Video surveillance - Case studies
The ChallengeFollowing software problems with its existing installations, BP was looking to upgrade its security system network without having to embark on a lengthy and disruptive installation and staff training programme. AGE Electrical Services recommended Dedicated Micros' Sprite Lite multiplexer from Gardiner Security. The SolutionPeter Robinson, Director at AGE explains: "We opted for DM's Sprite Lite because it's the most user-friendly multiplexer on the market, both from an in...
The ChallengeUK Watch Ltd, Dudley, recommended Dedicated Micros popular digital product to replace the school's video recorder and matrix. The SolutionA 16-camera Digital Sprite with networking was installed and, by using the existing computer network, images can now be viewed from any networked PC around the school ensuring coverage in all areas. Dave Parker, managing director of UK Watch explains: "The school wanted to update its security to provide all round cover, but it had to be...
The ChallengeWhen a major UK Shopping Centre was looking to overhaul its security system, installers KCR recommended the Digital Sprite from Dedicated Micros. The Belfry Shopping Centre in Redhill, Surrey, is a massive complex that includes 50 shops and restaurants and welcomes around 25,000 shoppers a day. As with most multi-store complexes, the Belfry is open for longer hours than most high street stores - until 8.00 pm some evenings. The existing VCR-based system could no lo...
ADT has recently won a major contract to protect certain sections of the London Underground rail network, providing fire and security systems for the bustling transport network.The London Underground became the world’s first underground railway when it opened in London in 1863. Today, the London Underground is one of the busiest underground rail networks in the world, with over 3 million passenger journeys a day, some 507 trains in operation across 13 separate lines, serving 275 stat...
One of UK’s largest Train Operators installs ADPRO Remote Video Monitoring solution to monitor 77 train stations across South Wales 24/7 from one central locationThe ChallengeArriva Trains Wales needed a remote CCTV solution to detect and deal with a range of issues, from thefts from car parks, vandalism and graffiti, staff or passenger assaults, and ticket avoidance. “One of the problems we encounter is that no stations are identical yet many aspects look similar,” says...
The DFDS Transport headquarters cover 150,000 square meters in a suburb of Copenhagen where 11-12,000 shipments occur daily. Customers demand the highest security for their goods, but DFDS’ old analog CCTV system could not archive recordings long enough, it sometimes crashed and data was lost. Hundreds of drivers traffic the area round the clock, which makes the surveillance even more critical should any lost or stolen goods need to be investigated. Proof of handling is also ne...
The ChallengeThe Heartlands Hospital, a 900 bed acute teaching trust hospital in central Birmingham and Solihull Hospital, and a 400 bed operation 12 miles further south both lost their existing CCTV coverage in December last year due to system failure.Solihull and Heartlands NHS Trust had been operating a combination of a PC-based digital recorder and a number of traditional analogue multiplexers and VCRs. The system was becoming less reliable, so the decision was made to upgrade to a new...
Zoom lenses from Rainbow CCTV are being deployed following the development of previous camera usage at Oldbury, a nuclear power station in Gloucestershire. As part of its remit to ensure that the plants work properly and are safe to operate, British Nuclear Group Reactor Sites perform detailed observations inside nuclear reactors using specially-built manipulators and robots. The procedures allow the company to meet criteria set by an external body, the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate....
Automated wireless download a key capabilityEfficiency is a way of life at San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni). Each day, the public transit authority is responsible for the safe and on-time transport of more than half a million people, and the operation of a 1,000 vehicle fleet that includes light rail vehicles, electric trolley buses, diesel buses, historic streetcars and the city's world-famous cable cars. Muni staff is always looking for ways to work smarter and save time. Tha...
North American Video, one of the nation’s premier security systems integrators, has announced contract awards from the Atlantis Marina Village in the Bahamas and the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood located in Hollywood, FL. The announcement was made by Cynthia Freschi, President of North American Video from the company’s headquarters in Brick. NJ. The two contract awards are valued at approximately $2 million.“The gaming market continues to be one of North...
MOBOTIX cameras offer high image resolution and are equipped with convenient recording functions All that glitters in the ironworks Magnificent crowns, expensive jewellery, precious tiaras – surrounded by huge, slightly oily, black machines made of iron: that is what an exhibition of glittering gold looks like in a closed-down ironworks. Exhibition expert and General Director of the Völklinger Ironworks World Cultural Heritage Site, Dr. Meinrad Maria Grewenig, rece...
We rely on them every day. Every day, they rely on PowerFence™ systems from Gallagher Security Management Systems."The fence system is safe. Gallagher Security Management Systems' Code of Practice exceeds installation codes of practice which currently exist around the world."The ChallengeGallagher technology has successfully secured hundreds of utilities sites across Europe, USA, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Asia.Utilities are critical infrastructures that affect us all. Ke...
