An urgent project to program where the threat level had increased. 

Following the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris, we were called in by NaCTSO (National Counter Terrorism Security Office), to support another news provider who was concerned it was a possible future target.

After a call from the operations and business manager of the International News Group we were asked to put together a technical specification and estimate for a combination of physical security and electronic including surveillance equipment.

Pulling a team together for these complex applications was easy for us as we have the contacts, know who to call and importantly understand who can act swiftly and efficiently when the situation is urgent.

Our recommended specification used intelligent locking (high security keys that can be controlled remotely and need regular verification), ballistic glazing, combi steel/glazed ballistic doors, timber ballistic doors, LPCB LPS 1175 steel doors, an entry system, an access control system that integrated with the high security keys, and high-definition CCTV with detectors and an intruder alarm. ALL had to be interfaced with each other to work as one system.

The project was installed in stages to allow for the vast amount of cabling to be put in first, followed by the security doors and then the hardware for the electronic control and detection equipment.   Programming and client training for the intelligent locking system was then undertaken.  The entire project was completed from start to finish within eight weeks.