User Manual

Unique fire protection for
InterContinental Sydney
with Cerberus PRO
Modernization using existing cabling reliably
protects guests and staff while dramatically
reducing false alarms
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The project
InterContinental Hotels & Resorts is an
international luxury hotel brand with a
tradition that goes back over 70 years.
This tradition is reflected in the elegant
InterContinental Sydney, which
welcomes its guests to a beautifully
restored building dating from 1851.
There are 509 air-conditioned rooms,
some with a scenic view over the harbor
and the famous Sydney Opera House,
a heated indoor pool on the thirty-first
floor, 15 spacious conference rooms and
one of the best restaurants in town. The
entire complex provides an ambiance
where guests as well as personnel feel
safe and comfortable. In order to not
disturb this atmosphere with irritating
false alarms, and to avoid any unneces-
sary work and associated costs, a reliable
fire protection system was required.
The challenge
In many areas of the hotel, factors like
steam, heat and smoke can trigger
false alarms; for example, in the hotel
kitchen, in guest rooms or in the spa
area. This creates unnecessary costs, is
irritating for personnel and guests and
can harm the hotel’s reputation. For
this reason, InterContinental Sydney
wanted a fire protection system that
reliably detects real fires but which is
also immune to false alarms to a very
high degree. The existing cabling also
needed to be incorporated into the
new system in order to minimize costs,
impact to guests and interruption to
the operation of the hotel. The Siemens
Solution Partner AlgoTech Fire
Services PTY LTD recommended the
Cerberus™ PRO fire protection system
to fulfill all of these requirements.
The management of the five-
star hotel InterContinental in the
heart of downtown Sydney opted
for a cost-efficient modernization
of its fire safety system with the
unique, intuitive Cerberus PRO
fire protection system
from Siemens.