Port Praski occupies an area of 38 hectares that overlooks the Vistula River in Poland’s capital Warsaw. Likened to a ‘city inside a city’, the multi-stage development provides more than 160,000 m² of residential accommodation and 190,000 m² of office space; besides retail, hotels and restaurants, green spaces and a purpose-built media park. The developers sought to create a safe, secure environment to live, work and relax. Bosch Building Technologies was selected to provide an integrated solution that spans fire detection systems, video security and a site-wide building management platform.
Why that choice? Developers sought a partner with the scale, technical expertise, resources and track record to provide support through all phases of such a large project over an extended period. Recognition and trust of the Bosch name was also an advantage.
Round the clock security is provided by a blend of bullet-, dome- and moving cameras that cover outdoor and underground areas, building entrances, garages and elevators. Centralised control of cameras, storage and recording systems is streamlined by the intuitive Bosch Video Management System (BVMS) that can scale as needed to accommodate video, audio and data from thousands of cameras.
Port Praski required video security to give privacy and discretion for its up-scale residents who include VIPs and celebrities. Hence camera images are carried over a private IP network that’s isolated from the internet to prevent hacking or interception of sensitive data. Extra peace of mind for occupants is assured by the video management platform’s masking function that obscures apartment windows and other ‘private’ areas from the outdoor cameras’ field of view.
The developers also wanted a fire alarm system. They chose the Modular Fire Panel 5000 Series from Bosch, which meets latest legal requirements. Redundancy across the system avoids any single point of failure. Protection of at-risk areas includes optical and optical-thermal detectors in garages and smoke aspiration system in lift shafts, plus further detectors in inter-ceiling spaces.
The Building Integration Platform BIS supports centralised management and monitoring of distributed security systems across the site. Video security can be upgraded as required by adding higher resolution cameras, without requiring replacement of the IP network infrastructure and BVMS. Similarly, further phases of construction may see the number of installed security cameras – already numbering in the hundreds – increase significantly over the next few years.
