Attracting over one a half million visitors a year, the gallery, at Milbank in London, has joined the list of major buildings across the world using products from Sunderland-based Current Thinking.
The gallery, through its facilities managers SPIE Matthew Hall, faced the challenge of replacing its ageing voice alarm system and one of the key benefits of using Current Thinking's products was that it could be installed with the minimum of disruption to the fabric of the historic building.
Current Thinking managing director Anthony Smith says, "What appealed to the gallery - and to the installers VA Systems - was that our equipment enabled the use of the existing speaker installations at the same time as enabling the upgrading of the overall system to meet the latest regulations without having to re-cable the entire site.
"Minimising disruption on a project of this scale - and in a building visited by so many people - is obviously of benefit to everyone concerned, including the gallery and the installers."
AddsMick Walsh of VA Systems, sub-contractors for Spector Lumenex, "It was an easy decision to choose Current Thinking's technology. Not only did the compatibility of their equipment mean that the project virtually became 'plug and play' but their voice alarm rack systems are installed with an ease not achievable with other manufacturers' products. Current Thinking's flexible approach to projects and its willingness of 'individualise' equipment makes the work of an installer so much easier."
(Jim Evans)
