Hotels, leisure & entertainment security applications - Case studies
As the eighth series of Big Brother draws to a close Forward Vision, manufacturers of the popular ‘Metal Mickey' cameras, confirm they supplied MIC1-400 cameras for the popular Channel 4 series. Metal Mickey has become synonymous with the program; having been involved with Big Brother right from the start, back in 2000. "To help get the first series on the air, we worked closely with Big Brother's technical facilities company Roll to Record to overcome the technical challenges 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...
Millions of pounds worth of equipment was deployed by the broadcasters and TV production companies covering the 2007 Open Golf Championship Carnoustie. To ensure that essential as well as extremely valuable equipment was not stolen or sabotaged, security was high on the agenda. With millions tuning in to watch one of the most exciting Opens for many a year, it was essential that all of the broadcasting equipment was kept safe and secure and in good working order at all times. Man guarding...
Over the years, the BMW International Open in Munich has gained a reputation with the world's golfing elite as one of the most important golf tournaments in Europe. This year for the first time, Regensburg-based company Dallmeier participated, presenting its CCTV/IP solutions for major sporting events.As an organiser of amateur as well as professional golf tournaments around the world for 22 years, BMW recognises the growing importance of the sport for its target audiences. The 2006...
IndigoVision has been awarded a prestigious multi-million dollar contract to upgrade two casinos to a fully digital CCTV operation using the company's complete end-to-end IP video solution. The Casino del Sol and Casino of the Sun in Tucson, Arizona, which are operated by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, will have their current analogue/VCR CCTV systems completely upgraded. The system will be deployed in full compliance with local Gaming Board regulations. IndigoVision believes this...
Nighttime safety and security at a waterside leisure park in Gillingham, Kent, has been improved with a new lighting system that also reduces light pollution.The installation at the Gillingham Strand, carried out by TJW Electrical Ltd, uses a combination of Ganz IR infra-red illuminators and Ganz WL white light illuminators. The infrared models allow high quality black and white CCTV images to be captured without ‘spilling' visible light into neighbouring residential areas.Light pollution...
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,...
Visimetrics Digital Video Recorders have formed part of the £15m refurbishment of the 55000 sq ft Casino at The Empire in London. Installed by London Clubs own Technical Security Department, the new surveillance system utilises the Visimetrics FASTAR Real Time MPEG2 DVR for all gaming, reception and cash handling areas. Recording from the perimeter cameras is handled by the VADER High Speed Time Lapse DVR.Both machines use the highly robust Linux operating system and offer 8 ch...
Axis network cameras installed in the Durant, Broken Bow and Pocola casino locationsAxis Communications recently announced that more than 300 of the company's network cameras have been installed in three casinos owned by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The Axis network cameras will be used in conjunction with the Universal Video Management System (UVMS) solution from Petards, Inc., a developer of advanced video surveillance systems and one of the leading security supplier...
The Web Broadcast Corporation is using Derwent's infrared illuminators to enable live webcam broadcasts of some of Britain's most elusive nocturnal animals. Red squirrels, pine martins and badgers are among the species filmed in the dead of night in their wild habitats, and broadcast live on http://www.wildlifetv.co.uk, thanks to Derwent IR. The Web Broadcasting Corporation streams real-time live video from all over the world, for both educational and entertainment viewing. The compa...
In large public sports venues where emotionally charged crowds gather, there can be civil disorder, especially with intoxicated people and over-zealous fans. The Charles Koch Arena at Wichita State University has more than 10,000 seats, and regularly draws full capacity crowds from both the university and the surrounding community. The mix of campus and urban area also has the potential to involve more risk of assaults or theft. The campus police wanted to ensure the best safet...
The Jewish Museum in Frankfurt is one of the three major Jewish museums in Germany. It traces the interrelationship between Jews in Germany and their environment based on the example of Frankfurt. Prior to World War II the city of Frankfurt had the highest percentage of Jewish inhabitants with over 26,000 Jewish citizens. The building is secured today by 360° video surveillance. Its open character was intentionally selected, as the changing exhibitions are to be acces...
One of the world's finest cricket coaching venues, the MCC Indoor Cricket School, is capitalising on the very latest CCTV technology from SANYO to help future Test and County stars hone their skills. The SANYO technology is a part of the School's Performance Analysis Suite, which was recently completed and has already been used by top cricketers including England's Alastair Cook.Founded in the 1970s, and re-built in the 1990s, the School, which is situated within Lord's Cricket G...
Derwent's REG™ number plate capture cameras have been used to improve security at the Cheltenham Gold Cup, one of the British horse racing world's top annual festivals.The number plates of more than 15,000 vehicles entering and leaving during the two-day event were captured by Derwent's REG Dual cameras, installed by Special Events Communications."Our engineers were able to set the system up very quickly because the cameras are literally plug and play," explains Don Wetherell of...
Tyco Fire & Security today announced that its advanced CEM AC2000 SE (Standard Edition) access control system has been installed at the new Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). One of the largest purpose-built exhibition and convention facilities in the Middle East and located in the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E) capital Abu Dhabi, the new exhibition centre has opened following the installation of the CEM AC2000 SE system by Tyco Fire & Security, U.A.E. Once ful...
The Signature Park Condominium is a seven-year-old development in the West of Singapore. The 928-units residential building boasts resort facilities and is located near a popular shopping and dining district as well as a nature reserve.The challenge:Being located in a high-traffic area, the property can be easily accessed by members of the public, compromising security for the residents. Visitors and others could easily walk into Signature Park. Concerned for the safety and sec...
