A FIRST FOR COLT SMOKE CONTROL SYSTEM AT PARADISE ST/ LIVERPOOL ONE back to News

Colt has successfully supplied and tested the first ever UK smoke control system for a car park, being built under Chevasse Park at Liverpool One, the UK's largest retail development. With more than 2,000 spaces, split over a massive 56,000m² on four levels, Colt's system proved the most cost-efficient and effective smoke control solution for this massive area.

In a separate contract, Colt also provided a fixed glass and metal louvre system to the exterior. These items provide the architectural ventilation for the car park, but also have an architectural purpose. With the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Liverpool Mercantile City adjacent to the car park, the combination of robust materials and light architectural elements, such as the louvre modern screens provided by Colt, makes them fit adequately in this context.

Colt's louvre screens feature on the east, north and south facades of the building. The aluminium louvres offer good outward visibility and transparency, provide a significant amount of daylight and the required natural ventilation. The angle of the louvre blades that clad the car park structure furniture differ from floor to floor in order to prevent views in from the street level, and once again to provide natural ventilation. Colt's products have helped to establish the impression of a modern, transparent and light building that is fitting with the high status of the development itself and its environment.