Sony Center, Berlin, Potsdamer Platz

The Sony Center is a major European construction project. Doubling up as an office building, flats and a culture and communication centre, the construction demanded a complex infrastructure of high-quality long-lasting products. Due to the flexibility required with respect to the different uses of the building, all installations were also required to incorporate high power reserves.

The Sony Center has installed 261 Grundfos UPE and UPS-series heating circulatory pumps and 33 in-line pumps from the CDM, LMD, LPED and TPE series for the air conditioning and refrigeration systems. Most of the motors are speed-controlled.
 

The short construction period was a challenge for all technical systems and installations had to be carried out practically simultaneously in the different buildings. Above all this required optimum project control -any delay would have had costly consequences. Reliable suppliers were essential: "The work carried out by Grundfos met with our expectations and the project progressed without a hitch," confirms Uwe Merkel from Imtech in Berlin. The Sony Center project developer, Tishman Speyer Properties, had already had a similarly positive experience with Grundfos on the Main-Tower project in Frankfurt/M.

Because of the importance of the project, Imtech was particularly concerned about the reliability of the pumps installed. The planners also required plenty of upwards leeway in terms of pump power reserves. Grundfos was able to supply all the required units and deliver on time.