Project Name: Skolkovo Innovation Center – Laboratory Building
Product Scope: Perforated Cable Trays (Ventilated Trays), Seismic Supports (Seismic Bracing Systems)
Project Status: Completed | Commissioning Year: 2024
Client/Owner: Skolkovo Foundation
EPC Contractor/Procurement: Renaissance Construction
Supplier: Burkaf
The Skolkovo Innovation Center, located on the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, is one of the largest technology parks in Russia, often referred to as the "Russian Silicon Valley." The center is dedicated to fostering innovation and R&D in five key areas: energy, information technology, biomedicine, nuclear technology, and space technology, hosting numerous high-tech companies, research institutions, and startups.
The Laboratory Building is one of the core facilities of the Skolkovo Innovation Center, playing a vital role in cutting-edge scientific research and high-tech development. Burkaf partnered with Renaissance Construction to provide perforated cable trays and seismic supports for the laboratory building. The products needed to meet the high standards of electrical safety and seismic performance required by high-tech R&D facilities.
High Standards for High-Tech R&D Facilities: The laboratory building houses precision instruments, sensitive equipment, and data centers, demanding extremely high levels of electrical system stability, reliability, and interference immunity.
Strict Seismic Design Requirements: As a critical R&D facility, the laboratory building must meet high-level seismic standards to ensure electrical system integrity and functionality during extreme events such as earthquakes, protecting valuable research equipment.
Special Laboratory Environment: Laboratories may contain chemicals, vibration sources, electromagnetic interference, and other special factors, imposing additional requirements for corrosion resistance and wiring standardization of cable trays.
Grounding and Shielding Requirements for Precision Equipment: Precision research equipment is highly sensitive to electromagnetic interference, requiring proper grounding and effective shielding of the cable routing system.
Russia's Harsh Cold Climate: With extremely low winter temperatures in Moscow, products must adapt to installation and usage requirements under harsh cold conditions.
Burkaf provided perforated cable trays and seismic support systems for the laboratory building of this project, fully meeting the high standards of electrical safety and seismic performance required by high-tech R&D facilities.
1. Perforated Cable Trays: Facilitating Cable Routing and Heat Dissipation
Perforated cable trays feature an open-bottom hole pattern, facilitating cable fixing and tying for neat, orderly wiring. The open structure also allows timely dissipation of heat generated during cable operation, preventing heat buildup that could affect precision equipment operation. The perforated design also facilitates cable branch exits, adapting to the complex electrical wiring needs of laboratories.
2. Seismic Supports: Ensuring System Integrity Under Extreme Conditions
Burkaf seismic support systems are designed and tested in strict accordance with international seismic standards. They effectively absorb and dissipate dynamic loads during seismic events, maintaining the structural integrity of the cable tray system, ensuring uninterrupted critical power and control circuits, and protecting valuable research equipment from secondary damage.
3. Meeting High Standards of High-Tech R&D Facilities
Burkaf products strictly comply with international standards, providing complete product performance test reports and calculation documents, meeting the high reliability requirements of the Skolkovo Innovation Center for R&D facility electrical systems.
4. Good Electromagnetic Compatibility Performance
Metal cable tray systems, when properly grounded, provide a degree of electromagnetic shielding. Combined with a complete grounding system, they effectively reduce the impact of electromagnetic interference on precision research equipment.
5. Low-Temperature Design: Adapting to Russia's Harsh Cold Climate
Burkaf products feature low-temperature-resistant material design, maintaining good mechanical performance under extreme low-temperature conditions of -30°C and below, adapting to the harsh conditions of Moscow winters and ensuring long-term reliable operation of products installed both indoors and outdoors.
6. Meeting Renaissance Construction's Strict Standards
Burkaf products successfully passed technical reviews and quality inspections by Renaissance Construction, with complete product documentation, test reports, and quality traceability documents provided, demonstrating the capability to serve a major Russian engineering EPC contractor.
The Skolkovo Innovation Center Laboratory Building was successfully completed and put into operation in 2024.
The Burkaf perforated cable tray and seismic support system was installed to specification and operated reliably, meeting the high standards of electrical safety and seismic performance required by high-tech R&D facilities.
Received high recognition from Renaissance Construction and the client Skolkovo Foundation for product quality and delivery performance.
The successful implementation of this project demonstrates that Burkaf products meet the stringent requirements of high-tech R&D facilities—a high-end application scenario. Perforated cable trays address both wiring convenience and heat dissipation needs, while seismic supports ensure system integrity under extreme conditions, providing safe and reliable electrical infrastructure support for the core R&D facility of Russia's "Silicon Valley."
Burkaf – Cable Tray System Expert. Providing High-Standard Electrical Support Solutions for High-Tech R&D Facilities.
