Polypipe has a ball on O2 Project

The 4,800 metre2 ballroom, situated in the InterContinental London O2 Hotel, is located close to its iconic namesake, the O2 Arena. The hotel also boasts several restaurants, a spa and a panoramic Sky Bar, offering views of Canary Wharf and the River Thames.

Standing at 19 storeys high and containing 453 bedrooms and suites, it was of paramount importance that the drainage system installed could be trusted not to leak, and so M&E Contractor, H.E. Simm & Son Ltd., approached Polypipe to manufacture a suitable solution.

At 19 storeys tall, the luxury hotel needed intelligently designed drainage.

As experts in providing intelligently designed solutions for the movement of water and air around tall buildings, Polypipe Terrain provided an appropriate system using Terrain FUZE. Made of high-density polyethylene, Terrain FUZE is lighter in weight than cast iron equivalent systems and is available in longer lengths, meaning less jointing is required.

This in turn, provides less opportunities for the system to leak, making it ideal for the project. As the system is jointed using electro-fusion welding, where the weld area is as strong as the host material, system integrity is increased and consequently the risk of leaks in the development is further reduced.

"The drainage system installed at the O2 Hotel needed to be considered and intelligently designed. The innovation displayed by Polypipe Building Services system, including Terrain FUZE made best use of the available space"

Martin Thompson, Senior Project Manager at H.E. Simm & Son Ltd.