Paramount Secure Southern Water Treatment works in Hastings
February 2004 has seen the completion of a new security installation in Hastings. The contract carried out for Morgan EST was awarded in November 2003, and involved a Paramount Integrated security system being supplied and installed with all of the Infrastructure services to a new water treatment works being built in the town of Hastings. The contract which took two Engineers three weeks to complete involved Paramount supplying 2.4m high Palisade to fence the entire perimeter of the site, as well as an automated access control system to restrict access onto the site.
	Paramount Palisade swing gates were automated using the new Power arm series of swing gate operator, similar in appearance to the older version but with a more advanced electronic control panel, with surge suppression on every input, and RS485 data connection for better system integration with third party devices. The gates were fitted with a Paramount proximity card access system to gain entrance into the site. This is controlled from a remote centre allowing easy adding and deleting of users, time zones and a full historical log to trace staff movements with all functions displayed on a L.C.D text display.
Visitor and non-card holder access was provided by the installation of a High Powered Intercom system, suitable for use when a lorry stands at the call station with its engine running. Placing a call on the system would cause the Out-Station to connect to the control room; where a Southern Water Operator could grant or deny access onto the site.
	Verification of a visitor’s identification was carried out using a pole mounted “Fully Functional” camera which viewed the gate and approach road. The camera assembly was based around a Specialist Panasonic “Twilight” camera fitted with an Infrared light and purposely built to Southern water’s specification in Paramount’s own workshop.

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