Security camera systems - Case studies

In one of the most challenging CCTV projects anywhere in the country, one of CBC's Ganz C-Allview high-speed ruggedised PTZ cameras has been fixed to a 90ft vertical cliff-face to capture unique live images of nesting sea birds. The camera has been installed on a cliff-face 70ft above the sea at Portland, Dorset, with images of guillemots and other birds relayed back to a visitor centre at the nearby lighthouse. Jason Fathers, director of specialist wildlife-watching company Wildlife Windows, in...

Safety is a vital concern for the energy industry.  When potentially flammable materials such as oils and natural gas are used in generating power, the need to maintain all plant, equipment and machinery to the highest level of excellence is an absolute priority.At the same time, the hazardous environment created while a plant is operation can make it difficult or impossible for engineers to check equipment and track down any faults - and remote monitoring devices can often give insufficien...

Extensive products and servicesSolid structural timber, boards, planks, wedge boards, floorboards, plywood, dimensional lumber and rough boards.  Each day, approximately 300 cubic metres of cut lumber leave the some 45,000 m2 factory premises of Dickel-Holz in Schmalenberg-Bad Fredeburg in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.  The sawmill is able to respond quickly to even the smallest orders and special customer requests.  Finishing processes like heat treatment, drying, imp...

Once complete the entire project will have upgraded over 2,500 cameras to digital IP-CCTV surveillance Enjoy Group has chosen IndigoVision's IP Video system to provide a complete digital CCTV surveillance solution for all nine of its casinos in Chile. The first 500-camera system has been completed at the casino complex in Coquimbo, which will shortly be extended to cover a new hotel and convention center. Once complete, the entire project will have upgraded over 2,500 cameras...

A police force in South East England has chosen VIT's covert equipment for use in a number of vehicles to capture evidential images - in day and night conditions - of "smash and grab" thieves who break into parked vehicles to steal valuables.In ongoing operations, the unmarked vehicles will be placed in hotspot areas where vehicle break-ins occur regularly.  Each one is equipped with up to 8 of VIT's covert ultra-low-light cameras.The disguised covert cameras are strategically pla...

The school installed 5 KeyWatchers and Perkins is pleased with online monitoring Key control system solidly recommended in testimonials If keeping track of your car keys or house keys can sometimes be a challenge, imagine what it must be like to have responsibility for the day to day management of hundreds of keys, all coming and going and being used by a multitude of individuals. But if you ask this question of Bob Perkins, Director of Safety and Security at the Southern...

Sophisticated equipment from Bosch Security Systems (BSS) is playing a central role in a major security system installation by UK based Sicura Systems Ltd, and its partner Pro Security Ghana Ltd, at the major stadia for the recent Africa Cup of Nations football. The biennial football tournament for nations affiliated to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) was staged at various venues across Ghana in January and February, and wrapped up in the Ghanaian capital Accra with a thrilling...

Network cameras and blade servers from Axis Communications, the global leader in network video, have been installed by one of the UK's leading IT equipment distributors, Micro-P.  The distributor recently embarked on an extension and upgrade of its ageing CCTV system following a review of security inside the 120,000 square foot warehouse in Altham, near Accrington, Lancashire.Micro-P has deployed a total of 10 new Axis network cameras and moved 14 existing external CCTV cameras onto a...

Intelligent, attractive and likeableIntelligence, good looks, dedication - these professed brand values of the Czech automotive manufacturer Skoda a.s. have made a major contribution to the fact that this car brand is becoming increasingly popular in Germany.  While ‘intelligence' reflects the claim of developing products with outstanding functionality as well as customer-oriented detailed solutions at excellent value for the money, ‘good looks' describes the pioneering design...

IndigoVision's complete IP Video solution has been installed to enhance the security at Royal Vopak's petrochemical storage terminal in West Thurrock, UK. With 347,100m3 of storage capacity in 125 tanks, Vopak's terminal is a very demanding environment with security and health & safety of paramount importance. The terminal provides independent storage and handling of liquid and gaseous chemical and oil products for Vopak's customers.  Products are transported from the terminal to the cu...

Leaders in EuropeA total of more than one billion CDs and DVDs are being produced annually in the village of Dassow, Germany, population 4,000, making ODS Optical Disc Service GmbH one of the leading manufacturers of optical storage media in Europe.  ODS is also a leader when it comes to creating jobs in an economically underdeveloped region: with 1,300 employees, ODS is the largest employer in the district of north-west Mecklenburg.  With a second factory in France and distribution c...

Vicon have manufactured video management solutions for airports and ports throughout the world.  For St. Paul International Airport, Minneapolis, simply wanting a high performance CCTV system wasn't enough.  They wanted a system that could be expanded over an extended period of time without replacing the existing infrastructure.  They found that solution in the Vicon family of video products and a business relationship that began almost 10 years ago is still going strong.Building...

The requirement - extending CCTV reachAs part of a wider regeneration project to encourage investment in the town, Medway Council decided to make substantial changes to the road network in Chatham.  Its one-way ring road system was identified as a restriction affecting inward investment in the retail centre of the town. The major road works involved upgrading the town's ring road system route to two-way traffic.Following a review it identified a gap in the CCTV coverage that it needed to fi...

