Regarding the communications engineering, Bosch is projecting and installing a complete range of security technology - smoke detection systems, video and access control systems as well as emergency sound systems. Around 1200 fire detectors, more than 30 video cameras and approximately 1900 loudspeakers are being installed to ensure the security of this shopping paradise.
The power engineering element consists of transformer and medium-voltage systems, low-voltage primary and current distribution boards, emergency power systems, central battery systems, laying cables, lighting technology and emergency lighting as well as lightning protection and grounding systems. Bosch will also be responsible for the bus systems and data technology. Throughout this development, Bosch will be collaborating with noted companies.
The first phase of construction ends in 2008, at which point around 60 percent of the centre will be finished and the doors will open at a Karstadt department store and around 100 specialised retailers. The shopping centre is due to be completed in 2009.
And it is not only the size of this venture that is extraordinary - the centre will have three and a half floors of shops - it is reported that the architecture is in a class of its own.