Video surveillance - Case studies

  The NCP car park at St Pancras is protected by a digital surveillance solutionLeading IP CCTV specialists Controlware Communications Systems has supplied an IP CCTV surveillance solution for the National Car Parks Limited (NCP) public car park at the newly refurbished St Pancras International.NCP at car parks has become synonymous with parking in town centres, airports and railway stations all over the United Kingdom.  Founded in 1931 NCP is today's market leader in the pro...

  National Star College, CheltenhamNestling in beautiful grounds at Ullenwood Cheltenham, National Star College is a registered charity and national independent specialist college for young disabled students. The college helps students to achieve their goals and fulfil their potential through innovative programmes of education and independence training. Over the years the college's facilities have improved to enable students with more severe and complex conditions to attend. In order t...

  The surveillance solution is also a useful tool to solve crime and preventing vandalismVideo surveillance is a powerful tool for monitoring crime and preventing vandalism, as seen in the Tingbjerg housing complex in a suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark. Here they have experienced a significant reduction in vandalism since the installation of surveillance cameras in basements and laundry facilities. From January 2006 to August 2007, repairs due to vandalism had cost Tingbjerg more than DKK...

 Sony provided a Network Video Monitoring (NVM) system consisting of 19 Sony SNC-DF40P cameras PC ONE challengeThe PC ONE showroom is best known for being the largest supplier of office automation equipment in Doha, Qatar - more than 500 customers could visit the store at any one time. However, the current security system didn't meet the company's security requirements, and therefore needed to be replaced. The new system needed to have the capability of being controlled from various of...

  Professional video surveillance at the soccer stadiumThe French engineering company Ingenica has been tasked to install a MOBOTIX network-based video surveillance solution at the Parc des Princes soccer stadium in Paris.The stadium is home of the French premier league soccer club Paris Saint German and has seen quite a number of international games, such as the European Cup final 1984, the 3rd place final of the 1998 World Cup and the Uefa Cup final 1998 between Inter Milano and Lazi...

 IndigoVision provides IP-CCTV solution for Sakhalin-2 project (© Sakhalin Energy)IndigoVision's complete integrated IP Video security solution is being used to monitor a LNG plant and 800km gas pipeline as part of the Sakhalin-2 project in Eastern Russia.  The company believes the 600+ camera system is the world's largest wide-area CCTV project and demonstrates that IndigoVision's technology is being deployed in the most demanding surveillance applications.  T...

 Little Chute Area School District in Wisconsin Little Chute Area School District focuses its strengths and resources on developing the individual talents and skills of its students. Based, as the name would suggest in Little Chute, Wisconsin the school consists of three buildings that serve the needs of elementary, middle and high school students.The Little Chute Area School District is committed to providing an environment that provides a quality learning experience for all. With app...

 Siemens Building Technologies retrun to Reading's GreenPark business complex for system upgradesSix years after Siemens Building Technologies Security Solutions installed its first phase of external CCTV systems at GreenPark, Reading's premier business park, the company is back to upgrade the main infrastructure cameras and lenses to take advantage of the latest technological developments and improved image quality.All these changes have taken place under a renewed rental agreement, set in...

  Honeywell Security chosen to provide integrated solution for shopping centreThe clientCorio Spain is one of the largest listed property investment companies in Europe, with a focus on retail.  Corio's portfolio worth six billion Euro consists of 81% of shopping centres in the Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain and Turkey.  The owners of Corio are also the managers of its own shopping centres.  In Spain, Corio is one of the main companies in this sector, w...

 Siemens interoperable system protects corporate headquarters of a classic car specialistThe new corporate headquarters of a classic car specialist is being protected from fire and potential security breaches by a fully interoperable system from Siemens Building Technologies.Georg Pappas Automobil Ag in Salzburg, Austria, a family run business for more than half a century, established its new HQ to accommodate a remarkable display of famous classic cars and to provide a wide range of a...

 Car rental giant selects ioimage video analytics to improve security 24/7 ioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity, announced today that Hertz Corporation has successfully implemented ioimage video analytics.  Hertz, the world-leading car rental company, installed ioimage appliances to protect its operations center in Israel to reduce losses due to theft that is reaching close to $1 million a year. A comprehen...

24/7 availabilitySelf-service terminals such as bank statement printers and ATMs have since long become part of our every day lives.  Banks have found them to be the ideal solution for taking the burden of routine tasks from their customer service staff.  The customers, in turn, benefit as cash is available 24/7 - everywhere.  The Internet financial service company Forium, for example, estimates that there are about 60,000 ATMs at approximately 40,000 locations in Germany.Key and...

  The ioibox appliances deployed are intelligent video edge and centralised devices ioimage, the pioneer of intelligent video appliances designed for simplicity recently announced that its intelligent video appliances have been implemented at several key sites in South Korea. Most recently, ioimage ioibox appliances were installed at Korea Electric Power Cooperation (KEPCO), a government-invested electric utility facility located in Uijeongbu (Kaesong) and Yangju.  ioimage al...

Attractive and safeArrival and departure, welcome and farewell, staying and shopping - a train station is not just a traffic hub, a building or a site of transition.  It is quite a complex operation designed to serve numerous interests, desires and functions.  About 5,800 active train stations are located in Germany.  Since Deutsche Bahn (DB, German Rail) was privatised in 1994, DB Station&Service AG has been in charge of operating the German train stations.  In order to...