The requirementThe Big Screen Project is a unique initiative in public space broadcasting.  It is a network of outdoor cinema-size video screens, located in major city centres around the UK, showing local and national news, events and information 24 hours a day, seven days a week.The project is a collaborative partnership between the BBC, various local authorities and a number of sponsors including The Royal Bank of Scotland.  The screen technology is provided by Philips with content b...

The companyABC Fine Wine and Spirits is the largest privately held fine wine and spirits merchant in the United States.  Established in 1936 and headquartered in Florida, the company carries an extensive selection of wines, spirits and beers, along with a selection of gourmet foods that includes cheeses, chocolates, and snack items.Operational overviewIn business for more than 70 years, ABC Fine Wine and Spirits today operates 153 off-licences throughout the Florida peninsula, from Jacksonv...

The Glaslyn Osprey Project, run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), is home to the only pair of breeding ospreys in Wales.The Project is part of 'Aren't Welsh Birds Brilliant!', a partnership between RSPB Cymru, Forestry Commission Wales and the Countryside Council for Wales.  It was introduced to give individuals the chance to get really close to some of the most exciting birds in Britain.With a viewing platform open to the public and live images shown in the visitor c...

Billion euro investmentThere will always be paper.  Despite the digital, or so-called ‘paperless' age, the paper industry is still booming in Germany.  This means that bleached long-fibre cellulose, which is used to produce fine and printing paper as well as high-quality sanitary paper, also remains very much in demand.The high demand induced Mercer International Inc., an American-Canadian pulp and paper manufacturing company, to set up a new cellulose plant in the north of the G...

Axis Communications, a global leader in the network video market, has installed cutting-edge network video surveillance systems in the newly opened surgery ward at the Institute for Children's Emergency Surgery and Traumatology in Moscow.  The equipment helps provide high-quality remote monitoring of patients, as well as ensures tighter security of the hospital premises.  For the special medical video surveillance system, 119 Axis network cameras were deployed in all patient wards to e...

Recognized as the second largest supermarket group in Britain, and as part of the Wal-Mart family, ASDA stores have become a household name amongst thousands of families in the UK, providing high quality products at competitive prices.  With an increasing demand for high security, ASDA understood that it was now more important than ever to take appropriate action in securing stock and protecting employees in the chain's 300 branches.  In considering security alternatives, the company r...

ACTi's PCI encoder cards and video servers are fully integrated with Ortega's VideoSm@t software, enabling a Canadian entertainment centre to incorporate IP based CCTV systems.  The new hybrid DVR system integrates the analog camera and IP camera on the same server.  Using the hybrid DVR system enables simple control interface and effective management over a wireless environment.There are 13 apartment buildings, a mall, commercial buildings as well as an entert...

Fixed focal length lenses from Rainbow are being used for cargo recognition at major harbours on the western seaboard.Ports including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Tacoma and Seattle are using manual iris and dc auto-iris lenses from the California-based manufacturer in assemblies created by Rainbow's client Hi-Tech Solutions.  The SeeContainer product from Hi-Tech Solutions features at port recognition projects across the globe, monitoring container markings through proprietary optical...

Located on the perimeter of Heathrow Airport, the Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel is a modern, elegant hotel.  One of the largest hotels in the UK, it offers a wide range of facilities including 649 comfortable bedrooms, a 28 room dedicated conference centre catering for up to 700 delegates, Business Centre, health club, brassiere restaurant and lounge bar.Ensuring the smooth operation of the hotel’s day-to-day running requires a not insubstantial measure of professional management,...

Rainbow's bullet cameras are monitoring some of the finest racehorses in the world at stables in Kentucky, USA.  The cameras are allowing breeders to observe mares during the crucial days of foaling and have been installed at several leading breeders by local integrator Barney Miller's.   A notable site is Glen Ridge Farm, Lexington, where a prominent breeder is using the cameras in nine stalls and reviewing images at night from the comfort of their home on a hard-wired system wit...

The CCTV system at the ITN building in Gray's Inn Road, London has recently been upgraded to take advantage of the latest advances in digital recording.The home of ITV and Channel 4 news programmes previously had a CCTV system that used analog video recorders to store images captured by the cameras located in and around the building.Quantum Security was commissioned to research and subsequently install a digital video recording system."Working in conjunction with our suppliers Videcon,...

With the safety of students a primary concern at schools across the United States, administrators are faced with the task of finding security tools that fit within their ever-thinning budgets while helping them increase efficiencies.  At Charlotte Country Day School in Charlotte, N.C., information systems personnel enhanced the school's security, increased efficiencies and provided a platform for further technological sophistication in the years ahead simply by upgrading the school's person...

Economical yet professional.  That's the image the Metropolitan Council's Metro Transit staff want to portray with their Metropass cards.  Metropass cards are used for riders of bus and light-rail transit in Minneapolis.  Until recently, they were produced by an outside printing vendor, and the cost was becoming prohibitive.  Metro Transit's decision to bring the production inside not only saved money, but also improved the security of the cards.Metro Transit is one of the la...