As high as 338.82 meters with a total area of 43 acres (173,960 square meters), Mercury City Tower at the Moscow City International Business Center, recently deployed a single integrated security platform incorporating intelligent video surveillance, fire alarm systems, and access control. System integrator Armogroup installed the system consisting of Axis Communications network cameras plus Lenel access control and security management systems. The tower is the highest building in Europe according to the skyscraper rating developed by Emporis company.
As high as 338.82 meters with a total area of 43 acres (173,960 square meters), Mercury City Tower at the Moscow City International Business Center, recently deployed a single integrated security platform incorporating intelligent video surveillance, fire alarm systems, and access control. System integrator Armogroup installed the system consisting of Axis Communications network cameras plus Lenel access control and security management systems. The tower is the highest building in Europe according to the skyscraper rating developed by Emporis company.
All facilities included in the Moscow City International Business Center needed to meet the highest requirements of engineering, construction and operation as well as demonstrate compliance with strict requirements for complex safety and security, anti-terrorism legislations, fire safety and civil defense. In this case, the business center needed to employ a video surveillance solution as part of a complex security system for Mercury City Tower. As planned, the center will include a total of 26 skyscrapers.
As Axis network cameras offer outstanding performance, functionality, easy integration with third party systems, flexible and easy setup, Armogroup got a real chance to create a complex security system with video surveillance supporting 900 IP channels. All installed cameras are fitted with varifocal lenses, so the video system can be easily adapted and operated. Videos are stored on 30 archive servers with total storage space of 500 TB provided. Archive video servers are included for the dedicated IP network, and in addition to main communication lines, redundant channels are provided. These components form a core of the complex security system. The video surveillance system was integrated with other building systems.
The main advantage of the complex security system is integration of individual subsystems. In turn, this enables not only safety improvements, but also cost-savings for the customer. Cameras and telemetry products offered by Axis were integrated into the complex security system that includes solutions from Lenel combining monitoring and access control, alarm signaling and video surveillance. Axis and Lenel share total solution partner status that ensures that these systems can be easily integrated. When designing a complex security system for Mercury City Tower, Armogroup provided the possibility to integrate the complex security system with a Simplex branded fire alarm system offering wide integration capabilities with third party systems. This approach ensures a highly informational system and enables introduction of video verification for fire alarms. In fact, Axis IP cameras react to output signals of Simplex fire detectors. When smoke or high temperature rates are detected, Axis cameras located close to the fire detector begin to send video to the Central Security Station.
As a result, all advantages offered by integration were successfully realized. Mercury Tower received a common interface where users can monitor or make settings for the whole system from a “single window”. When any event occurs in one interfacing subsystem, this leads to a respective response in other system. Also, the customer can select any specific responses to different events. Such complex security systems are essential for large buildings because they are intelligent and allow potential hazards to be revealed and operators warned, thereby improving protective effectiveness as well as decreasing human factor.
The above-mentioned features of the complex security system for Mercury City Tower that were designed to enhance the quality and reliability, enabled the significant improvement of one of the main aspects needed to ensure highly secure and safe environment in the building. And this aspect is response time. With regard to corresponding adjustment of complex security system and Axis products, this aspect was improved and as a result, the greatest level of safety and security was ensured for the business center along with reduced costs and personnel.