CEM - September 2011

Autumn 2011

Issue 7 Autumn 2011

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For Today’s University and College Estate Managers

Campus Estate Management

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Making sure Student Union events go with a swing

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Keep your campus moving in the dark days of winter

P8 Product news

A comprehensive round-up of the latest product and industry news

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elcome to the Autumn 2011 issue of Campus Estate Management.

As you will be only too aware, the pressure on budgets is intensifying in universities, and every penny really does count. Hopefully, in our own modest way, we can help, by steering you towards the products, services and developments that will improve your campus In this issue we’re showcasing some of the best new products to have hit the market in our Products & Industry News section, which starts on page 8 (and there’s more in our Business Products section on pages 36 and 37).

With winter around the corner we’ve got a timely feature on how you can keep your campus functioning during the dark days of winter. The key to this as the snow and ice descend upon us is salt supplies – and we know a company that can help, and they share – NGS – share their expertise on page 4.

Our cover feature this time around concerns security at Student Union events, especially concerts (page 20).

The experts at Showsec have years of experience in this field (excuse the pun!) and their approach to ensuring students’ safety at events makes fascinating reading. After all, the safer the event, the more enjoyable the experience for the audience.

We have two other features focusing on the security side in this issue. On page 16, you can read about how SALTO’s campus security system ensures safety of live-in students at

the University of Glamorgan. Security personnel at the university can now control and protect almost 1,500 doors at the campus, thanks to SALTO’s XS4.

From the west to the east, we look at how the University of Suffolk implemented Milestone’s XProtect Enterprise IP video management software, which offers the university a platform for future growth and integration (page 32).

On a completely different tack, we take a look at how Imperial College leads the way on recycling food waste.

The London university undertook a series of internal measures to enhance standards around the college, with the Facilities Management team’s remit focused increasingly on recycling operations. Imperial has now succeeded in eradicating food waste to landfill; find out now by turning to page 28.

Last but by no means least, we take a look at how the University Of Central Lancashire is expanding its estate in conjunction with architects ADP (see page 24). Recent additions to the campus include two impressive new multi-million pound landmark buildings: the J.B Firth Building and the Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre. The University’s Central Library has also been extensively refurbished and modernised to cater for the diverse learning needs and working patterns of its students. And after all, that’s what it’s all about.

Happy reading.

Adam Riches, Editor

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Snow patrol

Don’t get caught out this winter – guarantee your salt supplies with NGS

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ampus managers share the same duty of care to prevent accidents during winter ice and snow as those responsible for all premises – and that means talking reasonable steps to prevent accidents from people slipping and falling on icy surfaces, and vehicles losing control. The only way to avoid damage, injuries and the costs that inevitably follow is to make sure that all surfaces have been treated.

The Health and Safety Executive states that it is not part of a ‘nanny state’, but the responsibility to use commonsense and look after staff, students and visitors on campus remains a high priority. In today’s era of legislation and the ‘compensation culture, it is far better to avoid action than pay for it.

NGS has built a reputation over the last 10 years of never letting a customer down: gritting contracts and schedules are rigidly adhered to no matter how severe the weather, and, when the whole of Britain runs short of road salt, NGS has proved its promise and has been 4 I Autumn 2011 I Campus Estate Management

able to supply the right amount wherever it is needed.

The company was initially formed to offer professional private gritting services to local authorities, business and industrial estates, hospitals and university campuses. It became clear some five years ago that if any area of the country suffered a week of sub-zero temperatures, it would be impossible to mine sufficient, indigenous rock salt and have it delivered to solve the problem. NGS decided that, to ensure their customers were never let down, they would import high quality white salt.

From small beginnings, NGS today has a stockholding facility capability of 500,000 tons, and last year the company imported over 300,000 tons of pure white marine salt. At the same time as managing such a large enterprise – NGS is the largest importer of marine salt into the UK and one of the leading salt traders in Europe – the specific needs of individual customers of all sizes and all demands remain a priority.

F or campuses one of the big benefits is that white marine salt contains no impurities. It works where it is spread and is not tramped into buildings, offices and over carpets: avoiding the inevitable clean-up costs

At NGS, the core values are rigorously maintained.

Customers for salt are guaranteed that all calls will be answered, and NGS has a 100% success rate of answering the customer, even at high demand times, within 120 minutes. NGS never turns its phones off, operates 24 hours a day, and always supports its customers to find salt supply solutions.

Last year – and the year before – Britain’s local authorities were on the verge of running out of salt to treat roads. The problems were not just quantity, but the logistics of getting rock salt out of the ground, storing it and then getting it to the customer when it is needed – not as the winter snap ends. NGS came to the rescue and supplied salt to the Highways Agency and National Assembly for Wales, and their major contractors, and also highways authorities and private contractors all over the country.

The stockholding in Southampton meant that customers’ orders could be satisfied within days – not rely on ordering and shipping in, and suffering the delays that result. Having salt readily available is much better than a vague promise.

For campuses one of the big benefits is that white marine salt contains no impurities. It works where it is spread and is not tramped into buildings, offices and over carpets: avoiding the inevitable clean-up costs where rock salt, which contains clay and mud as well as many other impurities, is used. Last year, a primary school had to be temporarily closed when it was discovered that the rock salt being tramped into the school contained elements of hazardous glass fibre!

Brown rock salt, mined in England since Roman times, must be specially covered in domes or with tarpaulins to prevent leeching as soon as it reaches the surface, while marine salt retains its consistency and integrity.

NGS has the facilities to ‘screen’ the white salt into particular sizes of particles, meeting the different demands, not just of UK customers, but also the requirements of other European countries. Brown rock salt, meanwhile, includes small particles that are often known as ‘fines’. This mud and salt dust simply clogs together and blocks the equipment used to spread the salt ir is not protected in specially-designed salt barns or kept under expensive covers.

NGS is much more than a salt supplier and trader.

The company continues to operate a winter gritting service that can be used, on contract, by campuses nationwide. Preventing ice forming, treating ice that has already formed and clearing snow demands professional systems and dedicated equipment.

The first task is to use machinery that is specially designed for the task: snow cannot be effectively and economically cleared by spreading it with salt, so NGS operates a range of snowploughs and manual equipment to remove the snow, laying bare the surface.

This is then treated with salt using a range of machines,

from full size, modern road gritters to hand held machines.

All gritting and snow clearing operations are monitored and recorded using the latest technology.

This not only provides customers with the peace of mind that all surfaces have been treated correctly and when, but also allows NGS to maintain a detailed record of its own operations.

For the NGS gritting teams there are three stages of ‘alert’, each based on detailed information on weather forecasts gathered and evaluated in the late morning: Green, where there is no need for action; Amber, where there is a risk of ice and sub-zero temperatures; and Red, where it is already freezing or there is imminent danger of ice forming.

