PROJECT
JAMES HOUSE, BELFAST
SCAN ALARMS & SECURITY SYSTEMS PROVIDED AND INSTALLED A LIFE SAFETY AND INTEGRATED SECURITY ALARMS & CCTV PACKAGE TO JAMES HOUSE, BRINGING THE SYSTEMS TOGETHER ON ONE SEAMLESS NETWORK AND SOFTWARE PLATFORM... SPECIALISTS IN PROTECTION
S can Alarms & Security Systems has appointed by PMcK Electrical to provide and install complete life safety and security packages for the refurbishment of James House. For the fire alarm, Scan Alarms installed a network of three Ampac panels and a repeater panel, utilising Apollo devices. The Integrated Security System included Access Control from CEM
Alarms also installed a Sigtel ECU8 disabled refuge network with 20 disabled toilet alarms and 20 refuge intercoms which report to two master panels in the two reception areas. Within James House, Scan Alarms actually installed two separate packages: one that
type of access card with higher security encryption.” Great planning and communication Clive explained this was Scan Alarms’ first project with PMcK and that, as a client, they were very good at planning and coordinating when the team would have to come in at each phase of the building’s refurbishment. “There were five different phases of the installation. We had to make it possible for a number of staff to come back into the building after the first phase was completed, while there was still construction taking place in the rest of it. We needed to ensure that the Fire Alarm and Security were all operational in the portion of the building that was occupied and then, as each additional
covers the portion of the building occupied by the Northern Ireland Policing
Board and a separate one to cover all of the other 17 Government Departments housed in the building. “This was a requirement for cybersecurity reasons, as the NIPB required a higher level of security,” commented Clive Kinnear, Fire & Security Systems Specialist at Scan Alarms & Security Systems. “They use a different
Systems, CCTV from American Dynamics, and Galaxy Grade 3 Intruder detection from Honeywell. For the integration, an American Dynamics victor VMS platform integrated with CEM AC2000 was installed. The project features a Comelit ViP Network Intercom system. Scan
“Scan proved themselves capable of working in that type of project and environment and complete the job on time.”
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