Wixams, a housing development in Bedfordshire, is protected during its construction by Vista dome cameras.
The Wixams “new town” project comprises four villages, and when completed, the 750-acre brown field site will comprise 4,500 homes in each village. At the development, various projects being built by Deejak Builders are protected by a remotely monitored surveillance solution installed by Ace Fire and Security Systems.
Wixams, a housing development in Bedfordshire, is protected during its construction by Vista dome cameras.
The Wixams “new town” project comprises four villages, and when completed, the 750-acre brown field site will comprise 4,500 homes in each village. At the development, various projects being built by Deejak Builders are protected by a remotely monitored surveillance solution installed by Ace Fire and Security Systems.
"Deejak work constantly to innovate and deliver high levels of service and added value, employing the latest technology in our construction and management processes,” said Steve Titmuss, Director of Deejak. “In the early phase of the project, several Wixams homes were close to completion and final handover, when intruders struck and stole fittings and fixtures, causing significant damage, estimated to be in the region of more than US$40000. Prompted by this incident, we approached Ace Fire and Security for a solution to protect our investments at the site during out of hour's periods."
In a short period of time, a surveillance system was installed to protect the site from further attacks. "Our expert installation team installed Vista day/night domes, connected via UTP video transmission to a DVR located in a secure room at the site,” said Kevin Burraway, Director of Ace Fire and Security Systems. “From there, live and recorded images are transmitted to our own remote alarm-receiving center, from where we monitor the site 24/7."
Comprehensive surveillance brings several advantages both from a security, and health & safety perspective. "Thanks to the technically advanced electronic surveillance system, we now have protection for the site against further attacks, and have experienced no losses since the cameras were installed," Titmuss said.
"A few days after the original attack, two intruders were spotted onsite by our remote monitoring team. Thanks to their expert monitoring skills combined with the HD images, we were able to detect the intruders and dispatch our rapid response team and local police," Burraway said.