G4S and the Aarhus Municipality in Denmark, and Aarhus Kommune in Danish, have entered into a multi-year agreement to collaborate on a complex and wide-ranging upgrade of the burglar alarm systems and video surveillance at hundreds of council-owned and managed buildings.
In the western and southern zones of the greater city area in east Jutland, G4S will audit the existing alarm systems in 285 buildings, ranging from schools and kindergartens to council buildings such as town halls, sports and leisure facilities, libraries, and community centres.
Phase one completion
This first phase is expected to take a year to complete, with several small, dedicated, and specialist teams, including certified electricians and technicians, responsible for inspection, maintenance, servicing, and replacing the alarms respectively.
Over time, technicians will become embedded with the customer in terms of their knowledge, which will help to optimise the service and value for money provided by G4S.
Understand, maintain, and upgrade
Once we understand what is there we will maintain and upgrade those systems"
“This is a huge and complex project to collaborate with Aarhus Kommune to understand exactly what they have in each of these buildings through the deployment of our dedicated teams,” said Søren Bergenhammer Rasmussen, Key Account Manager for G4S in Denmark.
“Once we understand what is there we will maintain and upgrade those systems.”
Sustainability commitments
Not only will the teams maintain, service, and fix alarm systems and install technology where it is needed, but they will also refurbish and reuse older systems to extend their lifespan.
Sustainability commitments agreed between Aarhus Kommune and G4S include the ongoing electrification of G4S' car fleet so that everyone working on the contract drives an electric vehicle. It also includes the installation of high-quality products with the longest possible lifespan and a major focus on servicing, repairing, and optimising the municipality's existing equipment.
Refurbish or recycle
“An important part of our partnership is our commitment to sustainability and reducing CO2 emissions. Some systems can be upgraded. We have our refurbishment centre where we restore technology to work better and for longer," said Søren.
"When equipment cannot be refurbished, we will focus on recycling the technology waste. At G4S Denmark we have a recyclability rate of almost 100%. We collect more than 170 tons of electronic waste every year, and we refurbish or recycle almost everything."
Video monitoring
New cameras will be installed where they don’t exist and licences for those will be acquired
Across the whole of the Aarhus region, G4S will also audit the video monitoring cameras installed in more than 500 buildings. New cameras will be installed where they don’t exist and licences for those will be acquired. The team will service and maintain all of the new and existing technology equipment.
“What the Municipality wants to achieve is to reduce the number of different systems that exist. Previously they had multiple suppliers and the aim is to now standardise the solutions to make maintenance much more efficient and to improve safety and security,” said Søren.
Axxon Unified VMS platform
Aarhus Kommune has installed an intelligent video management surveillance system, an Axxon Unified VMS platform which allows monitoring in real-time any incidents across Aarhus. G4S will add cameras, loudspeakers, and licences to stream video and audio as part of the Aarhus IT setup.
This new installation will allow operators in the municipality’s control room to see every video feed in one place. They will have the ability to communicate directly with unauthorised persons through a loudspeaker system.
- Network / IP
- Remote surveillance
- Fleet surveillance
- Remote video surveillance
- Industrial security
- Remote security
- Commercial security
- Security management
- Security policy
- Security devices
- Security installation
- Security tagging
- Security cameras
- Covert cameras
- Security camera systems
- Security monitoring system
- Network monitoring
- Vehicle tracking
- Video analytics
- Remote video monitoring
- Building security
- Institute security
- Industrial security systems
- Network cameras
- Security software
- Security service
- Hybrid security
- Industrial surveillance
- Hybrid surveillance systems
- Green security
- Covert Surveillance
- Integration software
- Video Management System
- Crowd Management
- Corporate Security
- Central Monitoring
- Network Video Recorders
- Warning Devices
- Incident Management
- Video surveillance
