Details
- Category of Project: Specialised Projects
- Project Title: Raquel - CTT Factory & Stores
- Location: Larnaca, Cyprus
- Plan Area: 8220m2 (including 2250m2 of warehouse areas)
- Construction time: 7 months
- Date of Completion: November 2001
- Client: CT Tobacco
- Architects: J & A Philippou Architects Engineers
Project description
A cigarette factory and warehouses for raw materials built to highest specifications. One of the few Design and Build projects undertaken in Cyprus.
Examples of the cutting edge technology used are structured cabling in the entire factory and warehouse areas, automatic fire doors between the different fire zones, closed circuit TV, a solar power system to support all secondary activities in the buildings, a building management system (BMS) for all the electromechanical systems and a power generator adequate to support the entire factory operation in case of an electric power interruption.