All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1283
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Practice makes perfect
Running an effective town centre CCTV scheme that prevents crime while retaining the confidence of the public requires a strict code of practice to be observed at all times. We visit the team in charge of the Mansfield and Ashfield CCTV Scheme to see how it's done.
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Mobile workers: the weakest link
With the rise of the 'mobile workforce' and its ever-increasing use of handheld devices such as laptop computers, companies need to look very closely at the security implications of losing valuable information due to theft or negligence. We outline the steps that security managers must take to prevent mobile working ...
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Private investigation
With the Private Security Industry Act passing into law, what effect will it have on the relationship between the private sector and the police?
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SSAIB seeks new inspector role
The SSAIB is looking to undertake security system inspections for the all-new SIA
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Visitors here, and visitors there
Visitor management systems Contractor-oriented security MWB BusinessExchange is a leading provider of serviced offices and workspace solutions throughout the UK and mainland Europe. Until now all visitors were merely asked to sign a log book to announce their presence in the building. Hardly security-tight.Leon Zacharow – head of security ...
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Watertight ideas at White Group
CCTV Access control Perimeter protection Integrated systems Associated British Ports (ABP) recently selected Leeds-based White Group to supply and project manage the installation of a fully-integrated security system for a new 26-acre site leased by a major international car manufacturer.Linked by an under-road culvert to an existing 61-acre ...
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Safety First
Many of you will find the idea of health and safety management a daunting prospect. Nonetheless, it's a task that a great many security professionals are being asked to undertake. We review some apt guidelines published by the Health and Safety Executive.
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Homerton Hospital places Trust in the hands of First Security
First Security (Guards) has been awarded an interim contract – pending the formal re-tendering process – to provide manned security for the Homerton Hospital NHS Trust, located in the City of London. The contract will involve an on-site team of 19 officers working in shift patterns around the clock, 24 ...
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Sony watches the Finnishing line
Sony digital surveillance cameras and Kalatel domes have been installed to monitor the Pirkanhovi service station, located alongside the Helsinki-Tampere motorway in Finland
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Fighting fire with fire
Over 100 people are killed and 3,000 seriously injured every year as a result of arson. British insurance companies pay out over £1,000,000 per day as a result of arson.
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Experienced life in the retail lane
A three-day advanced training course for more experienced retail security personnel and senior store security managers has been devised by the Quality Training Alliance. SMT picks over its main points.
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KPMG warns of Euro 'laundering'
KPMG has urged security managers to beware of possible money laundering and transaction risks surrounding the introduction of the Euro notes and coins, scheduled for 2002
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UK fails in e-fraud survey
14% of UK firms experienced e-commerce security breaches in 2000
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The ultimate in 'heavyweight' health and safety directories
Health and safety 'heavyweights' the British Safety Council and Seton have joined forces for the first time to launch what they see as the 'ultimate safety catalogue'.
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Quadrant Video takes to the Dales
Known as the 'Gateway to the Dales', the market town of Skipton in north Yorkshire has become one of the latest towns to benefit from the introduction of Quadrant Video CCTV
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Counter-terrorism: the intelligence factor
Don't be misled by the title of this publication – 'Jane's Facility Security Handbook' – into thinking that it's a typical 'locks, bolts and bars' special.
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Controlling the main event: ideas on crowd management
Crowds are unavoidable occurrences of everyday life. Problems in their safe management are not.
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Learn how to control your information
Although I don't profess to be an IT security specialist, I'm always trying to better my knowledge in this area.
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Running close to the right tracks
CCTV Tyco Integrated Systems has completed a contract to design, install and project manage a comprehensive CCTV and customer information display system for Silverlink Train Services.The CCTV system covers some 29 different stations along the County and Metro lines which run through north and west London, and then onto ...
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PAC prepares for China take-off
Access control A state-of-the-art electronic access control system from PAC International is helping to keep one of China's fastest-growing airports operating smoothly.Over 12,000,000 people each year pass through the main terminal at Xiamen Gaogi Airport, located just 11 km from Xiamen City. To avoid 'paralysis', the security management team ...