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Oprema
Distributor Oprema’s new 15,000 sq ft
headquarters in south Cardiff has security to
protect the property and show off the latest
CCTV, access control, and fire and intruder
alarms. Technical Director Tim Duggan
designed a bespoke system for the warehouse,
demo suite (also for use remotely by the
external sales staff) and offices, reflecting a
large external perimeter, and sensitive internal
areas such as the server room, besides around
£5m of stock. A mix of Dahua 4K, thermal
imaging and ANPR cameras (for the car
park and loading areas) are in use. Open area
detection is by using a mix of analytics and
Optex Redscan laser detectors. Internally,
the site has Paxton access control, Advanced
Electronics fire panels with Apollo Soteria
detection, and the Galaxy intruder detection
from Honeywell. Offices and warehouses are
covered by Concept Smoke Screen. All these
are integrated using Milestone Corporate
video management software. Customer order
numbers and product serial numbers can be
overlaid onto video streams of the 4K cameras
that overlook the six packing benches in
the main warehouse. The company can thus
track an order. Door entry is by IP video
products from Videx. Gareth Williams, Sales
Director, says: “When people visit our new
premises, and we encourage them to do so,
we can confidently point out how adept we
are at integrating multiple solutions to deliver
precisely the right levels of security, and how
to get that important mix of technology and
intelligent services just right.”
Woodbridge High School
At Essex-based Woodbridge High School,
the comprehensive has had installed new
swing gates that automatically close and
restrict access in the event of a lockdown.
Lockdown, according to the official National
Counter Terror Security Office (NaCTSO),
is a procedure designed to restrict access and
egress to a site or building (or part of) through
physical measures in response to threat,
external or internal. NaCTSO meanwhile
has brought out protective security advice to
those responsible for managing the security
of crowded places. The lockdown system is
designed so that the entrance gates integrate
with the access control and fob system. Staff
and visitors can access the site, but that can be
overridden by authorised school staff if site
lockdown is required. Redbridge council has
asked that all schools in the area put lockdown
in place, and Woodbridge is one of the first
to have done it. Woodbridge has 1650 pupils
and 170 staff in seven buildings. The gates
are fitted with a CAME Stylo automation. It
features a 24V self-locking motor, that will
stand up against intensive use, the installers
add. Frank Gordon, School Business Manager
at Woodbridge, says: “No one enters the
school without authorisation at the perimeter,
and registration at reception.” Delta has been
working at Woodbridge for about ten years;
Mr Gordon approached the E8-based company
for help on a lockdown procedure.
Cougar Monitoring
Cougar Monitoring have secured their alarm and
CCTV monitoring centre with biometric fingerprint
readers. Cougar’s centre in Cradley Heath, near
Birmingham, is staffed 24-7 as it provides live
security surveillance for deployment of mobile
response units and alerts to emergency services.
The system specified by Securenett also required
levels of access. Due to the confidential nature
of several clients’ business, only authorised staff
with appropriate permissions could access some areas and equipment. Cougar also sought an
alternative to traditional card and fob entry control, due to concerns that secondary credentials can
be lost, stolen or shared. The security firm required a system that would be able to prove security
standards to clients. Installed were ievo fingerprint readers for use with the Paxton Net2 access
control system. CPNI-approved ievo ultimate readers are used at external access points; while ievo
micro units provide internal access control points around the centre. Eric Roberts, CEO of Cougar
Monitoring, said: “Any security system is only as strong as its weakest link so it was imperative
that we could demonstrate an infallible system at the control centre to potential clients.”
Chester Zoo
Chester Zoo covers 125 acres and draws 1.9
million visitors a year. It began a site-wide
vulnerability assessment, led by the zoo’s then
head of security, Nigel Peers. A new CCTV
system needed to be centralised to support
the security patrolling. However, video also
needed to be distributed, to enable health
and safety officers, keepers and researchers,
to view specific sets of camera images when
necessary. Wirral-based installer NW Systems,
once on site, initially found many of the legacy
CCTV cameras were generating poor images.
NW Systems replaced about 60 faulty cameras
with new Axis network cameras. Meanwhile,
all remaining cameras were networked using
AXIS M7016 and M7014 encoders. A total of
160 new Axis cameras were installed. Siting
of cameras was discreet where required; some
camera housings were camouflaged, to be
unobtrusive (as pictured above). P1357-E
network cameras at the Elephant House
captured the moments of elephants giving
birth. A newly centralised control room was
fitted with video management software (VMS)
from Milestone Systems. Gareth Simpson,
Head of Site Operations at Chester, pictured
below right, praised the installer as responsive
to the Zoo’s needs, ‘which go way beyond
standard security surveillance: using cameras
for everything from visitor and staff safety,
animal welfare monitoring and behaviour
research studies, right through to meeting and
exceeding tightening Crowded Places terroristthreat
mitigation requirements and supporting
the police with any enquiries’. The installer
also fitted several Q6000-E PTZ dome network
cameras, alongside Axis C3003-E outdoor
network horn speakers, clamped onto lighting
masts around the car park. This enables Zoo
security staff to monitor the 1000-vehicle car
park. The loudspeakers can be used to transmit
live messages to arriving visitors to guide them
towards the entrance and to deter any wrongdoing.
Vanderbilt networked intruder alarms
have also been installed at key buildings.
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