KSA Projects

Location
Makkah, KSA
Project year
2013-2024
Project
Clock Tower
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CLOCK TOWER the biggest clock tower in the world

INT global was strongly involved in the implementation and installation of a variety of special structures and systems in this unique building. After successful completion Atom has been entrusted with operation and maintenance of special systems in the Makkah Clock Tower and INT global has been doing works on the biggest clock tower in the world since 2013.

01 I MEDIA WALLS

Contain 1,208,904 LEDs

Have 2,200 square meters screen surface

Have 76,398 LDMWs in a single network

Have more than 12,000m of fibre optic cable

East and west media wall have 6
doors per side

EXTERNAL LIGHTING I 02

Contains 1702 luminaries

81,200 KW connection power

Installation at a height ranging
from 400 to 587 meters
(Astronomy 1 to Crescent)

Work takes place under high risk
conditions

03 I CLOCK & PEDIMENT
LED SYSTEM

Contain 700.000 LED points

Have 7,000 square meters of
facade illumination

Have 4,122 LDMs in one network

CLOCK MECHANISM I 04
& CLOCK HANDS 

The largest clock in the world

The biggest clock hands in the world in which a technician can walk upright

Time provided by 100% accurate caesium atomic clock

05 I PHOTOVOLTAIC
SYSTEM

The upper area of the Jewel is
fitted with 288 solar panels

The system consists of more than
11,000 photovoltaic cells

The generated energy provides
power for the four clock drives
for a sustained continuous
operation and feeds a large
battery used as UPS

LIGHTNING I 06
PROTECTORS

Selection of class I protection due
ot the extreme height and the
special location.

Lightnings with an amplitude
up to 200 kA can be caught and
earthed

Entire system consists of 800
fixed lightning rods and 20
retractable Franklin rods

07 I FLASH LIGHTS

21,000 green and white sparkling, software controlled,
lights installed on the tower give
the possibility to run various
illumination scenarios for different occasions

Each of the fixtures contains a
30-joule XENON flash bulb and
10 flashing green LEDs

BEACON LIGHTS I 08

The only one 10 KW beacons in
the world

60 beacons installed across four
different levels

Each of them is a custom-made
product with 7 KW and 10 KW
XENON illuminates

09 I CRESCENT HATCH

The crescent hatch at the Hilal
(on the top) is designed to protect
the interior and the equipment in
case of bad weather conditions

The hatch can be open for any
kind of services (crescent service
crane and switching of external
lighting at night)

LASER LIGHTS I 10

The most powerful lasers in the world

Total of 4 beams, each beam is
3.7cm wide, the widest beam in
the world

Each beam has a performance of 400 watts

The laser beam reaches beyond
the atmosphere

Makkah clock tower

Network design, installation & maintenance of firewalls, swatches, WLAN and cabling. IT suport for all subcontractors and Makkah Time Institute.

Installation, configuration & maintenance of BOCC. Instalation of subsystem servers such as Clockdrive server and Laser server.

Providing VPN acess for all subcontractors. Cable testing and certification for al server roms and subsystems.

Maintenace of all server rooms for all floors.

 

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