The world’s largest building, founded on Vogel pumps...
08/09/2008
Pumping water around the world’s largest building would never be a small task, but Vogel is proving up to the job.
Application: Municipal water supply
The development of the King Abdul Aziz Endowment Project in Makkah in Saudi Arabia (Mecca) has been an ambitious project.
It is considered to be the largest architectural project in the world, built with the purpose of raising revenue to finance maintenance and enhancement of the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophets Mosque in Medinah.
There will be six 36-storey towers built on a 12-storey
podium, with one main 73-storey hotel that will take its place among the world’s tallest towers.
The pumping capacities required to feed water to the buildings are large, and the building contractor, Saudi Binladin Group in Jeddah, approached ITT Vogel in Europe.
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More information about the involved products:
- HV 2.015 - HV 4.220
- The new HYDROVAR Generation
- HVW
- Watercooled HYDROVAR - Intelligent pump control system for house and garden
- HV 3.30 - 3.45
- HYDROVAR
- HV 1.1
- Single phase HYDROVAR without display
ITT Austria, Stockerau, (www.ittaustria.com) which is part of the ITT Corporation, is a leader in the manufacture of hydraulic pumps and water handling and control systems. It has 297 employees in Austria. The company generated 69 million €, or 98 million $ sales in 2009.
ITT Corporation is a high-technology engineering and manufacturing company operating on all seven continents in three vital markets: water and fluids management, global defense and security, and motion and flow control. With a heritage of innovation, ITT partners with its customers to deliver extraordinary solutions that create more livable environments, provide protection and safety and connect our world. Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., the company generated 2009 revenue of $10.9 billion. (www.itt.com).