ST RONAN’S COLLEGE, CO ARMAGH PROJECT PROFILE
DIAMOND SYSTEMS HAS DELIVERED AN EXTENSIVE SUITE OF SEAMLESSLY- INTEGRATED, INTELLIGENT LIFE SAFETY AND SECURITY SOLUTIONS FOR A FLAGSHIP EDUCATIONAL FACILITY… LIFE SAFETY & SECURITY
be assembled, tested and programmed in a controlled environment before leaving the depot. “For St Ronan’s College, this meant a smoother, faster and cleaner delivery, helping ensure the school’s new campus was handed over on time, to specification and ready to welcome 1,750 students.” Established in 1987 and based in Belfast, Diamond Systems designs, supplies, installs, commissions and maintains security and fire systems for commercial, educational, residential, healthcare and public sector clients.
Industry-leading, future-proof life safety and security systems have been supplied, installed and commissioned by Diamond Systems at St Ronan’s College. The Belfast-based company worked on the project as a specialist subcontractor to NUGENT on behalf of principal contractor Glasgiven Contracts. Its fire detection and alarm system features Kentec Taktis analogue addressable panels combined with Hochiki ESP protocol devices. Fully addressable, open-protocol and compliant with BS 5839-1 M/L4, BS 7273- 4 and BS 7273-6 standards, the system includes enhanced protection for high- risk zones such as data hubs, boiler rooms and electrical distribution areas. Also included are a refuge system enabling safe evacuation in compliance with BS 5839-9; assist call system supporting safety alarms across the campus in accordance with BS 8300-
2; and a class change system sending automated notifications to streamline transitions between classes. The college’s intruder alarm system has been integrated to ensure effective out- of-hours security and is connected to a 24/7 remote monitoring station. CCTV surveillance provides high-definition video coverage across the campus. Diamond Systems will also provide ongoing preventative and corrective maintenance support. Angela Bennett, Joint Managing Director, said, “Delivering a complex, multi-building specification for a large- scale educational facility posed logistical and technical challenges. To address this, Diamond Systems deployed its new Diamond Vault pre-configuration strategy for the first time on a major project. A dedicated pre-configuration facility within our Belfast headquarters, it was purpose built to allow systems to
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