The gritter teams are led by a truck-mounted gritter and supported by manual workers and hand-operated equipment, and all routes and locations have been preestablished and visually surveyed, so that the teams know exactly where they are going and what awaits them when they arrive. This also includes defining ‘hot spots’ – actually cold spots – where, for example, overhanging branches affect surface temperatures, >

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Don’t get caught out this winter: make sure your campus have enough salt to beat the snow and ice

and, especially in built-up areas, buildings that prevent the sun shining on the ground for the whole of winter.

NGS has now developed a retail range named Pure White*, which means that high quality marine salt is available in a range of sizes, from 10kgs Bags to just 600gm shakers, in easy to carry packages. A 10kg bag of Pure White*, when easily spread at a rate of 10gm, will treat 1,000m . Even at a spread rate of 40gm, it will cover 250m . The new Pure White* range also includes 3kg in a specially-designed, hard-wearing plastic container with a spreader lid attachment; a 1.5kg ‘wand’, which has been designed to fit discreetly in cars and vans for emergency use; and a small, 600gram shaker that is ideal for short pathways and drives.

Pure White* has already achieved High Street success, with prestigious contracts to supply several leading retailers, including supermarkets and one of the country’s leading forecourt owners.

And, as the UK’s largest marine salt importer NGS has developed a range of water softening tablets, PDV or PDE and blocks, which help extend the working life of a range of domestic appliances 6 I Autumn 2011 I Campus Estate Management

and plumbing systems where hard water means a buildup of calcium deposits and resultant inefficiency.

The over-riding NGS message is – Don’t get caught out this winter. Salt to prevent and treat ice must always be available: it does not deteriorate and British winters have an unpleasant habit of appearing not just during December and January, but when we least expect them. CEM

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product and industry news

Southend’s new library gets the green light – and a new name

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£27m regeneration scheme for a new library and learning centre in Southend-on-Sea has now received planning permission. The new building, formerly known as the Elmer Square development, has now officially been renamed as The Forum.

The Forum will create a hub that will form the centre of Southend’s educational quarter. Jointly funded by Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, the University of Essex and South Essex College of Further and Higher Education, the new facility will form an integrated municipal and academic facility. The Council is contributing £12.5m towards the projects cost, with £10.4m worth of funds coming from the University and £4m from the College.

ADP Partner Roger FitzGerald commented on the news: “We are thrilled to be working on this major project for Southend. The project will combine complementary uses for the Council, College and University, making it a really hard-working building for both Southend’s residents and its student community. It is set to be a really important cultural landmark for Southend.”

Southend’s residents will benefit from a 20% increase in accommodation from the existing municipal library, 8 I Autumn 2011 I Campus Estate Management

public access to a combined book collection, ICT stations and a large lecture theatre available to the public for events outside of normal teaching hours.

There will also be a café, Focal Point Gallery, children’s library and play space, and a new large public square with a giant LED screen to show sporting, local and cultural events.

Students will benefit from a modern centre of learning and research with flexible teaching areas and access to the latest learning materials. The top floor of the building will also house a new Higher Education Centre for South Essex College.

Due to be completed in August 2013, the impressive four-storey building will be built on the former Farringdon car park site and replace the town’s existing Central Library in Victoria Avenue.

Simon Leftley, the Council’s Corporate Director for Adult and Community Services described what the scheme means to the people of Southend: “The new library will be a fantastic asset to the people of the town, a place where people of all ages can go to study, learn, research and take part in a whole multitude of activities.” n See www.adp-architecture.com

‘Protection Tunnel’ practice nets offer enhanced safety for batters and bowlers Total-play Ltd, the company behind the ECB approved tp365 synthetic cricket surface for match and practice play and the groundbreaking range of Climate Cover ground sheets and germination covers, has launched its new ‘Protection Tunnel’ practice net system.

Drawing on the expertise of its team, which combines the knowledge of ex-cricketers and experienced groundsmen with a scientific approach, the company’s latest offering promises improved player safety. Comprising one seamless piece of netting secured by tension wires and fixed metal hooks, ‘Protection Tunnel’ prevents balls from escaping practice lanes via gaps in fatigued or poorly secured netting.

David Bates, MD of Total-play Ltd said: “Gaps at the edges of netting carry a risk of high speed balls escaping into neighbouring lanes and causing unnecessary injuries. We’ve addressed this with the launch of Protection Tunnel; now individual lanes are cocooned in their own seamless ‘tunnel’ of netting which, firmly secured by a system of tensioning wires and fixed metal hooks, means that gaps don’t appear; therefore providing effective protection against errant flying balls.”

In addition to enhanced player safety, Protection Tunnel also offers benefits from a maintenance perspective.

Tension wires spread the strain of high winds across the entire net, as opposed to specific pressure points and ties as is common with traditionally fixed netting, thus minimising the risk of the nets failing at isolated points.

The tension wire suspension also means that the net can be quickly and easily removed, simply by loosening the wires and detaching from the hooks, making for easy storage during winter months.

Available with an optional maintenance package that will see total-play Ltd’s team of installers make ready the net for the beginning of the season and remove it again for storage at the end of summer, thoroughly checking the net for any repairs that may be required out of season. n For more information go to www.thecricketgroundshop.co.uk

Club Car vehicles carry all before them Club Car, the world’s largest manufacturer of four-wheel electric vehicles, knows what it takes to make a reliable road legal electric vehicle that can reduce your year on year campus ownership costs. The Carryall LSV line boasts a tough, dependable AC drive system and ton vehicle capacity for those demanding jobs. The Carryall 6 LSV features expanded cargo capacity and an on-board charger, equipping it for the toughest jobs. The new Villager LSV can comfortably transport up to four passengers and is already used in the UK. Club Car has a nationwide dealer network to support your local business whenever required. n See www.clubcar.com for more information

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product and industry news

Integrated Payment Solutions and DED supply ID card solution for K College

K College is one of the largest FE colleges in the UK with over 20,000 students on courses ranging from A levels to apprenticeships. It has five campuses across Kent, in Ashford, Dover, Folkestone, Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells.

Identifying the need to upgrade their ID cards and security system, K College contacted Integrated Payment Solutions for guidance on the best way to achieve this.

As a specialist in education, Integrated Payment Solutions suggested software to design, print and manage the database of students and staff across all five sites, as well as a combination of printing on site using pre-printed MIFARE (contactless) cards for staff and students and plastic card printers to print cards on site and on demand.

Sole UK distributor of CardExchange card software products and leading card printing technology specialists DED were Integrated Payment Solutions first port of call

for everything required on this project with K College.

The ability to print cards and manage the entire database of staff and students from one central location was the key element in this project. Information needed to be accessible at all times from PCs at all five college sites across Kent. ID cards frequently need to be printed on demand and so instant access to the correct information is essential.

It was clear that benefits offered by CardExchange Small Business Server Edition would suit the needs of K College perfectly for this application. Offering the flexibility to design, print and manage cards from a database stored in a central location on one PC, CardExchange Small Business Server Edition works just like a shared server that can be reached by any computer containing the CardExchange software. This ‘network’ feature ensures that several people can access the necessary information as and when they need to, solving K College’s problem instantly. All card designs and database definitions are also held centrally to simplify administration of the system. This means that if a card layout changes, the administrator need only make that change on one PC and then all others are automatically updated.

