Bewator Improves the View at the Home of Cricket |
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Bewator Group AB
P.O. Box 1475
Solna, SE-171 28
Sweden
Press release date: November 25, 2005
In response to the need to ensure optimum security in public places, Lord's Cricket Ground has upgraded its security systems by installing Bewator's management and monitoring system, Bewator Granta and Bewator Eventys, to help provide maximum safety to players and security at the grounds.
Lord's is not only the spiritual home of cricket, with a distinguished 200 year history. It is also a vibrant sports arena, hosting major international matches, cup finals and county games throughout the summer. Security is a major concern - especially at key events. The ground has had a CCTV system in operation for some years, but the management team decided to upgrade the system for the 2005 season. Due to its in-depth knowledge and expertise in installing quality security equipment for the commercial and private sectors across the UK and in Northern Europe, Elstree-based Parker Security was selected to specify and install the system. "This project was sizeable," said Parker Security's managing director Kevin Parker, "There was a total of 90 cameras around the ground, complete with monitoring and recording equipment, and some 17 access control points. "We specified Bewator equipment because the company could provide a totally integrated, high quality security system." Parker Security installed Bewator's Granta access security management system and a Bewator Eventys RMC (Remote Monitoring Centre), together with 90 cameras to handle the CCTV end of the contract. The main benefit of Bewator's Granta system is that it enables users to connect multiple PC workstations to provide distributed monitoring and control of the system across any number of separate sites - including remote locations, via TCP/IP technology. This is particularly important for the installation at Lord's as it allows security monitoring at a number of peripheral points in the ground as well as centrally. Images from the 90 cameras are processed through the Bewator Visilynx 3i - a powerful, integrated video matrix system - and then fed into the Eventys Digital Video Monitoring System (DVMS). This is an advanced digital and audio recorder/server, which is effectively a hard disk recorder. The Granta software integrates with the Eventys DVR platform to allow for event-triggered video recordings. Bewator Eventys has enormous storage capacity (900Gb) and can view real time and recorded footage simultaneously, as well as search events to pinpoint an incident and synchronise all the cameras to the time of an incident and watch it unfold. Its other features include counter monitor function - ideal for managing security for large public access areas, such as recording entrances to public stadiums. The 17 access points, which have all been fitted with proximity readers to control entry, are linked to an administration PC and supported with cameras placed in key locations. The client produces its own entry cards - up to several hundred being current at any one time - which are individually programmed to only allow the bearer access to specified parts of the ground, at specified times. "The client was looking for a flexible system that provided discreet but highly effective security," says Kevin Parker, "and one which could be totally integrated to enable the whole system to be controlled from a single point. "The Bewator platform allowed us to do that - including integrating another make of camera. The other main benefit is that this system can be easily expanded whenever we wish, and upgraded as new technology options arrive."
For more information: www.bewator.com Email: info@bewator.se
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