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Case Study 2
Marshall-Tufflex GRP system for
Shoreham Harbour gantries
Marshall-Tufflex’s corrosion resistant Glass Reinforced
Polyester (GRP) cable management trays, which are
designed to withstand extreme weather conditions, have
been used to carry all power and lighting services to an
unloading station at Shoreham Harbour in West Sussex.
Built on the wharf, the station provides harbour side
docking and storage facilities for large quantities of steel
as it arrives aboard incoming ships.
With four 9m high x 120m long gantries plus cranes to
power and suspended gantries to light, the mechanical
and electrical services contractor needed cable trays for
the entire length of the gantries that would not corrode in
the harsh coastal location.
Approximately 500 linear metres of Marshall-Tufflex’s GRP
cable management trays, which are corrosion resistant
and equal in strength but up to 40% lighter than steel,
were specified. They are easier to handle than steel and
can help to reduce the overall weight of heavy structures.
To simplify installation, Marshall-Tufflex GRP products
require fewer fasteners and benefit from interlocking and
self-adjusting couplings for fast, on-site assembly without
modification, earth bonding or de-burring.
Marshall-Tufflex GRP systems are developed for
challenging environments such as rail, road and sea
installations, petrochemical and processing plants, where
extremes of weather and temperatures are commonplace.
They are manufactured from long lasting, low smoke
classified, zero halogen, glass reinforced polyester resin,
which remains effective in temperatures ranging from –
80°C to + 130°C. They also have a slow rate of heat transfer
with low conductivity and self-extinguishing properties
and are resistant to electromagnetic pulses.
Cable management for transport and industrial environments
Case Study 3
Marshall-Tufflex systems ensure no delays at
600million Dublin Airport passenger terminal
Behind the scenes at Terminal 2, the flagship project
of the €2 billion redevelopment of Dublin Airport,
are thousands of metres of Marshall-Tufflex trunking
products, selected for their ease and speed of
installation, good looks and short lead times.
Substantial amounts of three-layer LSOH MT Supertube
conduit are installed at high level and within ceilings
in the main Terminal building, satisfying the project
consultant’s requirement for mechanical protection/
segregation and a good architectural aesthetic.
Client Dublin Airport Authority had originally specified steel
conduit but the project’s engineering contractor, Mercury
Engineering, gained agreement for a specification change
to MT Supertube. A spokesman said: “It was a really tight
construction programme which I knew would benefit
from the time-saving features of certain Marshall-Tufflex
products. MT Supertube offered two specific advantages
over steel conduit. Not only is it much quicker to install,
delivering significant labour saving benefits, it is also much
lighter. This meant that when installed at height it was a
one man, rather than a two man, lift.”
Thousands of metres of Marshall-Tufflex’s unique, all-
curved profile trunking Odyssey were also installed in
some 150 offices within Terminal 2. The good-looking
Cat 6 compliant profile was also installed in passenger
booking kiosks, immigration booths, car rental offices and
other front-of-house desk areas.
All Marshall-Tufflex products were supplied by its sole
Irish distributor, Core Electrical Ltd.