Topgolf Glasgow

SDE were employed through Arthur McKay to assist with the electrical design works, with Craig Smith as the senior electrical design engineer on the project, ensuring all works were completed to the client's standards.

The first of its kind in Scotland.

Key challenges included a detailed, coordinated layout of the driving range area, ensuring it fitted with the client's design standards.

Particular attention was paid to the US-imported, high-end electronic systems for golf ball tracking and score recording.

Imported equipment brings its own electrical assumptions. A system designed for a 120 V, 60 Hz supply and to US wiring conventions has to be reconciled with BS 7671, which affects supply arrangement, protective device selection and earthing, and the manufacturer's requirements have to be verified against what is permissible here rather than adopted as issued.

The bar is a second problem of the same kind. Broadcasting live sport across a large space means display power, data and AV containment coordinated with the lighting and the structure, all in a room whose acoustic and lighting conditions are set by what it is for.

Craig assisted in the design and delivery of the electrical infrastructure and the project-specific electrical requirements — including a new driving range encompassing a high-end electronic golf ball tracking and scoring system, and a large bar with specific requirements for broadcasting live sports.