OPTEX BoundaryGard turns tip into a fortress
Irish local authority chooses wireless active-beam detector system for hazardous landfill site
WHEN a local authority in Ireland was seeking a cost-effective perimeter security system to monitor pedestrian and vehicular entry into a hazardous landfill site, it opted for a solution comprising the award-winning BoundaryGard wireless active-beam detectors from OPTEX.
The challenge lay not only in the size of the site, but also its location, with debris, wildlife and extreme weather conditions all prevalent and likely to cause false alarms. The solution, therefore, needed to be both robust and reliable, protecting the public from risk and preventing the theft of potentially valuable plant and material.
It also needed to be fully operational as quickly as possible with minimal site disruption, as the site was being built and nearing completion. Further challenges lay in both the varying topography of the site and the potentially hazardous materials present.
Managers at the local authority turned to Byrne Overall Security Solutions (B.O.S.S) to design and install an appropriate system, and they, in turn, worked with their product partner, Dublin-based Reliable Security Products, for product advice and project support.
Dermot Bresilin at Reliable Security Products specified the OPTEX BoundaryGard iSeries battery-powered wireless active beam technology: ‘The cost and practicalities of using a hard-wired system was simply not an option, so we chose the new iSeries wireless system as a highly reliable but far less expensive solution,’ he explained.
‘As groundworks were not required, installation was completed by B.O.S.S. within weeks rather than months, disruption on site was kept to a minimum, project costs were controlled and deadlines met well ahead of schedule. The customer is extremely satisfied with the performance of the system to date, as are we.’
According to Paul Nicholas, OPTEX divisional manager, the BoundaryGard battery-powered active beams deliver the stability and catch performance required by the specification, including tolerance of the extreme environmental conditions: ‘With no expensive cables to run and no civil works or digging of trenches, the OPTEX BoundaryGard iSeries proved to be the ideal choice,’ he said.
‘It means that even the most remote locations, where only essential services power is available, can now benefit from the reliability inherent within all of OPTEX’s detection technologies.’
