Trox supplies world's most expensive hotel

Two Trox factories worked closely together to supply a range of air conditioning components to the world's most expensive hotel.

Two Trox factories worked closely together to supply a range of air conditioning components to the world's most expensive hotel.

The deluxe, five-star Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, rumoured to have cost around GBP 2 billion to build, includes a range of Trox fire and volume control dampers and variable air volume units, together with continuous slot and louvre-faced diffusers, side wall grilles, and jet nozzles.

In a contract worth around GBP 600,000, Trox also supplied special slot diffusers and acoustic splitters for the hotel, which contains the Middle East's largest conference centre, the Conference Palace.

The products, which were installed in the main bedrooms, dining rooms, dressing rooms, lobbies, and corridors, were manufactured at Trox's factories in Thetford, Norfolk and Senawang, Seremban in Malaysia.

Co-ordination between the two factories was a critical aspect of the job, according to Ian Leake, resident manager of Trox Middle East.

He said the biggest challenge was to meet the strict delivery programme: "The paintwork was critical in both quality and finish for the 10 different colours required by the architect, Wimberly, Allison, Dong and Goo".

"This required careful planning and co-ordination of supply from the two factory sources".

Trox delivered all its products on time and to the exacting requirements of contractor, Voltas International.

Air conditioning in each room at the Emirates Palace is controlled by the guest using a high-tech computerised system featuring touch control plasma screen units.

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