  IndigoVision IP Video system delivered excellent quality video with minimum impact on IT the network John Lewis department stores, one of the UK's leading retail groups, has invested in IndigoVision's complete end-to-end IP Video technology for its CCTV surveillance.  IndigoVision has been working with John Lewis over the last year to migrate 9 of its existing stores from analog CCTV to a digital IP solution.  IndigoVision has now been chosen to provide...

  March Networks offers mobile video solutions to safeguard passengers and operationsMarch Networks®, a leading provider of intelligent IP video and business analysis applications, recently announced that the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) is using the Company's mobile video surveillance solutions for security and risk management on its para-transit and fixed route buses.RTC is the transit authority, the transportation-planning agency and the regional t...

  ObjectVideo's video content analysis will strengthens airport and passenger securityESP Group, an innovative broadband, mobile, ICT, broadcasting technology systems integrator and solution provider, and ObjectVideo®, the leader in intelligent video, recently announced that they have partnered to provide a complete video surveillance system with embedded video content analysis to 40 Norwegian airports.  The framework contract win by ESP Group with Avinor, the owner and operat...

 ChallengesTianJin BinHai International Airport, one of the most important airline terminals in China, set up an analog surveillance system many years ago due to security concern.  However, with the completion of an expansion project in May 2008, which boosts airport capacity to 10 million passengers per year, coupled with an increasing number of tourists traveling to China, the original surveillance platform is becoming insufficient.  Airport staff found it difficult to track pas...

   Birmingham Police Department turn to  Fluidmesh for network IP solutionWhen people need serious help they call the cops, and when the Birmingham Police Department needed help of its own, they turned to the technology only Fluidmesh Networks can offer.  Boston-based Fluidmesh develops top-quality wireless products for video-surveillance applications and provides superior technical support throughout all installations. Testament to that is Mark Monarch of Abel Electroni...

ioimage intelligent appliances stop intruders in their tracks:A dramatic rise in theft and vandalism is costing car dealerships worldwide huge amounts in damages and increased insurance premiums.  Often sprawling, these outdoor sites offer intruders many potential hiding places.  Savvy thieves also take advantage of the fact that continuously moving stock can block traditional sensors, making their job that much easier.The challengeThe  was only too familiar with the problem. ...

The City of Rotterdam faced a challenge when it began the search for an effective access control method to manage its 70 unmanned gymnasiums.  The gymnasiums are clustered in city districts and are visited throughout the day and evening by tenants who hire out a specified time slot.The gyms are supervised by on site managers who, prior to the installation of the new access control system, were handing out keys to the tenants renting the facility in an "archaic" system.  This...

IndigoVision's integrated IP Video technology has been deployed as part of a massive CCTV central monitoring and recording project for First Capital Connect (FCC), one of the UK's newest train operating companies.FCC operates trains between London, Brighton, Bedford, Peterborough, Cambridge and King's Lynn over the UK's busiest rail network.  As part of its five year, £8 million, network-wide Station Improvements Programme, FCC selected IndigoVision and its partner ATEC Security to in...

  Siemens has won one of the largest security contracts in Norway with SpareBank1Siemens has won one of the largest security contracts in Norway - a complete security and services solution agreement with SpareBank1, an alliance of 23 banks and 350 franchised offices that together make one of the largest providers of financial products and services in the Norwegian market with 460 branches.The bank wanted a fail-safe and sophisticated security solution with a central system operation an...

PAK Supermarkets, Europe's largest Asian supermarket chain, is benefiting from the latest NetVu Connected CCTV technology developed by Dedicated Micros - part of AD Group - and installed by DM Fusion installer Security Direct.Since opening in April, PAK Supermarkets' new £7 million store, based in Washwood Heath, Birmingham, has been attracting a plethora of shoppers from as far afield as Leicester and Banbury.  With a vast 80,000 sq ft of ground to cover across the store it was imper...

Multi-layered security is becoming an ever increasing focus for retail operations worldwide as they seek to combat crime which can have a significant impact on profitability.  A new shopping centre in Austria has demonstrated how an interoperable approach, combining video surveillance, access control and intrusion technologies, has been used to address loss prevention.The centre, which features some 83 shops and restaurants over an area of almost 40,000 square metres, is operated by two com...

Airport owner BAA has agreed a £3.6million contract with Siemens Building Technologies to design the entire information and communications system for the planned new Eastern Terminal at Heathrow.Heathrow Eastern Terminal will replace Terminal 2 and the Queen's Building and will be used by the Star Alliance, the global group of more than 20 airlines. Siemens, as Master Systems Integrator (MSI), is responsible for the end-to-end delivery, from concept design to operational readiness of the I...

In these days of historically high oil prices, new drilling rigs and locations are in high demand.  Aker Solutions is building the latest-generation of semi-submersible platforms specially designed to conquer the challenges of deepwater drilling operations in harsh environments: the model H-6 drilling rigs.  They include the MH DrillView™ system for optimal monitoring of the operations in action, which has integrated Milestone IP video surveillance software at its core. The lates...