Canary Wharf and its landmark office buildings are a symbol of London’s
success, with over 30 buildings occupied predominantly by financial
service organisations and more than 200 shops, bars and restaurants.
There are ambitious plans for continued development of the area.
Siemens
Building Technologies, Security Systems, has been awarded a contract to
maintain all the electronic security equipment across the Canary Wharf
estate. The deal follows a tough competitive tender and will see
Siemens take responsibility for the security equipment of all Canary
Wharf-managed buildings and infrastructure within the 97 acre site.
Siemens
is to put in a team of on-the-ground engineers who will manage a
multi-faceted security system that includes CCTV, vehicle scanning,
road blockers, barriers, vehicle plate recognition (ANPR), explosive
particle detection and a range of other associated devices.
Siemens
Building Technologies, Security Systems managing director Peter
Hawksworth says: “This is a prestigious contract to have won against
intense competition. Canary Wharf continues to develop and expand and
we will provide both immediate on-the-ground technical support as well
as a continuous upgrade path that will bring in the latest
technological developments. All our work will ensure that the area
continues to have at its disposal some of the most sophisticated hi
tech security capabilities in the UK.”
Canary Wharf Management
security technical manager Mike Walker says: “For such a high profile
business base as Canary Wharf we need the very best security systems in
place. We spent considerable time talking to suppliers and were won
over by Siemens’ professionalism and commitment to what is an extremely
demanding list of requirements.”
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