Case Studies
A selection of projects from around the world where Hochiki products have been specified and installed.
A selection of projects from around the world where Hochiki products have been specified and installed.
The Touring Hotel & Restaurant in Fiorano Modenese underwent a major refurbishment in 2024, including a brand new fire detection system combining the best of wired and wireless technology from Hochiki.
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Hochiki technology safeguards historic Belfast Printworks which has undergone a significant renovation to meet the demands of contemporary office spaces while preserving its Victorian heritage.
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Outpost Al Barari, a luxurious desert retreat nestled in the remote expanse of Qatar, presented a unique challenge for fire safety.
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Cutting-edge life safety technology from Hochiki now protects Valisir’s three plants located in Vobarno, Verolanuova and Prevalle.
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Tecnosystemi Spa Societa Benefit, a company synonymous with environmental responsibility and cutting-edge technology, install a high-performance fire protection system from Hochiki.
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Liverpool's Unity Theatre, a champion of new writing, social justice, and community engagement is now protected by Hochiki's FIREscape Nepto intelligent emergency lighting system.
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Kervo is a specialist in high quality cultivation and processing of fruit in the Netherlands and now being protected by Hochiki's Latitude fire control panel and its specialist weatherproof range of addressable devices.
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Hochiki ESP’s range boosting life safety at brand new state-of-the-art educational facility Livingstone Academy, Bournemouth.
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Hochiki Europe protects hazardous environment for global leader in petroleum storage and distribution
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Hochiki ensures fire safety in demanding wood processing environment
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Located in Srem District, Serbia, BiG Pazova is home to an impressive selection of attractions and experiences both historical and modern.
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Global pasta manufacturer Pastificio Rana chooses Hochiki for its fire detection system at its newest food production factory in Moretta, Italy
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Hochiki is installed at the historic Thompson Dock’s Titanic Distillers which opened to the public in April 2023. The Titanic Distillers housed in this historic building will welcome tourists hoping to learn a little more about the heritage of Belfast's famous docks and sample some traditional Irish whiskey.
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Established in 1984, and with several awards including The Queen’s Award for Enterprise, Technical Metals, based in Northern Ireland, offers anodising and surface preparation processes to a wide range of customers across the aerospace industry, defence, telecommunications, electronics, computer, pharmaceutical, street furniture, architectural, wind turbine and general engineering sectors.
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The Royal Free Hospital is a major teaching hospital in the Hampstead area of the London Borough of Camden. The hospital is part of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs services at Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and several other sites.
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Starting life as a fort in 1125, the building, which now houses the Museum of the River Po, was first built by the people of Modena, then conquered by the people of Mantua, who finished the construction. Over the next 500 years it was transformed from a fort to a grand residence, it survived a siege from Napoleonic troops in the late 1700s and remained under French rule until 1814. Following the Congress of Vienna, the building remained in Austrian hands where tall Venetian-style fireplaces and the courtyard was added, with a beautiful well in the centre, surrounded by a portico with columns and capitals.
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In the heart of Franciacorta, at the top of the hill overlooking Bornato, sits the historic headquarters of the Società Agricola Monte Rossa srl. Owned by the Rabotti family since 1972, the Winery is famous for its fine wines that can satisfy even the most demanding palates. Producing 500,000 bottles per year and with 70 hectares of managed vineyards, Monte Rossa is considered a leader for the quality level of the Franciacorta wines it produces.
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St Pancras International is a key London interchange and the very definition of a ‘destination station’. Managed by Network Rail High Speed Ltd this buzzing regional, national and international travel hub has been part of Britain's railways heritage for the better part of 150 years.
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Set in 10 acres of breath-taking headland, steeped in magical history, with sensational views of the North Cornish coast, sits one of Cornwall's best-kept secrets, The Atlantic Hotel. The hotel is located just a short stroll to the centre of Newquay, and minutes from some of the UK’s finest surf beaches, including the world-famous surf mecca Fistral Beach. This AA four-star hotel was once home to the world's biggest band The Beatles whilst they filmed their now-iconic movie The Magical Mystery Tour in 1967.
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In Autumn 2020 Hochiki launched Ekho, a new generation of hybrid wireless fire detection and alarm equipment. EN54-25 approved and RED compliant, Ekho takes hybrid wireless fire detection to new levels of reliability, flexibility and performance and has been crucial to helping a North London Borough to improve life safety in six blocks of apartment buildings.
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Celebrating its centenary, the IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital is in Negrar, Verona, and thanks to the expert team and technology in place, it is considered one of Italy’s top medical facilities, and in fact at European level it is recognised as a leader in the healthcare sector.