On choosing to work with Integrated Payment Solutions, Melanie Morrison, Head of IT Services, said: “IPS were able to offer us an ID card solution which provided an easy to use bridge between AD and our Salto door locks allowing us to control door access across all five sites. We are also working with IPS to introduce web top-up for the ID cards to allow cashless purchases in our cafes and refectories.”

Along with the CardExchange software, Integrated Payment Solutions and DED supplied all of the preprinted MIFARE (contactless) cards, printed over 10,000 cards with their card printing bureau service and supplied a Zebra P330i and ZXP Series 8 for on site printing. n Go to www.integratedpaymentsolutions.co.uk

Playing safe with Mono Hinge Self Closing Gates The Mono Hinge Self Closing Gate from Medway Galvanising is setting new standards for safety all over the UK. Colourful, simple to install and intelligently designed to minimise the risk of user injury, the Mono Hinge Self Closing Gate is helping to make play areas safer than they’ve ever been.

The Mono Hinge makes finger traps and crush points a thing of the past, as the gate opens to 110 degrees to prevent recoil. It also easily incorporates varying closing speeds and torsion settings, making it virtually impossible to beat when it comes to safety.

Children’s playgrounds are filled with an array of swings, slides, climbing frames and soft flooring, all intricately designed to provide safer and more fun places to play. However, for the design and specification of the area’s enclosure, this is often left to the last minute by planners – leading to the installation of inadequate equipment.

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robust, the Medway Galvanising Mono Hinge Self Closing Gate is one of the safest gates available. It is fast becoming the number one choice for local authorities and organisations looking for accessible and durable gates without any compromise on safety.

As the modern alternative to old-fashioned steel or timber gates, the Mono Hinge Self Closing Gate has been designed to offer easy installation and be extremely low-maintenance. It can open left or right, as a single or double gate, and is assembled and supplied as one complete unit so work on-site is kept to a minimum and made as easy as possible.

With a colourful, easy-to-install and intelligently designed appearance – it’s also one of the most attractive gates around. Fully galvanised by Medway Galvanising to protect it from corrosion for up to 60 years, the gate can also be powder coated with a choice of colours to meet any specification. n For more go to www.medgalv.co.uk

Club Car takes to the streets

Club Car is now street legal in every country in the EU. Club Car’s electric utility vehicles offer an attractive alternative to traditional petrol-powered vehicles.

For a start there’s no petrol costs – and zero emissions.

Club Car’s vehicles have the power to perform numerous campus tasks, from mail delivery to security and maintenance.

Want to know more?

Contact your Club Car representative today.

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product and industry news

US university utilizes Brivo Access technology in the classroom

Regis University in Denver, Colorado, has deployed Brivo’s ACS WebService for managing security at its new CyberSecurity Education Center at the University’s Denver Technology Centre campus. The university selected Security Install Solutions (SIS), Inc. also in Denver, as the integrator for the project.

When the University began building its new CyberSecurity Education Center in autumn 2010, staff knew the facilities would be much more than just a classroom and that there would be a lot of expensive equipment onsite. Also, as time went on, more and more visitors would be utilizing the facilities, in addition to the adult students. “Clearly, we had to have enhanced control over the doors at the centre and who was coming into and out of the classrooms and meeting rooms,” explained Dan Likarish, Director of the Centre on Information Assurance Studies at Regis University.

The University’s Facilities Manager recommended that Dan and his colleagues speak with Security Install Solutions. Rueben Orr with SIS provided them with a demonstration of the Brivo access control technology.

“It was at this time,” Likarish recalled, “that I realized not only could we use the Brivo system to improve our building security but it represented a teaching opportunity, too.”

Regis’ campus at the Denver Technology Centre is a public access facility, located adjacent to a major highway and accessible by light rail. Easy access also means that anyone can be walking around the campus. In addition, the Centre has made a substantial investment in the equipment they provide in their classrooms and labs. The Centre caters to an adult student body so classes are held at night, which compounds security challenges.

“With Brivo, we have what I call constant vigilance monitoring and that reduces our worry factor,” said Likarish. “Add to this that our students get the

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practical experience of working with this system in a higher security environment and that’s a positive experience all around.” All students earning their master’s degree in information assurance do a walkthrough of the University’s security systems and that’s when they are introduced to Brivo ACS WebService.

“Utilizing the Brivo system, we demonstrate the one, two, and three factor combinations of identification – card, biometrics or fingerprint reader, and PIN.” Likarish continued: “Physical security is part of our curriculum, so we used our Brivo system to turn it into a lab exercise. We explore not only the physical devices, but also what happens in the event of a power failure, what is the door device to webserver connection, why use PoE, what is the support and maintenance model, and many other aspects.”

Another purpose for the Centre is to provide education for first responders at the tribal, local, state, and federal levels (the FBI, FEMA, and Interior are future, prospective customers). So, the University has many different groups coming through and recently was preparing to receive 70 new visitors in just a few days. “The Brivo system gives us the flexibility to control our rooms for our many different needs, and those needs are only going to expand as we receive more and more visitors, hold trainings and cyber competitions, and so on. Brivo’s ease of use in managing these situations really sold us on the system,” said Likarish.

Likarish and his staff manage all the students’ access to the facilities, as well as other staff and their many visitors. They utilize the system’s alert features to stay on top of events like loss of power, forced door entry, unidentified or unscheduled card usage, and others. “The system is reliable, scalable, redundant, and it’s easy to use,” he said. n For more information visit www.brivo.com/demo

Demco presents Times Higher Education award to outstanding library team Our photo shows Andy Parker, sales and marketing director, Demco Interiors, presenting the trophy to Newcastle University Library, winners of the Outstanding Library Team Award category of the Times Higher Education Leadership Management Awards 2011 The awards are designed to celebrate the sector’s leadership, management, financial and business skills.

The Oustanding Library Team award aims to recognise outstanding work within library and information services departments.

The Newcastle University Library’s award was for a project that has given students greater power to determine the books that the University buys.

Parker said: “We were delighted to be able to present the award to the Outstanding Newcastle Library University team for the innovation they have shown in putting students at the centre of their library service with their Ebook library project. Our congratulations go to all the shortlisted entries who so well demonstrate the creative developments taking place in academic libraries all over the country. It has been a great opportunity for us to be part of the THE Awards and encourages us to continue to design inspirational and innovative library spaces from which such outstanding services can be delivered. ”

HydraChill quenches Northumbria students’ thirst Northumbria University has become the first campus in the world to launch a new concept in drinking water technology. Sports Central, the newly built university gym complex, has installed HydraChill 2-in-1 combined

Caroline Brazier, director of scholarships and collections at the British Library and one of the award judges, said: “This year’s entries in the library category showcase the wide range of strategic and technological developments under way across the sector.

