32 • CCTV
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London Sports College chooses
Basson to help cut crime
»»Caterham High
School, Dagenham &
Redbridge, has installed a
remotely monitored security
system supplied by specialist
infrared CCTV supplier,
Basson Group. The school
administrators were looking
for a surveillance solution
capable of protecting them
against the rising problem of
stolen lead roofing and other
break-ins being experienced
by schools across the
borough.
The products fitted were
from Basson’s range of
long-distance IR cameras,
monitored by Kent-based
CCTV and Alarm Monitoring
company, FLR Spectron.
Martin McCormick, The
Basson Group MD , said,
“After rising cases of lead theft
and break-ins to schools,
mainly at night, we were
approached by the school
to supply a security system
that would help reduce these
crimes. The brief from the
school also required us to
recommend a cost-effective
and reliable monitoring
service that would manage
alarm-activated CCTV. This
task was awarded to one of
our trusted partners, FLR
Spectron Monitoring in Kent,
who we were confident would
deliver the required service.”
Alarmed images from the
school are now transmitted
directly to FLR’s monitoring
station where they are quickly
evaluated by the team of
experienced operators and
verified for potential threats.
The cameras installed are a
combination of internal and
external Basson PTZ cameras.
Basson’s IRBD-MINI PTZs,
used for monitoring the
internal school buildings,
were chosen for their compact
size, 12x optical zoom and
50-metre IR range. The IR
LEDs allow adaptable night
vision illumination, which
alters as you zoom in to
provide excellent night-time
images.
For the external areas,
particularly the school
perimeter fences, a
combination of Basson’s
best-selling IRB2-36VHQ
static night-vision and IRB2
PTZ cameras was chosen.
The IRB2 PTZ is a true day/
night, cable-managed,
infrared, high-speed PTZ
camera that uses cutting-edge
IR technology to achieve
excellent night-time images
on every occasion. This
particular camera is also
very well suited to high-end
security applications such as
airports, utilities and critical
national infrastructure.
www.bassongroup.com
Comelit selected by The Berkeley
Group for luxury development
»»Comelit UK, part of the global
Comelit manufacturing group, has
provided over 250 monitors and 23
entrance panels for a new development
in Richmond, southwest London.
Kew Bridge West was designed by
award-winning RIBA architects, Assael
Architecture, and comprises a mix of
high-end apartments and affordable
accommodation.
Occupiers at this chic residential
development will not only benefit from
having an elegant and feature-rich
monitor in each apartment, but will also
enjoy a host of other useful functions
that are available with Comelit’s marketleading IP technology, ViP.
The site developer, St James PLC
(one of the brands under Berkeley
Group Holdings), tasked Comelit with
delivering a high-performance and
reliable system that would offer years of
low-maintenance use. The development
comprises nine individual blocks,
featuring a mix of luxury apartments
and affordable housing, all linked on
one site-wide IP platform. The residents
will have access to a shared Central
Porter Switchboard, which allows the
concierge to contact and be contacted
by all of the apartments, as well as the
entrance pane