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Famed for its luxury shopping and extraordinary architecture, the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is home to over 3.3 million people, and the world's longest driverless single metro line - the Dubai metro.
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Powerful and innovative fire safety system from Hochiki installed at one of Italy’s leading food production sites.
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Hochiki improve life safety at special educational setting with their flexible and easy to install range of fire detection devices.
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Portsmouth all-through school gets life safety system upgrade from Hochiki and makes use of ‘multi-function’ facility via enhanced ESP controls
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During the summer of 2021, not only were the teachers at two educational settings preparing for the start of the new school year, but both school sites were undergoing a major upgrade to their life safety systems, and Hochiki’s market leading fire detection devices were the brand of choice.
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Founded over 400 years ago by Sir William Paston, Paston College in Norfolk, has transformed over the years from a grammar school for boys into a co-ed sixth form college dedicated to working with young people ages 16-18. The college has a notable alumni list including Admiral Nelson who studied for a short period before joining the Royal Navy in 1771, and in more recent years - British Actor, Writer, Comedian and Broadcaster Stephen Fry.
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Located in the picturesque village of Borghetto di Valeggio sul Mincio, Italy, the Corte Regia Relais and Spa overlooks the river Mincio, with views across to the imposing Scaliger Castle and the Visconteo Bridge and a short journey to Lake Garda. For its guests this hotel is an escape from the outside world and is famed for providing a relaxing experience.
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Fitting a new life safety system to any public space can be a complex job, but when undertaking this task in a hospital, during a pandemic, the complexity increases tenfold. When Pyrotec Fire and Security were chosen as the contractors to update an existing fire detection system at Wycombe General Hospital, there was only one life safety device manufacturer that would fit the job – Hochiki.
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Hochiki life safety products are the ‘go to’ brand when it comes to keeping one of the UK's biggest offshore wind farms operating safely.
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Entertainment establishments, such as shopping malls and multiplexes, are popular attractions due to their ability to provide a full range of facilities all in one space. However, these multipurpose destinations do require more complex life safety systems, meaning additional considerations for specifiers, installers and end users. Hochiki recently provided a solution to these challenges when called upon to provide high-end life safety protection at the Firestone Entertainment Hub in Jamnagar.
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TV & film studios are often made up of various commercial environments, meaning they require ultra-dependable, advanced life safety systems to protect employees and visitors. London’s Riverside Studios in Hammersmith recognised this and recently made the decision to upgrade its fire detection offering. Stepping into the limelight, leading life safety manufacturer, Hochiki Europe, took centre stage, providing some cutting-edge multi-sensors to play the part.
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Set on the iconic shores of Italy’s Lake Garda, Campeggio del Garda is a popular campsite that attracts tourists from around the globe to its picturesque location. Hochiki Italia’s Totem solution was specified to protect the idyllic campsite and provide occupants with an ideal level of outdoor protection.
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Just outside Milan, the Eurovetrocap warehouse manufactures glass and plastic containers for the cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food industries. Having undergone a period of significant growth in the last 35 years, the business hosts a variety of manufacturing and decorating machinery on-site to meet a range of packaging needs. With such a large amount of on-site active machinery and equipment, Eurovetrocap needed to ensure the premises and staff were well defended in the event of an emergency and turned to Hochiki’s fully compliant emergency lighting system – FIREscape.
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A key factory in Sudan’s cement making industry has recently undergone a significant expansion that will allow the plant to considerably increase its production capacity. As part of the upgrade, the factory was fitted with a variety of custom life safety solutions from leading life safety manufacturer, Hochiki Europe, to guarantee safety for all members of staff at the plant, and prevent hazards that could cause disruption to production.
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A new £5 million car showroom in Tonbridge, Kent owned originally by the Jardine Motors Group (now Stratstone) is utilising Latitude – a state-of-the-art fire alarm control panel produced by leading life safety system manufacturer, Hochiki Europe.
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Càmina Suite & Spa, a luxury hotel in the heart of Italy’s Cortina d’Ampezzo ski resort, has invested in a revolutionary fire protection emergency lighting system as part of extension and restructuring works. Taking the opportunity to provide its guests with additional life safety protection, the hotel made use of tailormade solutions from leading manufacturer, Hochiki.
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When plans were revealed to turn Cardiff's Principality Stadium into a 2,000-bed field hospital to ease pressure on the NHS from the coronavirus pandemic, the Fire Division of Ceaton Security Services Limited, based in Cardiff, were contracted to design and install the vital fire detection system, utilising Hochiki products.
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One of Sudan’s most prestigious education institutions, Sudan University, has completed the development of its Faculty of Pharmacy with the installation of an innovative and adjustable fire alarm system. To guarantee the upmost safety for students, staff and visitors, the university chose devices with the ability to withstand the harsh Sudanese environment – turning to a series of tailormade solutions from leading life safety manufacturer, Hochiki.
