World Cup Contract for Booth Industries

Booth Industries Limited of Bolton, UK have been awarded a contract for the design, engineering, construction and delivery of specialist door assemblies for South Africa’s Gautrain Project in Johannesburg.

The current value of the contract is €840,000 and brings the total value of global contracts secured by Booth Infrastructure to over €13,700,000.

Gautrain is a gigantic rapid rail link project, forming part of the infrastructure upgrades planned for completion prior to the 2010 World Cup Soccer Competition.

Booth Infrastructure will supply:-

Tunnel Emergency Escape Door Assemblies, comprising of 8 double leaf sliding panel doors designed to withstand pressures of ±10 kPa and meet a fire integrity requirement of 60 minutes.

Intervention Shaft Door Assemblies, comprising of 15 double and single leaf hinged emergency escape doors designed to withstand pressures of ±5kPa and meet the Hydro Carbon Fire Test Curve for a period of 120 minutes and 40 double leaf hinged doors designed to withstand pressures of ±5kPa to satisfy a fire integrity requirement of 120 minutes.?

With Booth Commercial Door Products providing:-

Intervention Shaft Door Assemblies, comprising of 31 double and single leaf hinged door assemblies designed to meet a fire integrity requirement of 120 minutes.

All doors in the tunnels and shafts have to meet the specified opening and arresting forces against the operating differential pressures in the tunnels.

The door assemblies will be supplied from the Bolton UK plant.

The Contractor has the option of utilising a specially trained Booth Supervisor to assist their Engineers during the installation period.

2010 FIFA World Cup Competition

The Soccer World Cup in 2010 will be hosted by South Africa.

The competition staged every four years is the world’s largest sporting event after the Olympic Games.

In terms of television audiences, it is bigger than the Olympics.

It is expected that in 2010 the event will enthuse considerably more spectators than previous World Cup competitions.

The eyes of billions of television viewers, an estimated three million visitors and the world’s top sporting media will be targeting South Africa.

Gautrain

Gautrain is a high speed rail link between Johannesburg, Pretoria and Johannesburg International Airport forms a major part of these projects timed for completion prior to the competition, thus servicing Soccer City Stadium which will host both the opening and final matches of the competition

Contractors

A joint venture for civils works has been set up between Bombela Civils Joint Venture, Bouyges Travaux Public and Strategic Partners Group.

Booth Industries Limited is part of the Engineering Services Division of the Redhall Group plc and is a world leading expert company in the design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of specialist doors, wall systems and windows. It has a significant design capability that is highly valued by customers who demand the highest specifications to meet the hostile and challenging conditions in which its products operate.

Booth Infrastructure www.booth-industries.co.uk and Booth Commercial Door Products www.boothcommercial.com are product groups of Booth Industries Limited.

Booth expertise and products are supplied for a wide range of exacting applications, which include the Infrastructure, Oil and Gas, Defence and Nuclear Industries.

For further information please contact Michael Stott, Booth Industries Limited, Designers and Constructors of High Integrity Doors, Fire and Blast Protection Systems.

PO Box 50, Nelson Street, Bolton, BL3 2AP, UK.

Tel: +44(0)1204 366333 Fax: +44(0)1204 380888 Mobile: +44(0)7899 882505

E-mail: m.stott@booth-industries.co.uk

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