The Newcastle entry stands out because it put students right at the heart of changing one of the most fundamental library services and points the way forward for transformation and improvement in access to information”. n For more see www.demcointeriors.co.uk chilled water and refillable bottle machines, developed in the UK and recently adopted by M&S. In addition to fresh chilled mains water, refillable to all bottles the HydraChill 2-in-1 unit also delivers attractive branded reusable Northumbria University water bottles at £2 each. Machine and bottles have been customised to NU graphic requirements and have proved an immediate hit with students with unprecedented levels of use.

NU’s Assistant Director of Property Services, Andrew Short, said: “We are delighted with the HydraChill machine, which is proving hugely popular with our students. Uniquely, the machine allows our users free access to water and the option to buy a reusable bottle, which ultimately saves both them and the university money. This option also provides us with a pay-back formula that has enabled us to purchase a second machine and now consider four others for placement elsewhere on campus.”

According to HydraChill director Nick Davis: “Following the success of our pilot machines at UWIC Cardiff the Northumbria University 2-in-1 model shows we now have a clear winning formula for students and their universities. While students save money the universities are provided, at long last, with a revenue stream that offsets lost bottled water sales and complements university environment policy to reduce waste and carbon footprint.” n For more information contact info@hydrachill.com

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Crown Paints make the grade at Shrewsbury College A partnership approach between Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology and Crown Paints has seen colour come to life across the Shropshire education facility.

The Crown Paints Colour Service team has worked with the college’s students and staff to create a bright and inspiring centre, creating a welcoming and appealing environment to staff, students and visitors alike.

Crown Trade’s Timonox Flame Retardant Coatings system and Clean Extreme Scrubbable Matt have been used throughout the college – creating a safe and durable finish on campus. More than 30 different colour schemes have been introduced using both systems.

The project began as a repaint of the reception and corridors in the main building.

From there, the partnership has developed and work is now being carried out within classrooms and corridor areas of the college’s main building on London Road and the neighbouring new Technology Building.

Jemma Saunders, Crown Paint’s Colour Consultant, visited the college and after a careful review of the facilities helped identify a series of schemes that would suit – with a brief to create a stimulating, vibrant environment. Her concepts, communicated in face-to-face consultations and with Computer Generated Imagery, were then put to the students on feedback forms, and the favourite schemes were selected.

Each area of the college now has an individual look for each of the subject areas taught on-site, helping to create

important identities across the facility.

Dean Howe, Estates Supervisor at Shrewsbury College, said: “The colours Jemma provided were fantastic and they are really what we were looking for in terms of creating the right environment and atmosphere. We wanted to appeal to the students, motivate, stimulate and be vibrant – and Crown Paints has supplied us with colours that do just that.”

Vernon Kinrade, Crown Paints’ Specification Sector Support Manager, said: “Colour psychology plays an important role in the creation of an ideal environment in the education sector and our experts bring to life ideas that make a positive impact. This project showed how Crown Paints’ Colour Service can help signpost clients to certain ideas and concepts and help them make informed choices.

“Aside from colour, it is important that high quality paint is selected to ensure a longer-lasting result, and the school’s specification of Crown Trade Timonox and Clean Extreme Scrubbable Matt ensures a fit-for-purpose system has been achieved at the College.” n For more details visit www.crowntrade.co.uk

Low carbon campus is a masterclass for Altro Altro safety flooring fitted throughout a groundbreaking new low-carbon campus building is assisting South Cheshire College to achieve ambitious levels of environmental sustainability.

South Cheshire College – one of the country’s best performing colleges of further education – is aiming to lead education in Crewe and Nantwich into a new era. A £75 million new build project, at the college’s Dane Bank site, has included the creation, by BAM Construction, of a low-carbon, environmentally sustainable new campus to replace the existing teaching block.

The futuristic design for the 27,000m2 building, by architects Jefferson Sheard, is based on the concept of a village street, with teaching departments functioning almost as shop fronts. Conceived to embody the College’s commitment to social and environmental responsibility, it incorporates features such as natural ventilation, rainwater harvesting, and ‘green roofs’. The choice of Altro safety flooring for the campus also reflected the importance of environmental sustainability for this landmark educational building.

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ACCESS CONTROL

Access all areas SALTO’s campus security system ensures safety of live-in students at top Welsh college

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hen the University of Glamorgan wanted a major access control system upgrade it selected and installed SALTO’s XS4 campus security solution. Security personnel at the university now use XS4 to control and protect almost 1,500 doors in one of Wales’ leading centres of higher education, with plans to continue expanding the system in the near future.

The University of Glamorgan achieved university status in 1992, but has served the population of South Wales and beyond as a centre of learning, initially as a School of Mines, then as a technical college and later as a polytechnic, since 1913.

Today the university is home to almost 24,000 students and has four

academic faculties based on three campuses. These include a major 40acre campus at Treforest, a three-acre site at Glyntaf about half-a-mile away and the ATRiuM campus based at the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries in the centre of Cardiff.

As the old access control system and its manufacturer could no longer provide the level of security, control or support the university wanted, SALTO was able to offer them an alternative solution together with the all important back up and support they needed.

Steve Rossiter, SALTO South West Area Sales Manager, said: “Parents trust the university to look after their children, so it is vital that they provide 24/7 on-campus security and ensure the students are safe at all times.”

As a multi-site estate, the

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University of Glamorgan annually spends approximately £7m on the revenue upkeep of the estate and has a five-year capital development programme of around £130m.

So throughout 2010/11, as part of this capital development programme, the university has been redeveloping its accommodation facilities so that in addition to the 730 bedrooms in the current Glamorgan Court by September 2011 Snowdon Halls of Residence, a new-build development of a further 476 rooms consisting of 360 en-suite bedrooms, 96 premium en-suite bedrooms and 20 studio apartments will be available on the Treforest campus to significantly improve the accommodation options on offer to first-year students.

Access to both accommodation sites and all rooms within, as well as

Wireless access control systems offer a versatile and cost-effective way to regulate entry to university premises

to some other locations on campus, are controlled via strategically located SALTO WRM wall readers, wireless XS4 battery operated stand alone electronic handle sets and GEO electronic cylinder locks.”

Wireless access control systems offer a versatile and cost-effective way to regulate entry to university premises. Sites of further/higher education, particularly student accommodation, face a variety of threats including theft, vandalism and trespass. Therefore, safeguarding the wellbeing of students is paramount.

Wireless access control systems can do this by protecting assets as well as ensuring the physical safety of everyone onsite, while maintaining the continuity of education by preventing disruptions caused by theft and damage. Simple to use, wireless access control systems are effective and provide both students and staff with the highest levels of crime prevention they deserve.

Rossiter said: “Working in consultation with University of Glamorgan Estates and Facilities Project Manager Peter Aleman and

Deputy Security Manager Chris Beazer, we designed a highly secure and flexible access control system utilising the power of the SALTO Virtual Network (SVN).

“This system allows the XS4 and GEO units to read, receive and write information via the universities student and staff ID cards. Since most access related information is kept encrypted on these cards, the WRM wall readers are able to update and receive information from the cards at any time. So not only is the system easy to use, but its clever functionality also provides 90% of the benefits of a fully on line access control system at the cost of a stand alone system.