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An acclaimed Essex school has been fitted with the latest in fire and emergency lighting technology from leading life safety solutions manufacturer, Hochiki Europe.
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Maxxis Rubber India, a subsidiary of the Maxxis Group, has introduced its first manufacturing facility in Sanand, Gujarat, India. Maxxis is the largest two-wheel vehicle tyre manufacturer and the ninth largest tyre company in the world.
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A new boutique hotel has recently opened its doors in one of Northern Ireland’s most iconic and culturally-significant buildings in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter. This historic location, now known as the Titanic Hotel, is benefitting from a range of cutting-edge life safety technology from manufacturer, Hochiki Europe.
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A luxury residential and commercial building has recently been built in the Nad Al Hammar district of Dubai. This new development is in a prime location only 15 minutes to Sheikh Zayed Road and Dubai International Airport and 20 minutes to ‘new’ Dubai.
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As part of a project to revitalise a semi-abandoned Venetian suburb, and transform the district of Mestre from industrial precinct to recreational hotspot, HTM Hybrid Tower has undergone an extensive redevelopment. The project was supported by Hochiki Italia, the Italian arm of leading life safety systems manufacturer, Hochiki, who were selected to provide solutions that would protect this now iconic building and its occupants.
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Messila Resort is a deluxe 5-star hotel and spa complex, set within a beautiful 33-acre forest in Doha. This luxury retreat contains 122 bedrooms, 30 villas, a state-of-the-art fitness centre, a fine dining restaurant, luxury spa facilities, and can accommodate up to 2000 building occupants at any time. The spa itself is spread over three storeys and features 22 treatment rooms; it also houses both an indoor and outdoor pool.
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Working closely with Freedom Fire and Security Maintenance, leading manufacturer of life safety systems, Hochiki Europe, has provided a range of solutions to The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC) in Lincoln. The memorial is home to one of the most comprehensive records of the Bomber Command unit in the world.
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The established chain of Golden Tulip Hotels can be found in 5 continents, 51 countries and 234 cities. The brand is owned by the fifth largest hotel group in the world, French Company Groupe du Louvre, who own various luxury hotel brands. In 2017 Hochiki devices were specified for installation in the newly built Golden Tulip Hotel in Doha, Qatar.
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Teatro Italia in the Cannaregio district was first built in 1914 and designed in a neo-gothic architectural style with a nod to Art Nouveau. Since construction, the building has been home to a theatre, a cinema and a conference hall, before going into disuse in the late 1990s. In 2016, a project began to restore the space and its artistic features and transform it into a supermarket.
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Sofia has been the home of the Bulgarian National Library since 1881. In that time, the building and its historic contents have become treasures with significant national importance. Earlier this year, leading life safety systems manufacturer, Hochiki Europe, was appointed to protect these relics and preserve this slice of Bulgarian History.
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For many students, the prospect of moving away from home and living alone for the first time can be daunting. Thanks to leading manufacturer of life safety solutions, Hochiki Europe, and NSC Sicherheitstechnik, students living at two sophisticated accommodation developments in Germany have one less thing to worry about when it comes to fire safety.
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Hochiki Europe, leading manufacturer of life safety solutions, has recently worked with Scottish Security and Fire Systems to ensure the safety and security of a renovated Baptist church in Fife.
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The Yamaha motorcycle factory in Chennai, India, is protecting its employees with a low maintenance, high performance fire alarm system, provided by Hochiki Europe.
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Innovative fire safety systems from Hochiki Europe have been used to protect the residents of a renovated hotel barge operated by oil and gas company Perenco in Gabon.
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Vicentini Auto first began trading in 1974 as a family owned and operated car dealership and is based in the northern Italian city of Verona. Since then the company has steadily grown into one of the country's most prominent outlets for the purchase of new and used vehicles, and is widely respected for the expertise of its employees.
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The Educational and Research Hospital in Ankara is one of the oldest in Turkey and has an enviable reputation for its expertise. Hochiki fire protection equipment and Kentec fire control panels now protect the hospital, which serves patients from Ankara and the surrounding regions.
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The Norfolk and Norwich Hospital is the UK's first largescale single-build PFI (Private Finance Initiative) hospital with a staff of 5,500 treating over half a million people.
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A reputation for reliability and flexibility led to Hochiki Europe fire detection equipment being selected to safeguard the UK's National Blood Service's new Filton Blood Centre near Bristol. The £60 million purpose-built, two-storey facility, is expected to process 600,000 units of blood each year. It is the largest blood processing centre in the world and home to the University of Bristol's MSc in Transfusion and Transplantation Sciences. In addition to training facilities, the new building also houses administrative offices, laboratories, clean rooms and blood product manufacturing areas.
