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Safety monitoring on motorway widening
posted on 19/10/2007

COE Limited has completed the supply of a major system to DW Projects for safety monitoring on the M1 widening scheme near Watford, London, UK. The 10 mile long Motorway widening scheme is planned for completion in December 2008 and will add a fourth lane to this southern section of the M1 between J6A and J10 that links to the M10 and M25 London orbital. Principal Contractor Balfour Beatty Skanska JV (BBS JV) are responsible for the overall Design and Construction of the £300M Project for the Highways Agency. “We have worked with COE on several similar projects over the years and the flexibility and ruggedness of the equipment is paramount in projects like this” said Paris Johnston of DW Projects. “We also value their pre and post sales design support which ensures that we can rely on a well thought-out solution.” COE supplied fibre transmission equipment and a COE Telecommand control suite for management tasks for the 126 camera system. COE’s digital multi-channel fibre multiplex... [more]

Door operator closes bi-folding bedroom doors at Leonard Cheshire care home
posted on 16/10/2007

Following a health and safety directive from their London head office, the management of the Leonard Cheshire care home in Littleborough, near Rochdale initiated work to ensure that residents’ bedroom doors automatically closed when the fire alarm was operated. The unusual bi-folding nature of the bedroom doors at the home presented a particular challenge for Northwich-based architectural hardware and security systems installer Lock-tec, who where called in to provide a safe and effective door closing solution. Lock-tec owner Glen Whalley explained: “Identifying a door operator that could open and close these one-and-a-half width doors in a single action was a new application for Lock-tec. We worked together with high performance security and access control manufacturer Abloy Security to find a solution.” A single Abloy DA400 door operator was then fitted to one door set at the home on a three-month trial. The application allowed the operator to be fitted to the half leaf, with th... [more]

telent to support FiReControl project
posted on 11/10/2007

telent plc has announced that it has been selected by EADS Defence & Security Ltd to support the roll-out of the FiReControl project for England’s Fire and Rescue Service. Under the contract with EADS DS, worth £25 million over eight years, telent will provide communications infrastructure to support Communities and Local Government’s FiReControl project. The FiReControl project will equip England’s Fire and Rescue Service with a modern and efficient communications infrastructure and will involve the establishment of nine new Regional Control Centres (RCCs). telent will design and install mobilisation equipment, including PCs, wireless local area networks (WLANs), pagers and telephone systems, in all of the RCCs and the 1,410 fire stations across England, as well as provide ongoing maintenance and support. “The new communications infrastructure will offer a secure and resilient network, bringing the same advanced technology, systems and processes to all RCCs,” said Ian Griffiths, F... [more]

Integrated safety and security solution for the new prison on Isle of Man
posted on 10/10/2007

AMG Systems Ltd. has announced that it has been contracted by ADT Fire & Security to supply the CCTV transmission system as well as the fibre optic infrastructure installation for the integrated safety and security solution for the new prison on Isle of Man. The new Isle of Man Prison - Jurby - will replace the overcrowded Victoria Road site in Douglas, which dates back to 1891. The new prison development is also expected to bring a much needed improvement in the infrastructure to the Jurby area and hence act as a major catalyst for regeneration in the northern settlement of Jurby. The £41 million category B prison has been designed by Taylor Young working in partnership with Isle of Man Architects McGarrigle and Jackson. The Isle of Man Prison - Jurby will house 140 male and female inmates, young offenders on remand as well as more vulnerable prisoners. The facility will also include reception, visitor areas, education and training, kitchen and recreation facilities. AMG system wi... [more]

New wireless video surveillance solution for public safety applications
posted on 26/09/2007

Aruba Networks has announced a new wireless video surveillance solution targeted at public safety applications at universities, security applications at corporate facilities and retail facilities, and supply chain management at logistics centres. Designed for use with both existing Aruba wireless LAN networks and green field applications, the new video solution is based on open standards and works with virtually any Internet-enabled and legacy analogue camera. Based on technology from Aruba and partners Milestone Systems and Wren Solutions, the new video solution also incorporates pan/tilt/zoom control, two-way audio, and advanced video storage and retrieval to round out the solution. The simplicity of the new video system architecture extends from camera to control centre. Cameras installed anywhere on the LAN or across the WAN are automatically discovered with Aruba's centralised architecture. All camera traffic is tunneled to the camera management system, eliminating the need for ... [more]

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