Telegraph Works in Greenwich is a £120m residential development that includes an 18-storey tower, three eight-storey buildings, apartment blocks and townhouses. The works are by Weston Homes and Cathedral Group, operating in a joint venture with regeneration and property developer U+I. The result, 272 new dwellings in waterfront grounds beside the Thames.
Urmet’s Elekta Steel IP PoE entry panels have been fitted to eight entrance points at Telegraph Works. Elekta Steel is a vandal-resistant version of Urmet’s Elekta product. The unit’s one-piece stainless steel body with flush moving elements reduces potential for damage by vandals or would-be intruders, as well as providing IK09 impact resistance, the manufacturer says. The LCD colour display unit in the panels is for showing messages. There are 16 courtyard houses at Telegraph Works across a two-acre development and, if required, the panels can show visitors an optimum walking route.
Residents can screen visitors and communicate with them using one of the 256 Urmet Max Lite IP PoE seven-inch touchscreens as installed across the site. Urmet says it can work with other manufacturers on third-party apps that meet the precise requirements of property developers. As a tablet-style device, the touchscreen employs swipe movements familiar to any smartphone user, with a high resolution 1024 x 600 pixel 16:9 screen.
As for access control for residents, property managers and approved contractors, Urmet’s P60 access control readers grant or deny access to stairwells and corridors in the apartment buildings and tower. They can be used with all FDI-Urmet proximity cards, fobs and remotes, as well as any third-party card that employs Wiegand 13.56MHz. Custom finishes are available.
Mark Hagger, Urmet’s Sales & Marketing Director, said: “The Telegraph Works buildings, with their distinctive mosaic facades, set a high premium on design. This statement was matched internally by the selection of Max touchscreens powered by Android within the apartments. The scalable nature of the iPervoice door entry and intercom suite will ensure that our products will continue to meet evolving needs as the site develops.”
Background
The architect for the project is Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, also responsible for another recent Urmet project, Cobalt Place in Battersea. Sales launch at Telegraph Works have begun and a quota of the homes has been made available as shared ownership for people who live or work in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Telegraph Works is located in the south-west of Greenwich Peninsula. It features tree-lined groves, allotments and a secret garden. There is associated landscaping, play space, commercial units and infrastructure works across this 198,000 sq ft location that was once the site of warehouses and a cable factory. The surrounding Greenwich Peninsula covers 150 acres and stretches along 1.6 miles of the Thames. £8.4 billion will be invested in the district by various stakeholders over the next 20 years.
