Leading fire safety and security specialist, WLS, has been awarded the contract to supply, install and integrate security and satellite TV systems at a major care home redevelopment project, delivered by main contractor McLaughlin & Harvey for Jewish Care in Middlesex.
A registered charity, Jewish care is the biggest health and social care organisation serving the Jewish community in London and the South East. As part of its continuous investment to ensure the organisation can meet the growing and changing needs and aspirations of the community the charity is redeveloping the Princess Alexandra Care Home in Stanmore.
The first phase of the development project, the building of a new 64 bed care home and adjacent assisted living studios, is underway and will open its doors in early 2019. Only when this first phase is complete and residents from the current home have moved into their new home will the second phase of this development, the independent living and communal facilities, begin to be built. The whole site will be complete by Autumn 2020.
Working for electrical contractor, Harvey Group, WLS will install CCTV and access control systems at the Princess Alexandra Care Home, integrating the systems to provide control and monitoring from the reception area. The company will also install satellite TV systems with a port in every en-suite bedroom, enabling residents to watch both Israeli and Turkish TV.
Explains managing director of WLS, Jeremy Ewen: “The CCTV installation has been designed to offer the highest levels of security without feeling intrusive. HD quality CCTV cameras with motion senor-based recording and automated analytics will monitor the entrances to the new building and the perimeter.
“The CCTV will also control the ANPR automated barriers and staff at the care home will be able to programme the number plates of authorised personnel and visitors into the system using a web browser, ensuring the site remains both secure and welcoming.”
All locking mechanisms for the access control system are Part M approved for use in a healthcare setting and push-bar sounders will be fitted in the extra care section of the building to prevent vulnerable residents from wandering. WLS will also install a door entry system, with video-enabled handsets at both the nurses’ stations and the main reception.
Jeremy adds: “We are very experienced in the health and residential care sectors and understand the need to ensure security systems are robust without compromising the homely, welcoming character of the setting. We’re delighted to be part of Jewish Care’s exciting plans to transform the Princess Alexandra Care Home into Sandringham – a new hub providing a wide range of facilities for the local community.”
Comments David Ross from Harvey Group: ““Providing a high standard of security and safety for residents is critical, in a care home setting both to support physical wellbeing and to provide complete peace of mind. That’s why we’ve brought WLS in as trusted experts to advise on specification, and install, integrate and commission the systems.”
