Request a call back
  • 4, Isis Business Centre, Oxford, OX4 2RD      JOIN OUR TEAM
Emergency Response

Offices are closed from December 24th to January 2nd. For 24hr service for contract customers call our normal number 01865 782444.

Emergency Response

    Request Form
     back arrow  All Case Studies

    New CCTV System for
    Security and Operational Efficiency

    Laurens Patisseries Limited is the largest cream cake manufacturer in the UK. It operates from a 135,000 square foot facility in Newark, Nottinghamshire, where extremely strict health, safety and food hygiene guidelines are observed.

    Laurens Patisseries Chirs Lewis 1
    Laurens Patisseries Chirs Lewis 3

    The Challenge

    Lauren’s Patisseries approached Chris Lewis Fire & Security to provide a security solution they could use to monitor, control and record internal and external movement across their site. This system needed to meet several key requirements, including:

    • Preventing security infringements on the site
    • Reassuring the company’s customers and visitors of their ability to monitor and control all internal operations, such as food production lines.
    • Providing greater visibility of lorries arriving and departing site in order to improve operational efficiency
    • Footage recorded at key areas of operation to be used to train new employees.

    The bakery’s new security system needed to monitor activity both inside and outside the facility. The company also wanted specific staff – including the guards located in a building at the site’s perimeter – to be able to monitor security from both inside the facility and remotely. Prior to the project, the guard’s hut was not networked to the rest of the company.

    The Solution

    With our many years’ experience in security, combined with our expertise in IP technologies, we designed and installed a highly sophisticated and cost-effective IP-based CCTV system.

    A total of forty-five CCTV cameras were installed across the site. These would monitor the facility’s perimeter fence, loading bays, and car parks, as well as its production lines, warehouses, and offices. Three 16-channel digital video monitoring systems were installed, all capable of supporting both IP and analogue cameras. The monitoring system also provided superior motion detection, frame progression technology and advanced search facilities. This enabled the company to record video footage as and when needed, and review footage quickly and efficiently.

    Remote Monitoring Centre software was installed on specific network PCs across the site to provide key staff a flexible front-end application for viewing both real-time and recorded footage. As the security guard’s hut was not already connected to the network, we linked it via a wireless network connection.

    The back-end software that drives this CCTV system is fully programmable. This grants the ability to control which members of staff can access footage from specific cameras.

    In addition, it provides a particularly user-friendly interface so very little training is required and users can become proficient very quickly. The system interface presents users with a graphical overview of the site. They need only click on a specific location to view live or recorded images from those cameras.

    The cameras on-site are set to permanently detect and record motion and activity is plotted into tables and graphs within the system’s front end. This graphical output means management staff can track movement across their entire site and compare results to identify circumstances where incidents may have occurred. Recorded footage can then be reviewed to determine exactly what happened.

    As this system is software-based, it does not require a complex video matrix and is therefore extremely cost-effective. CCTV footage can be relayed easily through monitors as well as plasma screens and is a highly viable solution for control rooms and situations where multi-image displays are used.

    The Tech We Installed

    45 IP-Based CCTV Cameras

    Remote Monitoring Software with Advanced Search Capabilities and Graphical Data Collection.

    3x 16-Channel Digital Video Monitoring Systems.

    Wireless Connection to the Security Guards’ Hut

    Related Case Studies