Back in 2008, Star City in Birmingham added an indoor rock climbing centre to its leisure attractions as part of a major refurbishment programme. It already boasted a 30-screen cinema complex, a 36 hole indoor Adventure Mini Golf mini golf complex and numerous restaurants, bars and the UK’s largest casino The same year saw the opening of Kebabish Original and Oodles “n” Noodles restaurants.
Centre Manager Mark Wilson said: “Having commenced on this exciting improvement project, we recognised the need to upgrade from what was an out of date analogue based CCTV system, which we had been using since the Centre opened, to take full advantage of the recent advances in digital video technology.”
Star City rely on their CCTV system to ensure that the thousands of people who visit the centre every day can enjoy all of the superb facilities whilst being safe and secure. Mark added: “Our approach to security is based on the concept that “prevention is better than cure” and there is no doubt that the very latest CCTV technology makes it so much easier for us to deter as well as detect any criminal activity.”
The contract to install the new CCTV equipment was awarded to ADT who worked closely with Vicon to design a digital video management system which would allow Mark and his colleagues to fully capitalise on the video captured by the 98 cameras located around the centre. ADT installed six Vicon Kollector digital video recorders which are networked together and controlled by Vicon-Net, Vicon’s powerful digital IP-based video management software platform.
Mark believes that the upgraded system has allowed him and his colleagues to “take control of the CCTV system.” He added: “The great advantage of a digital system is that any colleague who is authorised to do so, can view live images or retrieve recorded video from any workstation on the network. We are no longer confined to just monitoring cameras from a fixed control room location. There is the added advantage that a digital based system makes it incredibly easy to quickly search the recorded video for specific incidents and provide the police with evidence should the need arise.”
Centre Manager Mark Wilson said: “Having commenced on this exciting improvement project, we recognised the need to upgrade from what was an out of date analogue based CCTV system, which we had been using since the Centre opened, to take full advantage of the recent advances in digital video technology.”
Star City rely on their CCTV system to ensure that the thousands of people who visit the centre every day can enjoy all of the superb facilities whilst being safe and secure. Mark added: “Our approach to security is based on the concept that “prevention is better than cure” and there is no doubt that the very latest CCTV technology makes it so much easier for us to deter as well as detect any criminal activity.”
The contract to install the new CCTV equipment was awarded to ADT who worked closely with Vicon to design a digital video management system which would allow Mark and his colleagues to fully capitalise on the video captured by the 98 cameras located around the centre. ADT installed six Vicon Kollector digital video recorders which are networked together and controlled by Vicon-Net, Vicon’s powerful digital IP-based video management software platform.
Mark believes that the upgraded system has allowed him and his colleagues to “take control of the CCTV system.” He added: “The great advantage of a digital system is that any colleague who is authorised to do so, can view live images or retrieve recorded video from any workstation on the network. We are no longer confined to just monitoring cameras from a fixed control room location. There is the added advantage that a digital based system makes it incredibly easy to quickly search the recorded video for specific incidents and provide the police with evidence should the need arise.”