“The ‘smart’ ID cards build up ‘on-card’ audit trails through normal use giving the university complete control over access and enabling the movement of students, staff and visitors to be tracked through both the off-line and on-line parts of the system if required. This enables a complete access profile of each individual to be established and updated as necessary at the WRM wall readers. And if security is breached due to the loss of a key card, it can be instantly deleted from the system without the need or cost of rekeying or changing locks – saving the university time and money.”

“This project has been key for us.

Having security that is reliable and dependable is obviously important for accommodation housing so many young people, many of whom are and will be living away from home for the first time,” said University of Glamorgan Deputy Security Manager Chris Beazer. “The flexibility of our new SALTO XS4 system means we can get the maximum benefit from the technology whilst providing a secure living environment for all our students.”

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ACCESS CONTROL

New AMOK escutcheon keeps students safe with emergency lockdown

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ALTO Systems has launched a new electronic escutcheon designed for use in the educational environment. It ensures schools; colleges and universities are a secure, safe place to learn by enabling buildings and facilities to be quickly locked down during a security or other emergency event.

In such a situation it could be safer for students and staff to remain in a classroom, securely locked in until the emergency is over, so SALTO AMOK escutcheons enable authorised users to put the electronic locks into a standalone lock down mode, securing the room until help or the emergency services arrive on scene.

Compatible with almost any type of door, SALTO AMOK electronic escutcheons have a built in card reader on the inner escutcheon. This inner reader enables users to activate the AMOK function mode in order to lock

down the room quickly. Only authorised users with AMOK privileges on their access plan can activate it.

The AMOK function mode is initially configured on a user’s card access plan by the School, College or University Security Manager via SALTO Pro Access or HAMS software. In the event of a security event, a teacher or other person with AMOK privileges on their SALTO access credential just needs to present it to the inside reader of the SALTO AMOK electronic escutcheon. A green light on the escutcheon signals the AMOK function has been activated and occupants are then securely locked inside the room.

If anyone tries to enter the room when the AMOK mode is activated the outside reader shows red and the SALTO electronic escutcheon will deny access keeping the room and its occupants safe and secure.

Of course, for security reasons, an authorised AMOK card with lockdown

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override privileges (typically held by a Headmaster, Principal or Security Manager) will be able to access the locked down room at all times. In this case the reader will again show green and access will be given so occupants can be moved to a safer location or enable Police or emergency services to enter the room.

During normal use, to deactivate AMOK mode, the teacher or other person in the room with AMOK privileges on their card, simply presents the card to the inside reader for a second time, the reader will show green and AMOK mode will be deactivated.

Completely integrated in the SALTO XS4 platform, SALTO AMOK electronic locks are available in a wide range of models. They can be installed using the existing mortise lock in almost any kind of door, even narrow profile doors, and are compatible with European, Scandinavian, ANSI and Australian mortise locks. CEM

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Getting on the ball Students like to party, so make sure your events run smoothly and safely

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ummer balls and parties have grown in popularity and are now one of the largest events in the university calendar. But whatever form the celebrations may take, keeping their students safe is at the forefront of every student union’s planning.

Separate to graduation balls, the summer festivities offer a chance for students to celebrate the year’s achievements and say goodbye to friends for the summer months.

Event and venue security specialist Showsec has worked closely with universities across the UK this summer, helping to ensure the events are celebrated in style – and safely.

Showsec has vast experience in

the university sector and provides the ongoing security services for 20 student unions across England, Scotland and Wales, including Nottingham and Reading Student Unions, Leicester’s joint venue with the O2 Academy, and most recently Lincoln University’s 1,800-capacity Engine Shed.

Events and advertising manager Gemma Chance from the University of Nottingham, spoke to Campus Magazine: “The ethos of our summer party is just to have a good get together and celebrate the end of the year. We always do it the weekend following the end of exams, and it’s become an annual successful event.”

Ryan Snook, events and venue manager at Reading Student Union,

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agrees: “A key event has always been our summer ball which has sold over 4,000 tickets every year for the last four years.”

Chance said: “Security is a major concern for events throughout the year, but especially at the summer party. It is held on our campus and is quite unique in that it’s surrounded by the halls of residence. Also, although it is a student-only event, the campus is open – so that’s another big issue for us. We have worked with Showsec for the last six years so for us they were the natural choice.”

Like many student unions, Chance utilises a team of student volunteers each year to help plan the event and make sure it all runs smoothly on the day.

ccording to Showsec’s Joe Milner, student unions have a duty of care to everyone attending an SU event.

A He says:“Our aim is to work in partnership with universities and manage security for the event, and this includes what to do if students get out of hand. Like crowd flow issues, this is always discussed and factored into the plans”

She continued: “It’s really important for us as a student union but what it does mean is that you have a brand new team every year which you have to train. It’s really hard to know that you’ve got the right students, which are confident enough and willing to get stuck in. Especially as it’s a lot of extra work around exam time.

“Showsec are very sensitive to this. They know that my student team aren’t knowledgeable and they perhaps have never done this before.

They’re good at guiding them and helping them through the planning process; including site plans and putting things together leading up to the event.”

Showsec works closely with student teams across the UK – passing on their extensive knowledge and ensuring that newly-elected committees are upto-speed with security requirements and protocols.

Joe Milner, Showsec’s East Midlands area manager, explains: “Because student union committees change all the time and student representatives

are voted in annually, little knowledge is passed on from year-to-year. They are learning from scratch every time.

It’s important for us to really take the time to brief the new teams and work closely with them, especially for major annual events such as summer parties, as they often include large crowds and a vast array of activities and acts.”

Indeed, some summer parties have evolved into musical extravaganzas impressive enough to rival even the biggest concerts and shows.

Nottingham’s party took place on 4th June this year and included acts such as Pendulum, Feeder and Example, as well as fairground rides, inflatables and games. Reading’s party in June included headliners Ellie Goulding, Professor Green and Chase & Status.

Chance said: “Our students are changing and they want more value for money. So this year, we had big name acts and two entertainment tents with two very different music genres, plus a big day time entertainment area with bouncy castles and rodeo bulls.

“We also had a lot of commercial clients on board. One of our sponsors, every half an hour, ran a competition on Twitter for students to win prizes and drinks.”

This commercialised approach and increase in major headliners means more emphasis than ever is being placed on security and crowd management plans are becoming more complex. Showsec combines the knowledge of working with student unions with years of extensive experience ensuring the safety of some of the UK’s largest festivals and live events such as Creamfields, Bestival and Download.

Showsec’s Joe Milner commented: “Our combined sector experience means that we are ideally placed to provide the optimum security solutions for summer parties and other major student union events.

We can prepare for every eventuality and take the learning’s from large, popular festivals and make them work in a student environment.

