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ISSUE 10 January 2016
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NEWS
Specialist CCTV with intruder detection
systems were installed at the tallest building
in the European Union after protesters
climbed to the summit.
Six Greenpeace activists, all of them
women, scaled the iconic Shard in London
and unfurled a flag with “Save the Arctic” on
it to protest against plans to drill in the Arctic
by the oil company Shell.
The Prime Minister of Qatar, Hamad bin Jassim
bin Jaber Al Thani, inaugurated the 95-storey
310m building on 6 July 2012 in a ceremony
attended by HRH Prince Andrew, Duke of York.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson,
officially opened the View from the Shard
viewing platform on 1 February 2013.
But following the Greenpeace stunt on 11
July 2013, the management company for the
owners Sellar Property Group and the State of
Qatar decided to enhance the security system
with the latest state of the art CCTV.
They appointed installer Unique Security,
and together evaluated leading products
on the market. SharpView from Zaun Group
company EyeLynx was selected on the
basis of performance, quality and its focus
on reliability. EyeLynx’s rapid deployment
system, Pharos, was installed together with
wireless PIRs from Luminite to further secure
the perimeter and the main escalators to
London Bridge station.
Facing continued problems with the
installed Lenel product for the main CCTV,
EyeLynx provided a back up SharpView NVR
for critical cameras in time for a Royal visit
from Her Majesty the Queen and HRH Prince
Phillip in November 2013.
This unit worked seamlessly with the installed
Pharos cameras using EyeLynx’s SharpViewVMS
and demonstrated to the management team
how the security could be drastically improved
by recording in High Definition quality and
retaining video for at least 30 days for all the
building’s CCTV cameras.
The complete CCTV system was
subsequently changed over to SharpView
in January 2014, with over 200 cameras
recording to ten SharpView Corporate NVRs
incorporating over 200TB of storage, while
four SharpView Manager Workstations allow
the security team to manage and control the
entire security system, on desktop monitors
and a 16ft video wall in the control room.
Qatar
Foundation
Frontier Pitts latest installation in the
Middle East saw three Terra Blockers
and two sets of four Rising Terra Bollards
provide a high security defense to the
Qatar Foundations new Research and
Development Complex.
Qatar Foundation, chaired by Sheikha
Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned, has
spearheaded Qatar’s drive to create a
leading establishment for research and
development excellence and innovation.
The project involves the construction
of a 200,000m2 world-class Research
and Development complex. The first
40,000 m2 building of the complex opens
imminently, adjacent to the Qatar Science
& Technology Park (QSTP).
The HVM Blockers and Bollards,
controlled with push buttons and
interlocked to safety photocells, were
installed by engineers from our local
authorized agent, with full assistance
for the Technical Division in the UK. Our
Overseas Project Team attended site to
ensure the installation met the stringent
specification of IWA 14-2 and PAS 69 at
time of Commissioning
Any equipment or product installed in
such hostile environments, demonstrates
the credentials of quality and British
Engineering. This is backed by product
accreditations including PSSA (Perimeter
Security Suppliers Association) Verified
certification. An ongoing maintenance
service will be provided by the locally
trained agent, with ongoing support and
training from Frontier Pitts HQ in the UK.
Shard owners
ramp up
security after
Greenpeace
stunt
“Six Greenpeace activists… scaled the
iconic Shard in London and unfurled a
flag with“Save the Arctic”on it.”
Any equipment or product installed
in such hostile environments,
demonstrates the credentials of
quality and British Engineering.