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The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics (WTCHG) is a research institute of the University of Oxford, funded by the University, the Wellcome Trust and numerous other sponsors.
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As part of a £1.6 million fire safety project, Hochiki Europe has been chosen by Masterfire Life Safety Systems to provide a complete life safety solution to protect the Sligo Regional Hospital and its hundreds of patients.
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After being based at Ninian Park for the previous 99 years, in 2009 the team played its first game at the 28,000 capacity Cardiff City Stadium, a perfect example of a state-of-the-art sporting environment where life safety is a top priority.
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A spectacular addition to the Icelandic cultural landscape, when the Harpa Reykjavík Concert Hall and Conference Centre opened its doors to the public in May 2011 it was unanimously acclaimed as one Iceland's most important contemporary buildings. As the city's first purpose built concert hall, it successfully combines being used as a classical music venue – serving as the home to the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and The Icelandic Opera – with hosting conferences and exhibitions.
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When it was formally opened at the end of August 2011 the €165m Helsinki Music Centre was hailed as one of Finland's most prestigious buildings and marked the end of a project that was first discussed over 20 years before.
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Kenneth More was one of the most famous actors of the 1950s and epitomised the ‘stiff upper lip' British conviviality that we often associate with that era. A contemporary of John Mills, Trevor Howard and Jack Hawkins, at the height of his fame he was nation's most popular film star and took leading roles in a string of box office hits including Doctor in the House, Reach for the Sky, Genevieve, and A Night to Remember.
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Situated at the centre of the glorious Maltese Archipelago and overlooking the white sands of Mellieha Bay, The Seabank Resort & Spa is one of the Islands' few fully all-inclusive holiday locations and attracts guests from all over the world. Its extensive facilities include five themed restaurants, three bars, Malta's largest hotel swimming pool, and a wellness spa with heated panoramic indoor pool.
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English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College in Hartlepool, County Durham, is benefiting from a streamlined low maintenance and an innovative high-performance fire alarm system, provided by Hochiki Europe. The school is one of the largest in Hartlepool, with a population of 1,637 students aged 11 to 18. Founded in 1973, it comprises a number of outbuildings of varying sizes, designs and ages, all clustered around the original structure.
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In September 2010, The Open Academy in Norwich moved into a new landmark building designed to be a vibrant, attractive and stimulating learning environment. Hochiki Europe's innovative fire detection products have been specified throughout the building, making the most of their unique features and advanced technology.
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Located in Middlesbrough on the south bank of the River Tees, Teesside University has become one of the UK's foremost seats of learning. It achieves consistently high rankings in surveys that assess the quality of education on offer, and in 2009 it was named as the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards University of the Year.
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Leading life safety systems manufacturer, Hochiki Europe, has helped keep college students and their lecturers' safe with the installation of a new fire alarm system. West Dean College, West Sussex, is internationally renowned for creative arts and conservation education, attracting students to 700+ short courses, and specialist degree and diploma programmes. The two kilometre estate is comprised of seven different educational, residential and leisure buildings, some of which date back to the 19th century.
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Located just a short walk from the centre of Ashford in Kent, Ashford International railway station is well known to European travellers as one of the primary UK transport hubs for Eurostar services to Paris and Brussels.
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Hochiki Europe detectors are integrated to a fully networked fire detection and alarm system at Edinburgh Waverley station. A fully networked fire detection and alarm system has been developed and installed for Network Rail, providing centralised control of fire monitoring at Edinburgh Waverley station, as part of a major enhancement programme.
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A recently opened shopping centre in Bradford, West Yorkshire, is now benefitting from an innovative range of intelligent life safety systems from Hochiki Europe. The Broadway Shopping Centre, a large mall in the centre of Bradford operated by Westfield Corporation, was opened to the public in November 2015 and currently contains 77 restaurants, cafes and shops.
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A new shopping complex in the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria, is benefitting from a range of innovative life safety solutions produced by leading manufacturer, Hochiki Europe.
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The CareMalta Group is Malta's largest private care provider and operates six facilities across the island. The company employs a team of over 500 highly qualified personnel who are focused on providing quality care services and facilities management.
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The Court of Appeal in Casablanca is one of the top divisions of Morocco’s judicial system, with over 200 staff members working across four storeys. Because of the high profile nature of the building and its occupants, it is essential that all life safety systems are of a superior quality, while simultaneously complying with strict regulations.
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Hochiki fire detection and alarm equipment has been installed throughout the new purpose-built 64-bedroom Hatchmoor Nursing Home in Great Torrington, North Devon.
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