Year: 2019

Delta Scientific’s new patented crash rated TB150 portable bollard system lets law enforcement and other security providers promptly block access to temporary venues where vehicles can be used as weapons against large numbers of pedestrians. Individual portable bollards provide vehicle barricades in applications such as heavily traveled walkways and roadways, or any area that a vehicle can get through. They can also be used as substitutes until permanent bollard systems get installed. Ten TB150 portable bollards can be linked together with a cable system and placed on a road’s surface to create immediate protection for a span of 40 feet (12.2m). No other installation procedures, excavations or sub-surface preparations are required. Certified testing demonstrates that a TB150 portable bollard will stop and disable a 15,000 pound (6,804kg) vehicle traveling at 50mph (80.4kph), resulting in an ASTM M50, P3 rating. “Being able to stop a massive, high-speed attack vehicle is imperative to protecting crowds enjoying venues such as malls, theme parks, and public fairs,” emphasized David Dickinson, President of Delta Scientific, “The TB150 marks a new standard in crowd protection containing and stopping 1.2 million foot-pounds of attacking truck. The portable bollard array requires no foundation or site preparation and can be used for permanent or temporary vehicle control. The bollards can be set up on any stable surface such as concrete, asphalt, compacted soil or vegetation.” According to Dickinson, the TB150 temporary bollards can be used to close off streets, entrances, or wide expanses such as access to pedestrian areas or even airport runways. They can be installed in conjunction with Delta’s popular MP5000 portable barricade to fill in any gaps to protect people and critical infrastructures at public events such as parades, festivals, sporting weekends and any place that vehicles could attack transitory events. The combination of the portable barriers with the new portable bollards provides fast controlled vehicle access without the time and labor of installation. “From a purchasing standpoint, it can be easier to buy portable bollards and barricades than permanent solutions,” added Dickinson, “The latter are oftentimes placed into an organization’s real assets budget because they are permanently installed into the ground, becoming part of the property. Such budgets can often create complex purchasing scenarios for law enforcement or public safety departments. However, purchasing portable bollards and barricades is no different than buying protective vests for personnel or new sets of wrenches for the maintenance department.”  

With a history dating back to the year 1859, the Polytechnic University of Turin is Italy’s oldest technical university. The expansive historic campus includes landmarks such as Valentino Castle as well as the completely renovated Cittadella Politecnica complex, offering over 170,000 square meters of modern facilities. Attended by over 33,500 students, Politecnico di Torino provides degree courses in the fields of Engineering, Architecture and Industrial Design.Over the past years, the Politecnico saw rapid expansion due to growing demand for degrees in Engineering and related fields. Latest additions to the university include three off-site buildings outside campus areas one and two – the design and sustainable mobility Citadel, plus the newly re-modeled Lingotto building and Fiat manufacturing facility. To ensure the safety of students and staff in these buildings, officials in Turin needed to expand existing safety infrastructure. This proved challenging not only because of the complexity of the architecture and vast distances between buildings, but the additional need to comply with EN54-16 voice evacuation regulations. For this, the Politecnico needed to implement a certified public address and voice alarm system. As a satisfied customer for almost 20 years – the first ever PRAESIDEO system in Italy was installed at the Politecnico in 2001 – the university called on Bosch to secure the new additions with the PRAESIDEO digital public address and voice alarm system. Certified by security standards such as EN 54-16 and ISO 7240-16, PRAESIDEO provides a scalable solution for safety applications spanning several locations including campuses. It handles message routing, emergency voice evacuation, local amplification for lecture halls and other functions on a single platform. The system’s daisy-chain network topology also supports expansions in a flexible and highly scalable manner. The experts needed to accommodate for the complex architecture on campus – a mix of new construction and historic remodels – and integrate the three new locations with the existing Bosch solution. The result is a PRAESIDEO public address and voice alarm solution featuring eight network controllers, 80 basic amplifiers (a variation of 500W, 2x 250W, and 4x 125W amplifiers) and ten call stations. The two PRAESIDEO call stations at the main entrances of campus areas one and two work together with the PRAESIDEO PC call station client software; the other eight PRAESIDEO call stations are distributed among the other campus buildings. From a safety operator’s point of view, this integration provides a big picture perspective of the entire campus and the ability to address a variety of loudspeaker zonesseparately in each building. For clear audio, installers added 1,500 Bosch loudspeakers plus sound projectors that match the interior design of the modern Politecnico campus. All selected loudspeakers are EN 54-24-certified, making the solution fully EN 54-compliant. Inside the facility buildings, the loudspeakers are a mix of water-protected wall mount metal cabinet speakers (LBC3018/0) and LC1 modular ceiling loudspeakers (WM06E8, UM06E8 and UM12E8) for speech and music reproduction. Outdoor campus areas, sheltered or not, are covered by water- and dust-protected horn speakers (LH1-10M10E and LBC3482/00), as well as bidirectional (LP1-BC10E-1) and unidirectional (LP1-UC10E-1) sound projectors. The installed PRAESIDEO network controllers allow staff to manage the public address and voice alarm functions on a centralized platform. In emergencies, the system supports voice evacu ations. The efficient evacuation starts with occupants closest to the threat – addressed by pre-recorded voice messages – then moves on to adjacent floors and areas. The voice evacuation instructions achieve time savings of up to 30 percent for emergency responders. Having passed inspection in early 2019, the PRAESIDEO solution safeguards the campus expansion in Turin with a fully EN 54-certified safety solution. “We are very happy with the system, especially thinking about the complexity of the university and its expansion,” said Andrea Carbonatto, Facility and Security Manager at Politecnico di Torino. As a fully scalable, upgradable and expandable system, the Bosch solution is ready to accommodate the university’s future growth and has proven an important reference project in Turin and beyond.  

Following an extensive and competitive evaluation process Cyber Intelligence Ltd, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, was selected to provide the Dutch National Police with a cyber intelligence system. Part of Elbit Systems’ Intelligence 360 suite of cyber capabilities, the solution to be supplied is designed to provide high-availability and scalability and enable customization with work-flow, legislation and other custom requirements of the Dutch National Police. Haim Delmar, General Manager of Elbit Systems C4I & Cyber, commented, “The Netherlands continues to be an important market for us and we are proud to be in a position to contribute to national security and public safety. I believe that our operational experience and technological edge enable us to offer superior solutions to our customers and partners.”  

Senstar, a world leading provider of perimeter intrusion detection systems and video management solutions, has published a case study detailing how the Senstar LM100 hybrid perimeter intrusion detection and intelligent lighting system is simplifying security for a US electrical utility company. For many years the utility company has integrated its perimeter intrusion detection and lighting systems. Recently the company has begun installing the Senstar LM100 which provides detection and lighting in one product, and saves them over $80,000 per site. The savings are a result of the reduction of electrical requirements, conduit, grounding and associated labor, as well as the removal of certain equipment from project scope that are required for the two-system integration. “The LM100 combines all of the functions the two systems provide and it saves us a lot of money,” said the utility company’s security administrator, “It is also simpler to integrate and has better functionality.” The Senstar LM100’s perimeter LED-based lighting acts as an initial deterrent. If an intruder persists and an attempt to cut, climb or otherwise break through the fence is detected, the closest luminaire begins to strobe and an alert is sent via a security management system. The intruder knows immediately they have been detected and that their exact location is known by security and others in the vicinity. The Senstar LM100 is now installed at three of the utility company’s sites, with an additional 43 other sites planned.