Shopping del Sol, the largest shopping center in Asunción, has 180 stores and receives around 600 thousand visitors per month, which implies a mobilization and management of the security not only of people but of goods.
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The establishment needed an extension, which led to the idea of adapting existing security solutions and integrating them with new ones according to the requirements of its new design. To achieve this goal, (Tyco Security Products, now part of Johnson Controls) was the best choice.
Introduction
Shopping del Sol is the first shopping center in Paraguay, which is located on one of the main avenues of Asunción; and with the recent expansion to 49,000 m2 it becomes the main one in the city.
It is distributed on two levels with a fine design that integrates modern construction with natural spaces that enhance the exuberant environmental wealth of the country, which allows to attract a large number of public day by day.
With its 180 commercial premises, Shopping del Sol saw the need to implement a state-of-the-art security system, which would provide confidence to the more than 600 thousand monthly visitors who attend this place of shopping, entertainment and leisure.
Given these features, security was a priority for shopping, who commissioned Keeper, the Paraguay-based security systems integrator, to update and integrate this technology, so that the entire mall was protected by state-of-the-art solutions.
Challenges
With the recent expansion of the Facilities of the Shopping del Sol its size doubled, which is why new security coverages were needed and it was essential to achieve integration with all existing solutions.
The mall's previous system consisted of 4 16-channel Intellex DVMS DVRs, 10 PTZ cameras and 34 American Dynamics fixed cameras. Basically, the CCTV System worked separately from the other systems, and its functionality was not appropriate to guarantee security in an establishment that was going to have that level of growth.
The main objective of the project was to establish the mechanism for the transition of the existing analog system, and based on Intellex for its future migration to IP. Therefore, this expansion was based on the victor platform, which allows both technologies to converge and facilitate the migration of analog in a gradual way.
In addition, it was desired to integrate the fire area into the operation, implementing the graphic interface for it within victor and linking it with CCTV.
The parking area also had a considerable expansion, going on to have a total of 1,600 places both in front and in the back, which implied important challenges to achieve complete security in these spaces.
The Solution
The expansion of Shopping del Sol required the integration of existing security solutions and retrofitting them for the needs of its new design.
"This is why we chose the Tyco Security Products brand from Johnson Controls," said Gabriel Giussani, general manager of Shopping del Sol. "We especially appreciated that it allowed us to integrate the new video surveillance systems with addressable and monitorable sensors with the systems we had originally mounted cameras (also from the Tyco Security Products product portfolio), where we had primarily analog technology."
Taking into account the requirements and needs of Shopping del Sol, victor was chosen as a system unifier, in order to preserve the Intellex DVRs that covered with fixed and mobile cameras of American Dynamics the oldest part of the shopping center, which was complemented a year ago with NVRS Video Edge supporting Illustra cameras, and now integrated with 2 NVR's Exacq with a set of more than 200 megapixel cameras mostly Illustra, complemented by 40-megapixel Arecont panoramic cameras in the parking lots.
victor also allowed the integration of the Simplex 4100ES Fire Detection Panel that has expanded its initial 600 points to about 1,800 points of installed capacity. In turn, the panel has been expanded in capacity to cover the entire Mall, and the Carbon Monoxide detectors of the parking area have been connected to it.
The comfortable accesses as well as the vehicular accesses have been covered with megapixel cameras that are recorded in NVR's Exacq. The interior, with more than 180 stores of financial institutions, jewelry stores and premises of more than 60 top-level brands, have coverage of high quality cameras that allow efficient surveillance with images of the highest resolution.
During the expansion project, new digital cameras were incorporated, existing sections of the Shopping were reinforced also with digital technology and everything was integrated in a natural way , without problems of adaptation.
At the same time, a new monitoring room was also implemented that unifies everything existing analog with the new IP-based. This allows to have a single central with a single monitoring tool that provides greater ease for the security operators of the Shopping.
"The way we decided to handle this project has to do with the history in which we have been working with Tyco Security Products and its representatives in Paraguay, Keeper. The strength and robustness of the technology of the products and solutions of the Tyco Security Products brand portfolio was the primary factor in the decision process," said Giussani.
Security in the expanded Shopping is focused on the monitoring room, which is classified as a model in Paraguay. Previously, the security of the Shopping was based mainly on human resources that were physically present in the shopping center and video surveillance was simply a reinforcement. Today, however, the heart is the monitoring room that is complemented by human resources to take immediate action in the event of an incident.
"This was a very big challenge for us," said Graciela Trinidad de Medal, president of Keeper. "It allowed us to combine the best solutions, revitalizing the existing infrastructure according to the requirements of a modern shopping center, opening a range of possibilities to integrate new technologies into the contracted security solution, and gaining the trust and respect of the client for future ventures."
The Future
The project has been designed to provide excellent management in the operation of security systems, selecting victor as a platform to integrate the existing and foresee future growth, both in teams and in software implementations such as video analytics.
It is planned in the short term to implement an access control system that integrates with victor and that handles all the security of the shopping.
As a goal of the project, the Shopping del Sol aims to have an absolute security system in all aspects: fire, detection and monitoring, thus achieving absolute integrated control of all spaces, which makes it a great challenge due to the size of the establishment.
The Client
The Shopping del Sol is the first Shopping Center in Paraguay, which is located on one of the main avenues of Asunción; and with the recent expansion it becomes the Main Shopping Center of the city.
It was inaugurated on October 19, 1995 and currently has more than 180 commercial premises of financial institutions, jewelry stores, food court and more than 60 top brands.
Case Summary:
Location: Asunción, Paraguay
Installed systems:
- Cameras (Vandalism resistant)
- Minidome camera of 5 MP Illustra Pro, 3-9 mm,
- outdoor, vandal resistant,
- transparent, black, day/night mode with
- IR, WDR and integrated video analytics
- Minidome camera of 5 MP Illustra Pro, 3-9 mm,
- for interiors, transparent, white, mode
- day/night with IR, WDR and video analytics
- Integrated
- Illustra 825 5MP Fisheye 360°
- Minidome Illustra 610 Compact 1080p, 2.8 mm,
- PoE, white, transparent dome, resistant to
- vandalism.
Recording Solutions
- victor Professional Unified Management Software
- with Command Center for video wall management.
- Victor integration with Simplex 4100U/ES panels
- exacqVision Z Series network video recorder with
- Enterprise licensing.
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