Project: Al Faisaliah Centre
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Contractor: Saudi Binladin Group

 

Description of Project

The Al Faisaliah Centre, owned by Saudi Arabia’s largest commercial real estate developer, the King Faisal Foundation, is certainly an impressive sight. The 55,000m2 development includes a 5-star hotel, banquet & conference centre, luxurious private residences, a retail mall and Saudi’s first skyscraper, the 267m tall Al Faisaliah Tower. Polaron were invited by the client to provide full design and implementation of a customised lighting control system for the tower and apartments which included the atrium lighting, banquet hall, restaurants, recreation areas, reception areas & private conference rooms.

 

Technical Details

Standard & custom equipment was used to create a system to meet the client’s specific requirements.

A remote fault detection system enables diagnostics and reconfiguration to be carried out from Polaron’s Headquarters in the UK via an ISDN link.

 

Design Features

The client chose 8-button lighting control plates with raise/lower function & programming socket.

Plates were finished in Polished Brass, to complement the surrounding decor.

A multiplexor interface linked the Dining Hall & Banqueting Hall for combined central control.

A PC with Polaron’s unique ‘Lightlink Programming Software’ was installed to allow complete control of the system from one central location when necessary.