Noverber 13, 2007

Emirates Stadium - Fit for kings! Halton Vent Master delivered kitchen ventilation solutions for the Stadium

Arsenal F.C.’s new Emirates Stadium is not just about watching fooball. It’s about having an unforgettable experience.

Kitchen and food service specialist KCCJ was given the task of creating the infrastructure to feed the fans at Emirates Stadium, £385 million super arena with 60,000 capacity. There are eight restaurants, 150 boxes and the Diamond Club, run by top chef, Raymond Blanc. Nineteen kitchens provide fresh food, cooked on site.

Keeping the catering areas comfortable to work in was the responsibility of Halton Vent Master U.K., who fitted all the extraction and fresh air supply systems for the kitchens and concessions, some 53 outlets. Halton Vent Master picked up the ventilation ducting from the base build system when it entered the kitchen, its area of expertise. All of the high level canopies in the kitchens and concessions have been designed with supply air slots to create air curtains, which hold in the heat and fumes. In the kitchens this air is supplied form the stadium system but in the concessions, where fresh air is only available on the concourses, it is generated by fans, which force it throught the canopies to the front of the concessions areas.

“We have also specially designed a gas interlock control panel to link in with the stadium alarm systems, and these are fitted in all the kitchen concessions,” says Martin Smith, Projects Director for Halton Vent Master. “Also, all of the canopies are fitted with an Ansul Fire protection systems.”
“It was probably our biggest job but certainly not easy. Ceilings were lower than originally planned and we had to fit around other people’s services. It meant we had to redesign the system for every kitchen, so we’ve probably got through 500 drawings in 18 months.”

For more information, please contact:
Halton Vent Master
11 Laker Road
Airport Industrial Estate
Rochester
Kent ME1 3QX
U.K.