To reduce the overall impact on the network, the SAN was regionalized. The airport's existing Ethernet local area network (LAN) was expanded to support the exponential increase in video data of the new surveillance system. In addition, the Operations Center was upgraded with a new video display system, workstations and servers. The 455 new Internet Protocol (IP) network cameras added resolutions ranging from 1 to 10 megapixels 289 existing analog cameras were cutover to digital via high-density encoders. Key design elements included an enterprise-class video surveillance system, upgrade of the airport's existing access control system to Software House's more advanced C-Cure 9000 and a regionalized storage area network (SAN) system. Subconsultant TLC Engineering was responsible for the field CCTV camera design, and G4S Technology installed the system. It also provided overall construction administration and management. provided detailed design for the CCTV enhancement project, including the video surveillance system headend and Ethernet network designs. With the work complete, TPA is now reaping the rewards: "We've gone from a technology that gave us low resolution images to a high-resolution megapixel IP system with nearly complete CCTV coverage of the airport and surrounding areas," says Samad. "The difficult part is getting the infrastructure in - laying conduit, pulling cable - designing a network to handle the increased load, programming software, installing hardware." "Hanging a camera is the easy part," Samad informs. During the second phase, which cost approximately $2 million, crews installed cameras throughout the parking garages and upgraded the emergency telephones. The $8 million first phase included installation of surveillance equipment and infrastructure upgrades throughout the main terminal and airside. We cover the entrance and departure drives, elevators, long-term and short-term garages, even our economy parking facility, which is on campus but a little bit offsite."Ĭrews completed the two-phase, 18-month project in April. "We have very tight camera angles at the security checkpoints. "In the terminal and on the airside, we cover every inch of public space," Samad reports. The $10 million project converted the airport's previous analog system to an enterprise-class Internet Protocol (IP)-based system, explains Safraz Samad, TPA's manager of access control and CCTV (closed-circuit television). Tampa International Airport (TPA) is seeing things more clearly these days, thanks to the recent installation of a new video surveillance system that virtually covers the airport from landside to airside. System Integration & Installation: G4S Technology LLCĮmergency/Information Phones: Talk-A-Phone Co.Ĭameras: Arecont Vision Axis MOBOTIX Corp. Video Surveillance System Design: URS Corp.Ĭonstruction A dministration & Mgmt: URS Corp.įield CCTV Camera Design: TLC Engineering & Recovery Act $2 million Authority Funds Project: Internet Protocol (IP)-based Videoįunding: $8 million American Reinvestment
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