The Client:
King Sturge offers commercial and residential property services globally
through its network of over 100 wholly owned and associated offices in Europe,
North America and Asia-Pacific. These services include agency, asset management,
building consultancy (including project management and architecture), business
recovery, corporate real estate services, investment, landlord and tenant,
planning and valuations. The company also has extensive experience in the
specialist areas of grant aid, mixed-use development, urban regeneration and
sustainability.
The Situation:
In 2006, King Sturge made the decision to move its London office into a six
storey building situated on 30 Warwick Street, in the heart of the West End. The
new premises would fulfil a joint role. It would accommodate the corporate
headquarters and the regional office responsible for much of the South East and
East Anglia whilst ensuring all of the corporate, professional, agency and
consultancy functions. The ground and first floor would become retail outlets.
The fifth floor would be let out to a tenant.
As a global leader in its field, King Sturge is keen that its new premises
demonstrate the prestige of the company and its experience within the field of
property management. It was therefore imperative that the access control system
that was implemented was state of the art and commensurate with a building of
this nature.
The Solution:
King Sturge appointed WOT Security to undertake the installation of the
access control system, following a recommendation from King Sturge’s contractors
IBEX. Having met with WOT Security, King Sturge felt confident in the company’s
skill and its ability to meet the strict deadline.
Louise Polledri, King Sturge Project Manager at Warwick Street says: “I
already had a good idea of the security measures required in the building but
WOT went above and beyond, making suggestions outside of the usual
specification. They demonstrated that they have a broad range of skills,
adequate to meet a project of this value.”
WOT Security recommended the Honeywell Security integrated systems solution
as it offered the best match to King Sturge’s requirements. It planned a
WIN-PAK™ Access Control system which would enable integration with CCTV cameras
and a Fusion Digital Video Recorder (DVR). The solution would include two
integrated speed lanes in the reception area and a disabled gate control. To
limit access to certain floors, the lifts would be integrated into the access
control system. For example, access cards for employees of the incumbent tenant
on the fifth floor would only enable them to access that floor.
Access to the retail units would be through the stores’ main entrances or
through the loading bays, and therefore access control cards would not need to
be issued to the retail staff. However, the entrances would be alarmed and also
connected to cameras so that, in the event of a trigger, an alarm notification
would appear on the WIN-PAK control screen, enabling security staff to identify
the location of the alarm and view images on the camera monitoring that area via
the Fusion DVR.
The complete solution would then be monitored and controlled from the
Building Management Solutions (BMS) room using Computer Aided Design (CAD) floor
plans and N1000 controllers.
The access system control project was carried out under exceptionally strict
and tight deadlines, demanding the highest flexibility from WOT Security. To
ensure a successful implementation, the system was tested and pre-configured as
much as possible off-site ahead of the final installation.
Paul Morris, MD of WOT Security, says: “Due to our confidence in the
Honeywell solution we were certain that we would be able to deliver within the
specified timeframe plus be flexible enough to make changes on the fly.”
The installation was seamless, the system was delivered on time, and the 530
members of staff were issued with security badges, giving them access to their
new office.
“Due to our confidence in the Honeywell solution we were certain that
we would be able to deliver within the specified timeframe plus be flexible
enough to make changes on the fly.”
Paul Morris,
Managing Director, WOT Security
The Benefits:
The Warwick Street office is a ‘showcase’ building, demonstrating the
complete range of services which King Sturge is able to offer its own clients,
and of course that includes the security system.
“The Honeywell solution installed is incredibly flexible, concludes Louise
Polledri, for example enabling each of the individual units and the fifth-floor
tenant to have visibility to activity within common areas of the building and,
with the use of a DVR, to record this activity. This flexibility also supports
any growth or further divisions of the building which can be easily accommodated
by WIN-PAK.”
The ‘smart’ functionality of the OmniClass access cards issued to staff is
already in use on King Sturge’s printers – users can request a document
print-out but in order to receive it they must swipe their access card at the
printer, ensuring confidential print-outs do not get printed and left lying
around. The smart cards can also be used for cashless vending.
King Sturge is purely tenanting the building and therefore it has a
reinstatement liability within its tenancy agreement meaning that, on completion
of the lease, it has a responsibility to return the building to its original
state. Thanks to King Sturge's investment in a demonstrably successful security
system there may not be a requirement to remove the system, thus ensuring a
future saving.
“The Honeywell solution installed is incredibly flexible. This
flexibility also supports any growth or further divisions of the building which
can be easily accommodated by WIN-PAK.”
Louise Polledri
Project manager, King Sturge
Partner of Choice:
Established in 1984, WOT Security Group has grown to become one of the UK’s
leading specialist companies in the security industry, offering a fully
integrated package including Project Management, Installation, Commissioning,
and Maintenance, using its own engineers and technical support staff. WOT aim to
provide a ‘One Stop Security Solution’ for its customers and has chosen
Honeywell Security as its partner of choice because of the comprehensive product
offering and reliable customer support.
The Products:
• Honeywell WIN-PAK™
• OmniClass™ smart cards
• N1000 iii & iv Controllers
• Honeywell Omniclass Cards with unencoded magstripe
• N1000 Control Panels
• Fusion 16Channel 500Gb DVR
• Honeywell OmniClass Readers
• Magicard Rio Printer with MagStripe Encoder
All third-party equipment including Mag Locks, Request To Exist (RTE)
buttons, BreakGlass Units supplied by Honeywell Access Systems through WOT
Security Group.
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