RiskXtraJune2019
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RISKXtra<br />
Risk in Action<br />
Risk in Action<br />
PAC proves to be<br />
tower of strength at<br />
London’ s mixed use<br />
Sutton Point<br />
development<br />
Located in South West<br />
London on the site of a<br />
former office block, Sutton<br />
Point is a cutting-edge mixed<br />
use development that<br />
features contemporary<br />
apartments surrounded by a<br />
diverse range of amenities. In order to provide residents with the highest level<br />
of security, access control technology from PAC (part of the Stanley Products &<br />
Solutions Group) has been installed in key areas of the complex.<br />
After the full demolition of an existing tower, the space now comprises three<br />
main structures – the East Tower, the Centre Tower and the West Tower. Within<br />
them are 332 one and two-bedroom apartments, a number of three-bedroom<br />
luxury penthouses, 21,000 ft 2 of retail space, 18,000 ft 2 of office space and a<br />
150-bedroom hotel, as well as a health and fitness centre, roof gardens, a<br />
cinema, shops and cafés.<br />
Following on from a thorough tender process, Harrow-based security systems<br />
and building technology integrator Interphone Limited was appointed to<br />
design, specify and install a fully-integrated security system. This included an<br />
optical fibre infrastructure, door entry, networked CCTV, an integrated<br />
reception system and access control.<br />
The access control solution needed to integrate with all other elements of the<br />
security system, so it was essential for Interphone to have highly responsive<br />
working relationships in place with its key technology partners.<br />
Easily configured to operate on a standalone PC or across a corporate<br />
network, SecureNet displays detailed real-time event information from a given<br />
facility. At Sutton Point, it’s configured to enable all management tasks related<br />
to the tenants and staff to be administered from a central computer as and<br />
when required, thereby ensuring the highest levels of security around the site.<br />
Integrated perimeter protection<br />
helps to secure Wales & West<br />
Utilities’ gas distribution<br />
Six Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)<br />
utilities sites across South West England and<br />
Wales have been secured from terrorist<br />
attacks and ongoing criminal threats in a<br />
£3.25 million security project.<br />
Gas distributor Wales & West Utilities<br />
appointed principal contractor Chubb Systems<br />
and Littlewood Fencing to work collaboratively<br />
on a fully-integrated perimeter protection<br />
upgrade. Littlewood Fencing has secured the<br />
perimeters with a Lochrin Bain ‘Combi’ Centre<br />
for the Protection of National Infrastructure<br />
(CPNI)-approved palisade fence system<br />
enhanced with Gallagher monitored pulse<br />
Addressable fire panel from Kentec<br />
actively protects Kent, Surrey and<br />
Sussex Air Ambulance headquarters<br />
Members of staff and the array of air<br />
ambulance helicopters housed at the Kent,<br />
Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance headquarters<br />
in Chatham are being protected from the risk of<br />
fire outbreak by a fire safety solution that<br />
centres around the new Taktis addressable fire<br />
panel designed and developed by Kentec.<br />
The main office building at the headquarters<br />
is actively monitored by the Taktis panel in<br />
tandem with hard-wired Hochiki detectors, with<br />
wireless versions specified to cover the<br />
helicopter hangar.<br />
Alvin Lewis, operations manager at CSG Fire<br />
and Security (the company that installed the<br />
system) states that the customer has been<br />
impressed by the new panel. “We’ve worked<br />
with Kentec panels exclusively for about 15<br />
years now and the latest version is the best one<br />
we’ve installed. From our point of view, it’s very<br />
easy to install. Our engineers very rarely have<br />
any issues with it. From a customer<br />
perspective, the new touch screen on the panel<br />
has made it even easier to operate.”<br />
Kevin Swann, managing director at Kentec,<br />
feels the addressable panel is providing a new<br />
level of convenience and functionality. “The<br />
evolution of the Taktis family provides the<br />
utmost in flexibility for system designers.”<br />
fencing to a height of four metres. Crime &<br />
Fire Defence Systems’ MAP vault panels, CCTV<br />
towers, security and field marshalling kiosks<br />
have also been added along with associated<br />
concrete and civil works.<br />
In total, more than 2,500 metres of fencing<br />
has been installed along with 12 CPNI BASE<br />
vehicle gates and six Crime & Fire Defence<br />
Systems MAP vaults. With a number of sites<br />
located on the Brecon Beacons, access issues<br />
and inclement weather conditions made<br />
collaborative project management essential.<br />
Gallagher’s business development manager<br />
Jason Hunter said: “A Gallagher MPF delivers<br />
safe and controlled energised pulses. If seeing<br />
the fence and warning signage isn’t enough of<br />
a deterrent for criminals then receiving a short<br />
sharp shock should definitely deter them.”<br />
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