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Terminal building site video

by Mark Rowe

Frankfurt Airport has multifocal sensor cameras to secure the building site for its new Terminal 3.

Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt am Main is the largest passenger airport in Germany, and one of the most important air traffic hubs in the world. Another passenger terminal, Terminal 3, is to be completed by 2022.

The earthworking and excavation activities are already finished – next, civil engineering will begin. But the building site has to be secured for years. Perimeter security is particularly essential. The airport operating company, Fraport AG, became aware of the Panomera multifocal sensor product from Dallmeier in a test run involving camera manufacturers.

Multifocal sensor technology works with multiple sensors which have different focal lengths, so that an overview even at distances can be provided with a constant, defined resolution quality. This meant that only a few multifocal sensor systems were needed by Frankfurt to provide protection for the site. The network cameras were mounted on buildings. In this way, not only was it possible to save on costs, but, as Dallmeier Sales Manager Dirk Lüders says: “According to the specification from Fraport AG, it was an obligatory requirement to use the existing infrastructure and not to erect any additional masts or the like. This project would have been impossible to carry out using conventional camera technology, because the distances far exceed the capabilities of single sensor cameras.”

Installation was by the company Dengel Telekommunikation. “The installation was simple and uncomplicated,” says Maurice Dengel, Divisional Management Fraport & Rhein-Main.

An important decision criterion for Fraport was also the light sensitivity of the cameras, since the building site is only partly lit at night. Most of the perimeter is only lit by the residual light from street lighting, some distance away. And hence use of the Panomera Nightline series, which delivers detailed images even in darkness, the manufacturers say.

The requirements of the video security equipment will change over the building phases, to last several years, and the cameras will have to be redirected to cover different areas. Multifocal sensors provides flexibility for this, as Dirk Lüders says: “The simple infrastructure yields advantages not only now, but also in the coming years. Frankfurt Airport will not have to reposition 20 or 30 single cameras. Instead, individual Panomera systems can easily be mounted at new locations to monitor a new construction zone.”

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