The Palace of Westminster estate in central London includes both the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The estate includes other buildings around Westminster and takes in Elizabeth Tower, home to Big Ben – all part of a recent security upgrade. The installer selected Castel for intercoms. The brief was to provide IP. The Xellip IP audio and video intercom solution was supplied. According to the makers it can be applied indoors and outdoors, such as for bollard control, at lift lobbies, and for disabled access. One of the requirements was that all of the ten intercoms needed to be capable of calling back to specific, dedicated reception areas and then be diverted, out of hours, to a secondary location. Many of the intercom units needed customised housing to help them blend into the Gothic style of the main buildings. Castel says it supplied this customisation down to fine details, even installing the intercoms into customised brass housing, without losing acoustic quality.
According to a representative of the installer, “Working with Castel made our job very simple. They provided the pre-programmed solution and there was highly efficient turnaround from order to delivery. Many of the intercoms needed customised housing. Castel was able to provide solutions that suited every situation, even where additional card-readers needed to be included.”
About Castel
With over 40 years’ experience in the voice, image and data business, Castel offers intercom and access control systems. Castel develops and manufactures all of its own products in full. Castel UK was established in 2010 after the Urmet Group made the acquisition of Castel.
