The company submitted two very different projects for consideration: an integrated security, fire and building control system for Windrush Frozen Foods and an IP security system for a Buckinghamshire County Council application. Both projects earned high praises from the clients. The integrated system for Windrush at an office village development near Oxford made the building fully controllable, linking the access, fire and intruder alarms with the lighting, heating, H&V and window shutters. The client said it was “unusual to find a company that will go the extra mile to integrate the systems and not shy away from the challenge”. After the successful IP security installation at Buckinghamshire CC’s new Knowledge Centre, the client praised the “impressive skills” and “exceptional quality” of the company’s IT team and engineers.
Runners-Up
Siemens Building Technologies
A GB pound 6.6 million project for TransPennine Express was designed to increase passenger safety and security across 29 railway stations. It required 600 cameras, 200 information screens, 2,000 PA speakers and specially-developed touch-screen Help Points with web access. A team of 14 worked with a ‘right first time’ approach. The project team had to pass specialised rail training to ensure all Health and Safety aspects were fully understood, and any disruption kept to a minimum. The second project was a state- of-the-art Control Room for Aylesbury Vale Police which was completed in 16 weeks. Despite external circumstances forcing a delay part way through, the Control Room was never vulnerable during necessary building works.
Advance Security
The private sector security company deployed a CCTV system with more than 100 cameras and digital recording transmission equipment across 20 locations that belong within B-Serve’s portfolio of sites. The project needed to be completed in one week despite problems with the Broadband link which were addressed and solved. The client said the installation – which makes use of Dallmeier equipment – achieved “greater image quality than has previously been seen with any comparable system”. In another application, the company solved a problem BAE Systems had with thermal imaging cameras, which were demanding frequent servicing. After carrying out marketplace assessments and tests, Advance Security chose BFI Optilas thermal imaging cameras which saved “several thousand pounds for each camera, while the yearly costs of running dropped from GB pound 18,000 to GB pound 500 per annum”.
Reliance High-Tech
The company was appointed by the Bank of America to install comprehensive access control, CCTV and perimeter security systems across three sites in addition to security systems for the bank’s Hong Kong office. All work was carried out in a live environment with “extensive measures” put in place to minimise downtime. The solution allowed London-based employees to remotely review biometric fingerprint data being captured in Hong Kong, enabling the Hong Kong office to open without disruption. In another project for BAE Systems, the company undertook a major upgrade at the Govan shipyard north of the Border to achieve MOD List X compliance, which called for a complex technical solution to be delivered in four weeks without disrupting sensitive operations. The demanding project was completed to the client’s total satisfaction, and to the great credit of Reliance High-Tech.
