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North Yorkshire specialist manufacturer secures Mecca mosque expansion order

Emperor cable cleats from Ellis have been specified for installation in one of the biggest construction projects currently underway in Saudi Arabia.

The Shamiya Haram, part of the holy mosque in the city of Mecca, is undergoing the biggest expansion in its history in order to place it in a central location and give it a new architectural dimension that will increase its capacity to 2.25million worshippers – four times its current capacity.

Ellis’ cleats will be used to secure power cables throughout its 75,000sq. m. central utility complex (CUC), which when complete will serve the 1,423,271sq. m. Haram.

Ellis’ export director, Tony Conroy said: “The size and complexity of this project needs to be seen to be believed.”

“The expanded Shamiya Haram will be the size of a small town and as you’d expect of any project of this scale the technical infrastructure supporting it is extensive to say the very least.”

“Our ever-growing global network of distributors is an imperative part of our export success,”

“They ensure the Ellis name is never far from the thoughts of specifiers, meaning there are very few major construction or electrical projects that our products are not in contention for – no matter where in the world they are located.”

The order for Ellis’ Emperor cleats was secured by its Saudi Arabian distributor, Mena Arabia, who said a key part of securing the specification was the fact all nuts and bolts were supplied in stainless steel.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .