A case study of the IP-based video and monitoring control fitted at The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh during refurbishment.
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (College) is spread over a number of buildings around Hill Square and is home to the Surgeons’ Hall Museum s and Scotland’s oldest medical museum. TYhe College has offices for 150 staff, a surgical skills training site and auditorium and a four-star hotel for visitors and tourists.
With building refurbishment due to take a long time, a security system needed to be installed that was flexible and which included discreet cameras, so as not to detract from the historic, Grade A listed buildings. Installed were Axis network cameras with Milestone XProtect Professional software, as recommended by Arthur McKay. To cover the numerous sites seeing refurbishment work, while covering hotel staff and guests, the initial set-up included 17 cameras, with the provision for a further 150 once the work is completed.
Atul Rajput, regional director, northern Europe at Axis Communications said: “This was a really exciting project and one that gave us the opportunity to work with such a prestigious institution and its beautiful, historic buildings. The solution featured covert Axis network cameras to ensure all buildings and corresponding outside spaces were covered, even in complete darkness.”
The project included a series of AXIS M30007-PV Network Cameras. These five-megapixel fixed mini domes were discreetly mounted on walls or ceilings and provided four feeds of panoramic views. The products could be re-positioned to move along as the refurbishment progressed with the installers say few time or fitting constraints.
The AXIS P3364-LVE was fitted to monitor the hotel and its exterior. This fixed network dome produced low-noise video even in complete dark the installers say. It integrated Axis’ Lightfinder, which makes the camera sensitive to light while maintaining colours. Lightfinder-enabled cameras were placed in the hotel’s reception area, main entrance and car park where ambient lighting was poor.
And P1204 network cameras were also installed as they were discreet and covert and could be fit into limited spaces.
Atul added: “The Axis network cameras can be easily re-positioned to correspond with the movement of the works from building to building, producing evidential-quality footage, whilst maintaining the safety of staff and visitors. Advanced system integration is already on the horizon as the magnitude of the refurbishment grows across the campus.”
Kenny Ryan, IT manager at Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, said: “We have been very impressed with the flexibility of Axis cameras and how unobtrusive they are. They have been a great benefit during a time of great change for the campus.”
Development works continue at the College and it is estimated that over 170 Axis cameras will eventually be in place.
