Fourteen towers that ended up doing more than security
NISTA Informationstechnik GmbH builds security, network and building technology, and the brief from a demolition contractor was a familiar one: protect a site of several hectares against theft, unauthorised access and anything else that goes wrong out there. What nobody wrote in the brief is what happened two years later, when the site management started using the same cameras to run the operation itself.
About NISTA
NISTA Informationstechnik GmbH
Specialist in security, network and building technology
What you can take from this
- How fourteen largely autonomous towers still feed one staffed control room
- Why four camera positions on one mast beats four separate poles
- What PTZ at height does for distant zones and open ground
- How security cameras turned into an operational tool the client now depends on
Hectares, Not Metres
Access roads, hazard areas and large open surfaces all had to be covered, on ground that changes shape as the demolition progresses.
Autonomous, Yet Central
Each position had to stand on its own, while every camera image still arrived in one on-site control room that was permanently staffed, so a break-in got an immediate response.
Distance and Detail
Wide-area monitoring and observation of more distant zones called for powerful PTZ cameras, mounted high enough to look across the site rather than into the nearest heap.
Operated by Site Staff
Guards and control room personnel would work with this daily, not installers. Ease of operation counted as much as the specification did.
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