“For example, the programming >

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Showsec’s team at Nottingham Union Summer Party 2011. Bottom left is the company’s Joe Milner

of acts is very influential on crowd movement, as are the types of music and performers, as every audience behaves differently. We discuss crowd management issues in detail with the summer party organisers prior to the event; such as what to do if people don’t leave tents at expected times and scheduling issues with regards to when acts finish and when they start – all of this is important for ingress and egress and should be considered.

“Popular headline acts also mean that adding a stronger perimeter with solid fence is very important, plus the positioning of entrances and exits to get safe crowd flow.

“In Nottingham, each tent had a set capacity and we kept count of how

many people were in each tent at any given time, and the numbers were logged in control room.”

But it’s not just the music which needs to be taken into consideration for a successful security operation, but also expected behaviour.

It’s no secret that students like to party, and there is no better reason to celebrate than the end of the year and the announcement of grades – but sometimes good-hearted festivities can be eclipsed by the actions of the minority, and alcohol can become a problem.

Milner explains: “Student unions – and us – have a duty of care to everyone on the site. So if alcohol is a problem we take care of them rather than just throw them out.

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“Our aim is to work in partnership with universities and manage security for the event, and this includes what to do if students get out of hand.

Like crowd flow issues, this is always discussed and factored into the plans.”

Showsec offers local offices with a national network of SIA licensed professionals and highly-trained stewards, meaning they are able to offer the highest level of service no matter what shape the celebrations may take.

Chance concluded: “For me it’s just really good not to have to worry about security on the day. I know everything is in capable hands and that’s one thing I can put to the back of my mind.” CEM

estate development

Preston makes progress ADP’s new facilities set to help UCLan shine

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ince May 2008, ADP has been working closely with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) to help transform its Preston Campus and enhance the student experience. The University is investing heavily in improving its estate to manage increasing student numbers and meet the needs of a changing student demographic.

Recent additions to the campus include two impressive new multi-million pound landmark buildings: the J.B Firth Building and the Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre, with highquality facilities that will benefit students in serving their educational, health and social needs. The University’s Central Library has also been extensively refurbished and modernised to cater for the diverse learning needs and working patterns of its students.

Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre UCLan aspires to be one of the top providers of sports education in the UK. To achieve this, the University offers high quality degree courses supported by five-star facilities under its sub-brand UCLan Sport. The University is very proud of its achievements to-date, and with world-class facilities, its Sports Arena is now registered as an official training camp by the London Organising 24 I Autumn 2011 I Campus Estate Management

Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG).

Bold and striking in its form, ADP’s design for the Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre provides a fitting showcase for UCLan Sport in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. The new £15.2m facility provides an indoor sports centre designed to Sport England and Olympic standards, appropriately named after local hero and former North Preston End and England football player, Tom Finney.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Dr Graham Baldwin commented: “It is excellent news that Sir Tom Finney has agreed to give his name to the new sports centre. He is a national football icon and UCLan feels it is only right to honour the man whose name is synonymous with Preston’s sporting history.”

Impressive new sports facilities will aid the general health needs of students and the local community, in addition to developing the University’s own sporting elite. These include an eight-court sprung timber floor sports hall, squash court, activity and dance studios with strung floors, changing rooms, a retractable mobile 300-seat terrace, and a fully glazed café and viewing gallery. There is also a high-spec fitness suite with views of Preston and the surrounding countryside.

This combination of high quality sports and teaching

ecent additions to the UCLAN campus include two R multi-million pound landmark buildings: the J.B Firth Building and the Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre, with high-quality facilities that will benefit students

provide an excellent competition venue for our Students’ Union clubs. It will significantly impact on the student experience in terms of recreation, health, well-being and competitive sport.”

UCLan admits a high level of students from the surrounding local community, as well as those from across the UK and international students. To cater for its diverse range of students ADP’s design incorporates a 90 pupil pre-school to support students with families, Muslim prayer facilities and also allows for the provision of out-ofhours services.

The sustainably designed building is also on target to achieve a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating.

J. B. Firth Building

facilities enables the University to deliver the very best sports degree courses and retain its reputation as a leading education provider in this field. In doing so, UCLan can continue to attract high calibre staff and students in an increasingly competitive market.

The building also provides an alternative venue for students to socialise in, housing flexible space to accommodate regional and national sporting events, conferences, exhibitions and student events.

Dr Adrian Ibbetson, the University’s Academic Director of Sport, described how the new centre will benefit students: “The centre will be a state-of-the-art facility which will serve the health and fitness needs of the students and

ADP’s design for the new J.B. Firth Building is reflective of UCLan’s history as one of the first universities in the UK to offer Forensic Science courses, and current position as a renowned strength in this highly technical field. ADP has been working closely with the University to develop a new £12.5m state-of-the-art facility to house the schools of Forensic and Investigative Sciences (FIS) and Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (PABS). The J.B. Firth building is again named after a local luminary and forensic pioneer, James Brierley Firth, who established the Northwest’s first forensic science laboratory in Preston and led the way for the creation of a regionalised forensic service for the police.

To maintain its historical position at the forefront of FIS and PABS, it was essential for the University to ensure that it could continue to offer its undergraduate and postgraduate students access to the latest research techniques and technologies. To cater for this, the new J.B. Firth Building contains high quality teaching laboratories for both chemical and analytical classes. It will also house imaging and analytical equipment, contain provisions for fire testing and an x-ray machine, and be a focal >

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I mproving a university campus doesn’t have to cost the earth. The extensive refurbishment of UCLan’s Central Library demonstrates how considered use of funds can breathe a new lease of life into existing facilities

point for the University’s success in nano-materials work.

In addition, the building accommodates research facilities to support postgraduates.

The J.B. Firth building will provide better teaching, research and technical support for UCLan’s FIS and PABS schools, helping it to maintain its position as a leading educator in these fields. Dr Lee Chatfield, Head of the School of Forensic and Investigative Sciences, commented upon the significance of this building to the University: “As one of the first universities to offer forensic science courses, we look forward to building on our heritage.

We’re very excited about the opportunities the new facilities will bring to our students”.

The creation of this new landmark building involved a 3,176m five-storey extension to the existing Maudland Building. The building will officially open on 9th September 2011 and is on track for achieving a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating.

UCLan Library Improving a university campus doesn’t have to cost the earth. The extensive refurbishment of UCLan’s Central Library demonstrates how considered use of funds can breathe a new lease of life into existing facilities without breaking the bank. In refreshing the library, ADP created a state-of-the-art learning centre that will benefit all UCLan’s students and meet their increasingly high expectations, whilst offering the University real value for money.

In developing the new Central Library, ADP worked closely with Learning and Information Services, students and staff, to transform the outdated and underused existing facility into a lively social learning hub. The scheme accommodates different learning styles, meeting the diverse needs of today’s students. Feedback has been very positive with students describing their new library as “excellent” and “very impressive”, with the “funky chairs, colours scheme” and, ADP were delighted to note, “the general coolness” proving particularly popular.

The new learning centre is a bustling hive of activity on the ground floor, with quiet and silent study areas on the 26 I Autumn 2011 I Campus Estate Management

upper floors alongside the traditional book stock. Divided into key zones the library houses essential services and activities that cater for different learning styles. The distinction between the zones within the open-plan area was achieved with considered use of colour, signage and furniture.