ChallengeHartwall Areena needed a top-of-the-class security solution to secure the organised events and the attendees. To be able to offer an enjoyable experience at the Hartwall Areena, disorderly behaviour, such as misdemeanour, sabotage, vandalism and fights had to be prevented.SolutionMirasys V series was installed to meet todays and the future's requirements and security standards of huge public venues. Mirasys V series is exceptional as it can receive video data from both analo...
Network cameras and video management software from Axis Communications, the global leader in network video have been installed in popular Borough Market restaurant Roast. The IP-Surveillance deployment followed production of a feasibility study by security integrator and Axis partner, AMW Security Technologies Limited. AMW advocated upgrading to a highly comprehensive IP-Surveillance system in order to get much better coverage in the back and front of house areas of Roast...
American baseball team, St. Louis Cardinals' new home has the same name as its previous nest, that's where the similarities end. Among the major enhancements at Busch Stadium III is state-of-the-art video security surveillance, which knocks the ball out of the park when it comes to going beyond other networked CCTV systems.St Louis Major League Baseball franchise has built itself a new $365 million palace and is protecting it with a virtual fortification, one of the most advanced n...
ACTi's SED-2310Q video server has been successfully implemented in Cisco's wireless video monitoring system for the Cheever Racing/Crown Royal Daytona Prototype team in the Grand American Road Racing Series. There are four analog cameras mounted at different locations on the race car to monitor different areas such as the driver's upper body movements, the view in the front, the view in the back, etc. The ACTi SED-2310Q compresses the input to real-time, full D1 @ 30 fps MPEG-4 video and t...
"Value Place can record all transactions and also use it for training to assist the front-office people with any questions they may have. The corporate office can log on remotely if there are incidents or events to check, make sure the standard processes are following the corporate quality requirements, and if any modifications are necessary."- Steve Johnson, Account Manager at ISG Technology Inc. Security challenges There is a small number of staff at each hotel which keeps the...
Net2, the network access control system from Paxton Access Limited, a UK market leader in the design and manufacture of electronic access control systems, has been installed at the RAF Museum at Hendon.Opened in late 1972, the RAF Museum at Hendon attracts 180,000 visitors a year to the 15-acre site of former RAF Hendon Aerodrome. Currently the museum is home to over eighty aircraft, which will increase to more than one hundred later this year. It is the national museum of aviation a...
The Guildhall School of Music & Drama, situated in the heart of the City of London, impresses not only with its unique location, neighbouring the Barbican Centre, Europe's largest multi-arts and conference venue, but is at the same time home to outstandingly talented teachers and students from around the world.Only a complete security system can ensure the smooth operation of the 100,000 square meters complex, spread out over 5 neighbouring buildings with currently around 2,000 peop...
The club provides a wide variety of facilities to delight members attending the ‘‘La Finca'' Reebok Sports Club in Madrid, Spain. To meet clients' needs to the full and to optimise all the equipment to the maximum, the club relies on efficient applications supplied by LEGIC based Gantner applications. Reebok Sports Club ‘La Finca' is located at Pozuelo de Alarcón and is considered to be one of the most prestigious sports clubs in Spain. Its sports faci...
Royal Academy of Arts uses Axis network cameras and video servers to secure priceless art works in its galleriesBackgroundRAA exhibitions attract more than a million visitors every year, putting the institution consistently amongst the top ten paying-visitor attractions in London. Amongst its ruling body of Academicians have been some of the country's leading artists over the years including Reynolds, Turner, Constable, Gainsborough and in more recent years Moore, Frink, Blake and Hock...
Dallmeier, one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of CCTV systems and established specialist for top solutions in the field of casino surveillance is once again demonstrating its competence in a project of enormous scale and magnitude. The German company has joined hands with the Barona Gaming Commission in launching the first real-time CCTV/IP system with digital matrix in the United States. Since its commissioning in September 2006 the fully digital surveillanc...
The Nike Experience You are at the right place, but absent from view are glass-on-glass high-rises compacted together over the typical concrete and asphalt corporate terrain. But then, this is anything but typical. You are about to enter the hallowed halls of one of sport's holiest sites. You have arrived at Nike World Headquarters (WHQ). The 185-acre campus sprawls out in front of you and the size and complexity is staggering. Everything would have to be custom...
The ChallengeBradford's popular National Museum of Film and Photography has had a security facelift with the introduction of new networkable digital CCTV from Dedicated Micros. The museum is the only one of its kind in the UK and contains some valuable and unique exhibits. Security proved a key area to address during a recent relaunch and refurbishment.Faced with growing video tape management issues and problems with picture quality, museum management called in John Archbold, sal...
The 1,850 seat Birmingham Hippodrome, one of the largest theatre complexes in the UK, is upgrading to the latest generation of digital video recording using DVRs from the Vicon Kollector Elite range.The move to replace outdated first generation DVRs is part of a two and a half years long project being undertaken by national installer ADT. Birmingham Hippodrome Director of Operations Mike Bradford, said: "We wanted to modernise the way that CCTV at Birmingham Hippodrome was manag...
Casinos have always looked to take advantage of the latest advances in CCTV surveillance in order to provide a safe environment for customers and employees whilst deterring and detecting would-be cheats. It is therefore not surprising that the new CCTV cameras at the state of the art G Casino in Luton are equipped with SANYO's Pan-Focus technology.The sophisticated CCTV system was installed by ID Technology Group whose Sales Director, Matt Allen said: "One of the challenges...
