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ISSUE 14
February 2017
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NEWS
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PSSA
Member News
Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre
Frontier Pitts latest installation in the
Middle East saw nine Terra Blockers and
nineteen Rising Automatic Barriers provide
a high security defense to the new Oman
Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Architecturally advanced in design and
capability, this world class venue provides
functionality and flexibility with a wide array
of meeting and exhibition spaces, and the
very latest in communications and audio-
visual technology to meet the demands of
the most discerning global event organisers.
Oman’s new Hub for Business events and
its surrounding Precinct featuring a five
star, two four star and a three star hotel and
serviced apartments (totalling 1,000 rooms),
lush parklands with the added convenience
of a shopping mall and business park, are
protected and secured by our Terra Blockers
and FBX Automatic Barriers.
The Blockers and Barriers were installed
by directly trained engineers from our
Head Office in the UK. Our Overseas Project
Team supervised the complete installation
and then returned to site at time of
commissioning to ensure the solution met
the stringent installation specifications
of IWA 14-2 and PAS 69. An ongoing
maintenance service will provide ongoing
support and training directly from Frontier
Pitts HQ in the UK and our local partners.
SharpView heralds decade of securing City
A software security expert is celebrating a
decade of protecting the City of London 10
years after its iconic video recording and
management software was first installed.
Jay Patel, founder of the SharpView system,
first installed the Multi-MegaPixel CCTV
solution at CityPoint, 1 Ropemaker Street in
November 2006. This is recognised as the
world’s first deployment of multi-megapixel
cameras in a live CCTV application.
CityPoint was the first building in the City
of London to exceed the height of St Paul’s
Cathedral when it was built in 1967 as a 122m
35-storey headquarters for British Petroleum.
SharpView was further developed into a
full-blown VMS platform when chief executive
officer Patel and Francisco Feijoo restructured
the company and formed EyeLynx Limited in
July 2012.
Since then, current generations of EyeLynx
systems have gone in to The Shard and
Broadgate Towers to provide City buildings
with state-of-the-art CCTV and video
analytics in response to a continuing severe
threat level from international terrorism.
EyeLynx is now part of the integrated
perimeter protection group Zaun, a PSSA
member, with offices in Chessington, Surrey,
and Zaragoza in Spain. Built-in capabilities
for video content analysis and integration of
numerous detection technologies including
RADAR mean that SharpView remains the
highest performance HD, MegaPixel CCTV
recording and management system in the
security industry.
Patel said: “While construction and other
markets have been subdued for much of
the 10 years since we created SharpView,
terrorism and other threats have driven the
demand for ever more innovative security
measures, which has enabled us to keep
ahead, stay busy and grow.”
EyeLynx recently launched the EPR-100
and EPR-500 RADARs to enhance security
protection at large sites. The management
software works seamlessly within SharpView
to allow the autonomous control of PTZ
cameras, thereby cutting annual critical
infrastructure security budgets dramatically
by reducing the reliance on human patrols
and manned guards.
The RADARs detect moving objects in any
weather conditions, even at night, up to 500m
away, with minimal false alarms. SharpView
provides early warnings to security staff and
allows them to verify potential threats of
intruders on protected sites, such as public
utility sites, military bases, national borders,
solar farms, airports and large campuses.