For those students who prefer to study alone there are quiet individual study areas, whereas study pods, media suites and group learning rooms offer spaces for a shared learning experience. An international lounge or ‘Culture’ zone provides access to world-wide media and news, a useful learning resource for students studying culture or foreign languages, and an invaluable asset to those living a long way from home. A self-contained area known as ‘Futures’, is a place where students can go to obtain professional career advice, guidance and support.

ICT suites, media suites and group learning rooms offer students access to the latest in interactive learning technology, whilst IT support and information retrieval are located in the information zone.

With increasing numbers of international, mature and postgraduate students, the University identified a need to support late night working patterns. Self check-in technology allows the library to operate as a twenty-four hour facility, providing essential ‘out-of-hours’ services for students with families and part or full-time jobs, and aiding the learning culture of international students.

This new approach to learning has revolutionised the way in which library services are provided at the University, making UCLan’s library a leading facility of its kind. With the building being nominated for The Sunday Times Award for ‘Best Places to Work in the Public Sector” and a noticeable 33% increase in student usage, it is safe to say the new library is being enjoyed by all.

Michael Ahern, Director of Learning and Information Services praised ADP’s involvement in the refurbishment of the Central Library, stating: “Your engagement with the project has injected confidence and energy into the project team. This is due to the fact you listen to our views and then add value as you provide both creative and practical input.”

With increasing numbers of students attending universities across the country, competition within the Higher Education sector is at an all time high. Additionally, higher tuition fees leads to higher student expectations both in terms of course delivery and the learning environment. ADP’s work at UCLan, whether developing a multi-million pound new building or refreshing an existing facility on a budget, has been part of a wider site-wide campus strategy. By investing in improving its estate, UCLan can deliver high quality degree courses in exciting learning environments and continue to attract students and staff. This will ultimately help the University to enhance students’ learning and social experiences, and thereby fulfilling its commitment to creating an outstanding student experience. CEM

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recycling

A sustainable approach Imperial College leads the way on recycling its own food waste

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s recycling participation increases it’s highlighting the need for more sustainable disposal options for materials that are perceived as more difficult to recycle. Food waste is one such material, but with around 20 million tonnes produced each year it presents an important resource for the production of compost or renewable energy.

Imperial College has a worldwide reputation for leading technological innovation and research and it takes the same approach when it comes to its waste management practices. In 2007, at a time when organisations were only just starting to see the benefit in finding more sustainable waste disposal options, Imperial College was setting itself ambitious targets to double its recycling rate in just three years and establish the benchmark for its sector.

The College had undertaken an extensive review of its waste management in 2007, which identified 28 I Autumn 2011 I Campus Estate Management

that the College produced around 50 different types of waste – from paper and plastic, through to food and clinical waste. From this review a new Waste and Recycling strategy was developed that targeted a 40 per cent recycling rate by the end of the 2011 academic year.

To achieve this recycling rate, Imperial College undertook a series of internal measures to enhance standards around the college, improve communication and gain buy-in from staff and students. For instance, housekeepers were appointed to improve participation around the College, while the Facilities Management team’s remit focused increasingly on recycling operations. As a result, training has been more focused and the quality of recyclate has improved thus reducing the amount of contaminated waste ending up in landfill.

Engaging with students has been essential and, since 2009, a reuse scheme has been in place in

T he scale of Imperial College’s achievements has been recognised at the highest levels, with the C40 Climate Change delegation visiting the College during their visit to London in 2010

student halls and implemented at the end of the academic year, so that resident students can donate unwanted items before they leave. This has diverted 90 per cent of students’ discards from landfill, which are instead reused by organisations such as the Red Cross refugee unit and CRISIS. This scheme has been furthered with a relationship with the charity TRAID which has seen textile banks installed around the Campus to collect clothes and shoes.

With an estate stretching across London and beyond, the environmental programmes Imperial College has implemented had to be co-ordinated with several Local Authorities, each operating its own set of contractors, own initiatives, priorities and targets. While a challenge, it was one that the College overcame through close working relationships with Councils and their waste management contractors.

The scale of Imperial College’s achievements has been recognised at the highest levels, with the C40 Climate Change delegation visiting the College during their visit to London in 2010.

Food waste After finding solutions for some of the more mainstream waste materials, food waste was recognised as one of,

if not the, most difficult materials to deal with and was the single largest waste stream at Imperial College’s main campus in South Kensington. The College has 25 catering establishments to sustain the 14,000 students and 6,000 academic, research and support personnel.

“We were seeking a solution that would give the College the best environmental benefit,” explains Graham Watson, Head of Soft Services. “As composting our food waste also enabled us to transfer to Schedule 2 waste collection charges and therefore benefit from substantial savings, we were less constrained by cost than we might otherwise have been. This allowed us to focus on what was important - having an industryleading system that would enable us to recycle all the food waste generated on site – such as preparation waste, leftovers and plate scrapings.

Imperial College’s Facilities Management team looked at a variety of systems, including IMC’s composting system in place at the Army School of Catering at Worthy Down, as well as an alternative IVC and a waste vacuum system.

“In searching for the right system, we undertook a number of site visits to see different systems in action to understand which would be best suited to – and wouldn’t have a massive impact on – the College’s existing processes,” adds Nick Roalfe, Director of Facilities Management at Imperial College.

“When researching the options available, we drew upon the expertise within the College and as part of this discovered our Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering had worked with IMC to develop a composting solution that appeared to meet all our criteria.”

IMC’s food waste composting solution is a pioneering system that macerates the food waste before separating water and solids. The solid waste is then mixed with a small quantity of compressed wood pellets and loaded into an In Vessel Composter (IVC). After six to eight weeks, the food waste is transformed into high quality compost that conforms to the BSI PAS 100 standard for composted materials.

“The benefit of IMC’s system was that we could compost purely food waste, so we didn’t need to mix it with green waste and it offered a complete onsite solution, solving the problem of the subsequent environmental disposal of the waste, which was a key requirement,” says Nick

In operation In a world-first, the College commissioned a selfcontained modular building to house the food waste solution. Known as the ‘Compod’, all equipment is housed in one place – waste sorting table, macerator, dewaterer and composter. Food waste from the main campus is separated in the kitchen serving the main dining area where it is also macerated and dewatered Campus Estate Management I Autumn 2011 I 29

ow that Imperial College has succeeded in eradicating food waste to landfill, it is focusing on the remaining wastes that N are ending up in landfill – such as commercial, industrial, clinical and other hazardous materials

achieved in around 16 months. This saving will become more significant as the landfill tax escalator continues to increase the cost of disposal each year.

“This solution deals with food waste before it is able to contaminate any other waste materials, some of which we are now able to recycle as well. We have replaced our skip compactors which were being used for the disposal of general waste, including food, with our preferred, cheaper and more environmental rotational compacting solution,” adds Nic.

