RiskXtraJune2019

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