Case Studies

Moscow business CCTV

by Mark Rowe

A case study of the network CCTV system installed at Paveletskaya Plaza, the business centre in Moscow.

By the end of 2014, Russia’s capital is expected to be able to boast four of the five tallest buildings in Europe, whilst projects already been completed, including the Paveletskaya Plaza complex.

Paveletskaya Plaza, which is constructed in the same architectural style as the nearby Paveletskaya Railway Station, has two 12 storey and one 27 storey tower. Collectively the buildings offer 65,000 m² of office space. Tenants include Adecco, Allianz, Nestle and Tommy Hilfiger. On site are also several bank branches, a translations bureau, printing centre and a travel agency, shops, boutiques and restaurants.

Electronic security and network installers, YECONS Technology Solutions, were awarded the contract to fit the video system.

”It is not perhaps a surprise that there were no shortage of installation companies keen to be invited to tender for this very important project,” said Yusuf Yesilova, General Director of Moscow based YECONS Technology Solutions. “However, although it was a very price competitive tendering process, the owners of Paveletskaya Plaza, ENKA, made it clear from the outset that there should be no compromise in respect of the coverage and quality of the video surveillance solution.”

Single source

Having installed Samsung Techwin CCTV equipment at other large projects, YECONS Technology Solutions single-sourced all the required components of the CCTV system from the electronic security manufacturer. Working with Samsung Techwin’s locally based pre-sales support team, YECONS’ engineering design staff looked at every location where a camera needed to be installed and recommended what their research had led them to believe was the best model for what it was expected to do.

Some 228 cameras, with Samsung Techwin network video recorders (NVRs) and monitors, have been installed to enable security staff to monitor 24/7 all activity within the Paveletskaya Plaza buildings and the surrounds.

Yusuf Yesilova said: “At certain locations, where positive identification of unwanted visitors needed to be achieved, we recommended the installation of 3MB Full HD camera models that could deliver evidence grade images, as well as technically advanced features such as Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) and face detection.

“In the majority of locations however, 1.3 megapixel cameras were more than able to capture high definition images of a quality which easily met the client’s requirements. We were therefore able to deliver a competitively priced solution that took full advantage of Samsung Techwin’s product portfolio that includes both extremely high specification cameras, as well as models which, although competitively priced, deliver a high level of performance.”

The cameras have been installed on all floors of the three buildings, as well as elevators, reception and parking areas. Some 124 of the 228 cameras are SND-5010s. Measuring just 100 x 115 x 42mm and part of the LiteNet camera series, the ONVIF compliant SND-5010 1.3 megapixel camera is designed to provide an affordable HD video surveillance solution for environments where there may be limited space. There are also 89 SNB-5000 cameras with built-in licence-free Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) capability which includes a scene change tampering function, as well as optical tripwire, enter/exit direction detection and an Appear/Disappear function to detect the movement of objects. Of the remaining cameras, eight are SNB-6004s and seven are SNB-7080s. With the ability to capture superb quality 2MP Full HD (1080P) images, the SNB-6004 is part of Samsung Techwin’s WiseNetIII camera range, whilst the SND-7080 is a 3 megapixel Full HD network dome camera with 3~8mm motorised varifocal lens

Monitoring

Images from all of the cameras are transmitted over a LAN to a central control room where they are monitored live 24/7 by Paveletskaya Plaza operators who are able to direct security patrollers to an incident or suspicious activity. At the same time the images are recorded onto one of eight Samsung Techwin SRN-1000 NVRs which provide seamless server style video recording. Each SRN-1000 provides up to 24TB of on-board video storage capacity with the potential of an additional 24TB of storage via two external e-Sata direct storage devices. It also features support for Raid 5 storage.

“The video surveillance system plays a crucial role ensuring that our tenants can go about their daily work activities in a secure environment and that their staff, visitors and customers feel safe whilst taking advantage of Paveletskaya Plaza’s superb facilities,” said Zihni Coskun, Facility Management Director of ENKA. “The partnership between YECONS Technology Solutions and Samsung Techwin has been a great success. It has resulted in a system that is working extremely well and the feedback from our operators is that it is highly reliable and easy to use.”

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