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The city of Ottawa, Canada was facing a crisis. It needed to facilitate its growth plan by providing an expandable secunty system and provide for centralized monitoring and control of all its facilities. Johnson Controls/Cardkey Division, Simi Valley, Calif., installed its integrated security management system that serves over 55 facilities.
The new City of Ottawa was created on January 1, 2001. It encompasses the nation's capital and 11 former regional municipalities with over 700,000 residents and an area of 2,800 square-kilometers. A Cardkey security system, first installed in the former regional headquarters in 1990, has been expanded since then to serve municipal buildings throughout the new City. Suno-Tech, an authorized Cardkey dealer, was named service provider of choice for work on this large, integrated system.
To Johnson Controls, the solution was rather simple: research and provide the most efficient means of systems integration into additional facilities, and demonstrate ability to perform multiple tasks. This meant specifying Cardkey Pegasys 1000 Security Management System, Badgemaster photo identification and closed circuit television (CCTV). Also, they needed to install Cardkey CK720 controllers to communicate via customer's local and wide area networks. The results were far-reaching:
* Gained approval for Cardkey security systems expansion to more than 55 separate facilities. Named service provider of choice by city government.
* Provided a flexible system accommodating growth, for performing security and non-security related tasks.
* Provided complete monitoring and control from city hall while avoiding additional infrastructure costs.
City Achieves its Goals
The Ottawa city government is responsible for major roads, waste management, police, social services, health services, sewers, drinking water, public works, transportation and...