Tall order for Swiss cabling

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team May 1, 2003

Nexans has been awarded the cabling contract for Switzerland's tallest building, the Fair Tower, in Basel.

Nexans has been awarded the cabling contract for Switzerland's tallest building, the Fair Tower, in Basel.

On completion, the building, officially known as "Messeturm", will be over 105m tall with 31 floors.

It will house the Administrative Services Centre for the Basel Fair, in addition to other leased office space.

The LAN infrastructure will include a screened LANmark-6 F2TP dual foil Category 6 solution for the horizontal cabling with a fibre optic backbone.

In addition, Nexans also secured the contract to supply the electrical installation cables.

Hubert Lauper, Product Manager, Nexans in Switzerland, said: "We were delighted to have won this high profile contract against fierce competition.

The project is the result of an offer which includes an excellent product set delivering guaranteed performance and reliability, combined with dedicated customer service supported by Nexans, engineering consultant Herzog Kull Group Basel and our certified installer Karl Schweizer ".

The combined package was seen to give excellent value for money.