The Capitol Police Project placed First – most “Outstanding Engineering Achievement for 2019” by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers (PSPE). Three shortlisted projects were evaluated, the DGS project, along with two other large and prestigious engineering achievement projects.
Summarizing, a three-judge panel unanimously voted the project first and said; “…it was an amazing project that protects so many people that are unaware in our State,” and, “…it was finished and was highly integrated with so many moving parts across the State.”
The audience was unaware of the breadth of public safety technologies within such a control facility. It was noted that the end result was a positive deployment of public safety for the entire Capitol and Commonwealth Properties – much more than meets the eyes – the realistic before/after computer rendering quite impressive.
Recognition like this reflects on all – PSE and DGS – all of our teams’ service to the taxpayers through fiscally responsible expenditures allocated by the House and Senate and signed by Governors’ Office.
Communications include “eyes” – Over 1000 high-resolution cameras watch inside and out of 5 million square feet while hundreds of Intelligent readers monitor traffic and stop intruders while the “ears” – phone, radio, call boxes and a highly integrated system give audible status.
Command and Control consists of stopping a 15-ton truck traveling at 35 mph and not penetrating more than 18 inches to meet spec. This is Situational Analysis in Public Safety.
By producing BIM models, we were able to accommodate the Police Agency’s truest needs by tailoring the model for best efficiency, tactical operability and the multi-faceted operation each workstation assumes including police radio calls, phone, call station intercom, access alarm, barrier request, door access request, remote alarms from four cities, video surveillance alarms, fire alarms, and maintenance alarms.
PSE cataloged every type of electronic security and every aspect of physical security or needs of each of the properties to be managed within the tight $9 million budget that was approved by the legislature.
Since this is a mission-critical system, each part of the network had to be vetted for its reliability. Each of the fibers provided by other telecommunications contracts had to meet particular requirements for the system to work, connecting all five cities within the central node located in Harrisburg. The end result is a positive deployment of public safety for the Capitol and Commonwealth Properties – much more than meets the eyes.
