be fully completed.