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Largest IP door entry project in Europe
Braintree, Essex (UK)
Privacy and security were two key
issues for the London Organising
Committee for the Olympic and
Paralympic Games, and the main
contractors for the Athletes Village
project, Lend Lease, in conjunc-
tion with the Olympic Delivery
Authority, appointed Urmet Do-
mus UK back in 2009 to provide
an IP-based platform for the door-
entry systems at the village.
The challenge facing the organ-
ising committee at every Olympic
Games is how to accommodate the
competitors and officials centrally,
comfortably and securely, offer-
ing them a residential base from
which to prepare for their events.
For London 2012, this meant
providing a temporary home for
a population the equivalent of a
medium-sized town 17,000 or
so. They were housed in a develop-
ment of some 2,800 apartments
at the Athletes Village, built in
regenerated, former industrial ar-
eas in east London. In addition to
the residential side of the project,
a wide range of amenities was also
installed to provide the level of ser-
vices expected by the Olympians:
shops, restaurants, medical, media
and leisure facilities.
Urmet had to deliver a cost-
neutral solution and adhere to a
price for a product that was not
yet available. It has been widely
recognised that the Athletes' Vil-
lage is the first major project of its
kind, as no other manufacturer
had previously delivered a major
IP residential project.
Because Lend Lease wanted
a single platform for all 12 plots
(each comprising some 6-8 build-
ings, making a total of 68 blocks)
a "site-wide system" it had to
be sufficiently versatile to be able
to respond to any possible changes
and additions that might be
required as the project progressed.
All of the blocks at the complex
are linked by a local area network
(LAN) and each block is linked
to the EMO via a virtual LAN,
or VLAN. A fibre optic VLAN
serves to separate the bandwidth
into individual segments for ser-
vices such as the air-conditioning
system, door-entry, fire, comfort
cooling, office network, CCTV,
backup, etc.
Working with a range of other
specialist providers, Urmet con-
ducted comprehensive off-site tests
of the proposed system at its fac-
tory in Turin. This involved simu-
lating all 12 plots at the Athletes'
Village, with fifty monitors in
each and complete with concierge
services and internal testing. Lend
Lease was invited to attend these
tests so that the principal contrac-
tor could see for itself that Urmet
was capable of delivering what it
promised.
The system proposed by
Urmet was Ipervoice. All of the
configuration details were taken
from the installers before the Ip-
ervoice equipment was delivered.
This meant the system could be
built and programmed, all off-
site. This off-site preparation was
of great benefit to the individual
contractors as there was airport-
style security at the Olympic
site. As a result, making sure the
system was pre-configured and
pre-tested beforehand made it less
time-intensive for the installers
as there was no need for them
to keep going back and forth
through security. Once installed,
the network was then fully con-
nected and switched on. Any
cable faults were adjusted and the
system was soon up and running,
problem-free.
Urmet's expertise and experi-
ence meant that installation went
smoothly and without a hitch in
all 68 buildings. Better still, no
other providers were ever held
up during the process and the
project never fell behind schedule
something that was a proud
characteristic of the preparations
for London 2012 in general.
Finally, everything was connected
to the network, tested again and
handover was made to Lend Lease
on time and on budget, ready
for release to LOCOG for the
Games.
Apart from the fact that the
entire Athletes' Village operates
on a single platform that can also
be rolled out to any new build-
ings added subsequently at the
site thereby avoiding the need
to replicate and extend count-
less different systems the main
benefits offered by the Urmet
solution are its instant person-
alisation and dependability. The
system not only includes access
control but it also incorporates
switchboards whereby through
Ipervoice the concierge desk be-
comes a service centre connected
to all buildings and apartments.
In addition the intrusion alarm
of each apartment interfaces with
the system for better monitoring
and continuous surveillance by
the concierge. There is no limit of
installable cameras, which can be
monitored at all times from each
apartment to monitor compound
security and it provides a top-
quality communications system
inside and outside the apartment.
Now that the Olympics and
Paralympics are over, the Village,
which transformed a patch of
industrial land in London's East
End at a cost of £1.1bn of taxpay-
ers' money, will enter a second
phase of its life in the form of
individual residential housing.
Of the 2,818 apartments built
in the village, 1,379 will become
affordable housing, managed by
Triathlon Homes.
Private property consortium
Qatari Diar and investment
group Delancey (QDD) will rent
out the other part of the complex,
consisting of 1,439 apartments.
Cyber and physical security converge
Indianapolis, In (USA)
CNL
is partnering with Radi-
flow
, a provider of innovative
secure communication solutions
for critical infrastructure.
It is anticipated that the
combined capabilities will enable
the detection, resolution and
management of both cyber and
physical attacks within a single
solution.
The partnership, cre-
ated under the CNL Software
Technology Alliance Program
(TAP) will see the integration of
IPsecuritycenter, CNL Software's
PSIM solution with Radiflow's
intelligent secure communication
solutions to provide a unified cy-
ber and physical security solution
for SCADA networks within the
control room.
The project has been acceler-
ated by increasing demand for
a converged solution which not
only manages disparate physical
security technologies, such as
perimeter detection systems, ACS
and CCTV, but also allows cyber
threats to be raised within the
PSIM solution. The two compa-
nies are working on a joint solu-
tion at one of the largest water
treatment plants in the US.
"Distributed networks are
vulnerable to attacks from both
internal and external sources,
our technology focuses on how
to eliminate this threat from
critical infrastructure SCADA
networks and communicate its
nature to security professionals"
commented Ilan Barda, CEO
of Radiflow. "Our integration
with IPsecuritycenter will ensure
this information is distributed
to the point of need, so critical
infrastructure organisations un-
derstand the source of all attacks,
be they cyber or physical."
"As a leading PSIM provider,
we are constantly looking for new
technologies that will enhance
security for users of our software.
The convergence of cyber and
physical security is a huge advan-
tage, especially where security is
critical, as an attack either cyber
or physical can have similar
consequences" commented Adlan
Hussain, Marketing Manager at
CNL Software "We are therefore
excited to be working with Radi-
flow, together we are helping to
make this convergence a reality."