In a London W6 development, the London property developer, St George, has made Fulham Reach, on the north bank of the River Thames, of river-view apartments and penthouses.
Fulham Reach is a phased project. Block A first has 138 apartments, while the site-wide network will allow for future phases (totalling 750 apartments) to be connected to a centralised concierge for central management of the video entry and access control system. The brief from the client to the door entry product company Urmet was precise and Urmet delivered the IPervoice IP-based door entry product, coupled with its latest range of full-IP Power over Internet (PoE) seven-inch Imodo touchscreens, Folio hands-free colour monitors and Elekta Glass and Steel entry panels and PIO controller.
The PIO controller is a two-door base controller connected to an IP LAN (local area network) interface. Two Wiegand readers can be connected to the base controller, with a two-door expansion card added to the base unit to increase capacity up to four doors. All access permissions are saved in the IP interface so that in the event of a network failure, access can still be granted by the IP interface, complying with 2014 Secured By Design requirements. The IP interface and PIO controller base are powered locally by a 12V dc power supply unit (PSU), which can be connected to a battery for back-up in the event of power loss. Urmet adds that it provided additional solutions otherwise lacking from the spec.
Resident lift control was also part of the system, adding a layer of security. When entering the building, residents present their proximity token to any reader. This calls the lift to the ground floor and automatically takes residents to their floor. A similar function, operated via a remote lock-release button on the video monitor in their apartment, also lets residents send the lift to the ground floor when someone calls to visit them. The Visitor Lift Control then only allows visitors to select the floor they are visiting, which means they are prevented from entering the rest of the building.
Mark Hagger, Urmet’s Sales and Marketing Director, said: “It was a pleasure working with the St George technical team during the specification for the Fulham Reach project. St George had a clear vision of what it required technically, while also drawing attention to details such as RAL coloured bespoke posts housing the Elekta glass panels to match the façade of the building. It certainly is a great example of a developer and manufacturer working together to deliver a high-end, high-volume residential development.”
Pictured: Urmet’s full-IP PoE iModo seven-inch touchscreen video door entry phone
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