SIEMENS TECHNOLOGY SECURES COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN NEW YORK

Dec 1, 2002 12:00 PM

One of the largest commercial buildings in New York City, 111 Eighth Avenue, which is controlled by Taconic Investment Partners and is 2.8 million square feet, has deployed security and access control technology from Siemens Building Technologies Inc., Buffalo Grove, Ill. Siemens chose technologies provided by selected business partners, including Software House, Lexington, Mass., and STOPware Inc., San Jose, Calif. Siemens used the C-CURE 800 access control with STOPware's PassagePoint visitor and lobby management software. PassagePoint replaces pen and paper badges and the sign-in log. The Eighth Avenue building has converted to a closed-building environment by combining technology and proper staffing.

Amusement park guests won't need wallets, purses or cash because of RFID-enabled Smart Band wristbands from Precision Dynamics Corp., San Fernando, Calif., that incorporate radio frequency identification technology from Texas Instruments, Dallas. The Smart Bands individually identify patrons allowing them to gain access, to pay for merchandise or refreshments and to become part of an attraction or interactive game. Two theme parks in Atlanta — Stone Mountain Park and Six Flags Over Georgia — have recently adopted the Smart Band RFID wristbands.

Alternative Programs Inc., a Kansas-based organization that provides electronic monitoring for juveniles and adults, has chosen the tracNET24 offender monitoring system from iSECUREtrac Corp., Omaha, Neb. The system allows authorities to monitor offenders' movements remotely, 24 hours per day.

The Yakama Nation Gaming Commission has selected the NiceVision Pro digital video recording system from Nice Systems, Ra'anana, Israel, to replace the existing analog system and upgrade surveillance and monitoring capabilities at the Legends Casino gaming complex in Toppenish, Wash. When complete, the three phase, multi-site installation will comprise recording for more than 350 cameras. The integrator on the project is Vision Surveillance, a Southern California-based company.

A maximum-security federal penitentiary in California has chosen network cameras and video servers from Axis Communications, Chelmsford, Mass., to monitor inmates and provide evidence in criminal prosecution of inmate crimes. The networked video equipment was combined with existing CCTV equipment, and the system includes approximately 150 Axis network cameras and video servers.

The Bank of Montreal has contracted Frisco Bay Industries Ltd., Quebec, to supply, install and service Teller Cash Dispensers (TCDs).

The U.S. Coast Guard has selected fingerprint-based access control terminals from Print Electronics, New York, for securing its premises. The stand-alone fingerprint reader can store nearly 4,000 templates and operates independent of a computer. The reader can also store as many as 5,500 transactions in its memory, which can be uploaded using RS-232 or TCP/IP connectivity.

KeyCommerce Inc., Nashua, N.H., has deployed its security software at more than 100 sites that will be used to manage the fulfillment of secure documents and consumables. The system will eventually be installed in nearly 1,500 Department of Motor Vehicles sites across America for Littleton, Mass.-based Viisage Technology Inc.'s Secure Digital ID business.

Gold River, Calif.-based NEC Solutions has contracted Identix Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., to provide King County, Wash., with 10 NEC LS21 live scan systems, to be installed by the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2003. The order is an upgrade expansion of a 22-unit installation that King County had put in place two years ago. The NEC LS21 live-scan Workstation provides a complete booking-to-identification solution with digital image capture. It also enables electronic live capture, storage and transmission of finger images.

A CCTV and audio monitoring system from North American Video, Brick, N.J., has been installed aboard a Boeing 727 to be used by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to train personnel in anti-terrorist tactics on passenger planes.

The Arizona State Capitol campus and facilities have upgraded their security and surveillance systems with technology from Ultrak Inc., Lewisville, Texas. The upgrades use Ultrak's SafeNet access control system, which restricts access to buildings and facilities by user levels while providing an audit trail of card usage.

The Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N.Y., has initiated a worldwide security system upgrade with Matrix Systems Inc., Dayton, Ohio. Kodak will install the Matrix Frontier System, which consists of Windows servers and workstations, proximity badge readers, reader control modules, building controllers and photo imaging systems. Additionally, Detroit Medical Center is upgrading its Frontier system and Matrix's Atlantis Time and Attendance system. The upgrade will be completed at seven hospitals and two nursing centers.

The University of California, San Francisco, has increased security on its 107-acre campus with Schlage electronic locking systems from Ingersoll-Rand's Security and Safety Electronic Access Control Division, Forestville, Conn. The school will use Schlage Computer-Managed locks, programmable Pro Series stand-alone, battery-operated locks and Von Duprin exit trims.

The U.S. Capitol Police has chosen Software House, Lexington, Mass., as its main supplier for its enterprise access control system. The system will be a C-Cure 8000Plus, which includes controllers, backup communication paths and door readers for use at the Capitol in Washington and its office buildings.

Shell Petroleum Development Co. of Nigeria has selected WireWall high security fencing from Riverdale Mills Corp., Northbridge, Mass., to secure several oil wells. The fencing is designed with heavy steel wire that creates a mesh with very small openings virtually impossible to climb or cut out. The panels will be adapted to create a cage to surround each oil well.

Illinois' White Eagle Golf Club is providing faster and better service to customers and tracks employee time with the help of the Eltron P310 printer from Zebra Technologies, Vernon Hills., Ill., which was used to print cards and encode magnetic stripes on their backs. Employees and servers now swipe their cards in restaurants and for employee time clock reporting.

A U.S. Naval facility in San Diego has chosen a Security Data Management System (SDMS) from Atlanta-based VistaScape Technology Corp. to address Homeland security and naval force protection. SDMS is a software platform that enables the integration of data, monitoring and management of multi-vendor physical security sensors.

Duval County Public Schools (Jacksonville, Fla.) will install GE Interlogix, Kalatel (Corvallis, Ore.) brand digital CCTV equipment in 17 high schools, 25 middle schools, administration offices, warehouses and some elementary schools. At the high schools and middle schools, the system will monitor facilities housing more than 59,000 students.

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