The future Now that the College has succeeded in eradicating food waste to landfill, it is focusing on the remaining wastes that are ending up in landfill – such as commercial, industrial, clinical and other hazardous materials. It has therefore embarked on a project to build its own waste to energy plant. The plant will handle 550 tonnes of clinical and domestic waste per year and generate enough energy to replace a primary boiler – saving 2million kWh which equates to £40,000 in gas costs and saves 400 tonnes of carbon each year.

This project will take Imperial College’s investment in sustainable waste management to over £1million. So, far savings across all initiatives have matched investment, with further benefits to be realised in the long term from waste disposal charges. CEM n To find out more about Imperial College’s waste achievements, visit www3.imperial.ac.uk/ facilitiesmanagement/softservices/recycling

– around 77% per cent of all food is water – leaving a reduced solid material. For outlying catering facilities, food waste is separated into caddies which are brought to the Compod where the waste is checked before being macerated and dewatered.

“In going down the route of a self contained, prefabricated building we were able to avoid any structural changes or modifications to the College, which significantly reduced installation time. All services such as power, water and drainage were brought to the location of the building ahead of its arrival so only final connections were then required on the day of installation,” says Nic Dent, Imperial College’s Waste and Recycling Manager.

Delivering long term benefit The Compod required the College to invest around £140,000 for the specialised equipment and building along with new compaction equipment for processing dry wastes. Imperial College expects to make direct savings of around £104,000 during its first year of operation, by saving on landfill tax and food waste collection services. Return on investment should be 30 I Autumn 2011 I Campus Estate Management

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Going the extra mile at the University Campus Suffolk XProtect Enterprise IP video management software offers a platform for future growth

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niversity Campus Suffolk’s (UCS) brand new campus ‘hub’ based at Orwell Quay in Ipswich began with the £31 million Waterfront Building, which welcomed its first students in September 2008. This landmark six-floor building features two large lecture theatres, 34 teaching rooms, and is the main teaching, learning and social space of UCS. Tony Russell, head of facilities management at UCS, was responsible for commissioning an entire integrated security management system for the new Waterfront building to ensure the safety and security of students, staff and premises.

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UCS strives to build a reputation for excellence across all of its activities, and this includes its approach to security and surveillance management.

Russell worked closely with Milestone partner, Check Your Security (CYS) to shape the vision for security at the university. CYS has built a reputation for delivering high-quality surveillance solutions for the education sector and has been instrumental in modernising security management, integrating surveillance and access control for UCS’ partner university – the University of East Anglia.

CYS had impressed Tony with a smaller installation at one of the initial UCS offices, St Edmund’s House

T ony Russell, head of facilities management at UCS (below), was responsible for commissioning an entire integrated security management system for the new Waterfront building to ensure the safety and security of students, staff and premises

“Milestone XProtect Enterprise video management software is at the core of the Waterfront security installation which consists of 71 Mobotix network cameras” in Ipswich, which is owned by Suffolk County Council.

At St Edmund’s House, CYS successfully integrated Milestone XProtect video management software with Mobotix network cameras. The installation also included door access control from leading vendor Cardax. The reliability, ease-of-use, depth of functionality and commitment to open systems offered

by Milestone set the benchmark for the solutions to be deployed in the new buildings.

Working with the mechanical and electrical (M&E) contractors for the Waterfront project, together with CYS, Tony defined a vision for security and surveillance for the Waterfront and the other two key buildings within Phase One of the UCS building programme. In

planning, no specific security threats were envisaged for the Waterfront but core security principles guided the strategy. The key was to provide surveillance to secure entrances, exits, perimeters, high traffic areas and vital building plant and machinery. Access control would allow UCS’ vision of ensuring the wider community can be welcomed to the Waterfront. The public have free access to the ground floor galleries, cafes and information centres, for example. Students and staff use door pass cards to gain access to areas as defined by security with regards to their individual profile.

Milestone XProtect Enterprise video management software is at the core of the Waterfront security installation which consists of 71 Mobotix network cameras, including 65 models split between Mobotix M12 dual lens 3 megapixel day/night cameras and Mobotix D12 dome dual lens 3 megapixel day/night cameras. Axis 233D high speed dome network cameras are also used for external monitoring.

XProtect Enterprise ‘self-discovers’ all of the cameras on the network with its automatic hardware detection wizard, and allows customized management of the video frame rates for recording the images from each camera, ensuring higher frame rates for areas of high activity or where fine image detail is required, and intelligently adjusting to lower frame rates for cameras covering quieter areas. This saves bandwidth in network utilization.

For access control, 108 Cardax proximity card readers protect 81 doors; a total of 14 Cardax door controllers control up to eight readers each. The Cardax controllers are all linked to the UCS IT network and connect into Cardax Command Centre Server.

Milestone XProtect Enterprise gives UCS the ability to integrate Cardax access control. The university is therefore planning to use Milestone to bring together event data from Cardax with images from all network cameras, delivering vital surveillance to support access control incidents.

Managing access/ID cards for 5,000 students and 400 staff is a complex and costly business. UCS uses Microsoft Active Directory which contains all key identification data about UCS students and employees.

Identification records include the courses students are attending, and give security and IT access privileges in line with individual requirements. To prevent the > Campus Estate Management I Autumn 2011 I 33

Access control ensures the wider community can be welcomed to the Waterfront, the £31 million campus ‘hub’ based at Orwell Quay in Ipswich

creation of an additional cardholder database for use with Cardax Command Centre, CYS integrated the university’s Microsoft Active Directory database with Cardax. This ensures the latest data is always used automatically, saving vital staff time and resources.

CYS has also worked with UCS to bring the ID card production in-house to cut the costs of producing access cards by 70% and deliver a next-day service.

UCS operates a 24-hour control room which contains a single plasma display screen monitor showing all output from Milestone XProtect. All images from the 71 cameras are recorded onto a single server and stored for 28 days. Milestone XProtect allows video to be searched quickly through operator selection of specific camera views, times and dates, or ‘by event’ such as when motion has been detected in a restricted zone. Discs containing video footage of incidents have been produced from the Milestone system for police purposes.

One of the biggest benefits for Tony is the use of Milestone XProtect Smart Client, allowing him to log in to any PC and access all the regular software functions such as simultaneous live view and playback from all cameras, intelligent Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) functions, advanced search features and export of evidence material.

In over two years of operation, the Milestone system has been 100% reliable. Although there have only been a handful of minor incidents during these two years, Milestone has enabled UCS to manage these 34 I Autumn 2011 I Campus Estate Management

effectively, through both live tracking and analysis of recorded images. Milestone also helps UCS to work much more efficiently. Tony Russell is now able to use the system to deploy his security staff to exactly where they are required and provide intelligence to them before they arrive.

There are plans to extend the Milestone XProtect platform further with use of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) linked to barrier controls for the student and staff car parks at UCS. UCS will also expand the use of Milestone XProtect software to cover cameras throughout the new James Hehir Building – a six-floor teaching facility less than a quarter of a mile from Waterfront, which opened earlier this year. CEM

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