State-of-the-art facilities for the Lightning Fast Jet home defence headquarters.
The scheme consisted of providing a new base for the Lightning Fast Jet home defence HQ at the RAF base in Marham, Norfolk. The state-of-the-art facilities provided under the scheme for BAE Systems included a new maintenance and finishes hangar, a Logistics Operations Centre and an Integrated Training Centre.
Bespoke fire detection and protection systems from concept through detailed design.
Our role consisted of designing the fire detection and protection systems from conceptual design through to detailed design, using fully hydraulically calculated pipework to ensure the clinical integration of services into the space-critical building envelopes.
The hangar area was protected using an automatic pre-action roof-level foam system, actuated by the coincidence of flame detection and aspirating smoke detection, combined with large-capacity foam hose reels for use by the RAF fire-fighting team.
Significant areas of the Integrated Training Centre and Logistics Operations Centre were protected using directional valve gaseous suppression systems, combining gas storage for use across multiple spaces with N+1 gas cylinder storage for redundancy.
Designing for a hyper-sensitive, high-value defence environment.
Working within the client's strict confidentiality structure, we developed a bespoke hangar protection system and navigated a complex approval process involving multiple stakeholders including BAE Systems, the RAF and the wider design team. The scheme demanded careful coordination across several different suppression media and design codes, each tailored to the specific risk profile of the spaces being protected.
