Cadburys vending installations on the London Underground

The brief here was to design, manufacture and install modular security vending machine housings for a range of machines, and install the housings at various locations on the London Underground.

The Brief

The installations could only take place at night time between the hours of midnight to 4.00am when the underground network was suspended. This left us with a maximum of four hours to carry the housings to the platform, complete the installations and leave the station! Obviously the housings had to be quick and easy to assemble, while being of a robust construction to withstand the relatively harsh environment. They also had to conform to The London Underground fire regulations.

Design and Installations

Working with our client, MVM designed and developed a range of modular housings that could be used on a range of Cocacola and Cadburys housings and gained approval for the installations. In preparation, the installation team undertook fire training courses at the London Underground and test built housings at MVM to ensure each installation would take less than four hours.  When the first installation took place we were very well prepared and successfully installed the first housing inside the four hours time limit. Ultimately we installed over fifty security housings on the London Underground.