IP door entry has been installed at a residential apartment block within the O2 Arena Development in London.
Consisting of 164 apartments, the project is part of a £121m regeneration on the Greenwich Peninsula, which also includes a five-star hotel.
Working with Comelit UK’s national fire and security installer partner, Liverpool-based HESIS, Comelit’s Smart IP monitors were specified for the apartments. The products give residents hands-free video and audio communication with visitors at ground level. The monitors feature intercom speaker units and a 3.5-inch LCD display showing images produced by a mini-lens colour camera integrated into Comelit’s Ikall metal entrance panel on the outside of the building. The units can be flush, surface or desk-mounted.
The new O2 apartments have a 24-hour concierge. Residents can talk with staff using their Smart monitors. Comelit has also supplied its multifunctional desk-mounted audio-video porter switchboard that lets a concierge view visitors on a 3.5-inch colour screen and see the name or apartment number of the user being called from the entrance panel.
The system at the O2 Arena, which is connected over a shared Cat5e network, operates using the company’s ViP management software with the porter switchboard functions controlled from software on a USB micro-key. This allows the receiving and forwarding of audio and video calls and manages communication with residents, including generating alarms if there is a fault with any of the panels or monitors. A recording archive stores all calls (made, managed, lost or forwarded) from the entry panel and the internal monitors.
Dan Wood, Southern Regional Manager, Comelit UK, said: “We have maximised security for residents with our IP system, at the same time empowering concierge staff to easily communicate with residents throughout the building. The sleek design of our Smart monitors is in keeping with the aesthetics of the building and the apartments, which all have luxury designer interiors.”
About the O2 Arena Development
The 7.6-acre site will also see conference and event facilities. The property is managed by Grove Developments, with civil engineering company Balfour Beatty responsible for the overall project. A wider scheme to regenerate the area will see the construction of 10,000 new homes, with land being reclaimed from soil previously polluted.
About Comelit
Comelit is a manufacturer of video and audio door entry systems, access control, video surveillance, telephones and telephone switchboards. Visit http://www.comelitgroup.co.uk/uk.
