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2014 SECURITY INNOVATION AWARDS 14 SECURITY TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE • November/December 2014 www.SecurityInfoWatch.com ecured Cities and Secu- rity Technolog y Executive (ST E) magazine capped off its Baltimore event in November by recognizing some of the most unique and collaborative security projects in the world with the Security Innovation Awards (SIA) luncheon, held at the Bal- timore Convention Center. Six top security projects were hon- ored at the luncheon, reflecting the public/private partnership sectors that define the Secured Cities conference and the audience of STE. Noting that this year 's submis- sions were among the most competi- tive, judges selected winners from the municipal, government, corporate, campus, healthcare and transit sec- tors. In addition to the six individual vertical market awards, the judges also bestowed accolades to the best overall project with the first-ever Grand Plati- num award, which went to the Qatar Petroleum District Project located in Doha, Qatar, submitted by Aon Global Risk Consulting (AGRC) — read the full project case study on page 16. "We are thrilled to see the quality submissions we received this year and our judges remarked that this may have been the best crop of projects they have ever judged," said Steve Lasky, edito- rial director for the Cygnus Security Media Group and conference director for Secured Cities. "Every project sub- mitted featured a unique challenge that was not only met by cutting-edge technology solutions, but with meticu- lous project planning and collaborative efforts from all involved. The quality and intricacy of the integrated security solutions evolve each year and we are excited to showcase these projects, as well as the security professionals that bring them to fruition." Qatar Petroleum District Project The 2014 Grand Platinum winner was also awarded the top corporate project. This massive corporate com- plex located in the West Bay of Doha, is one of the largest corporate cam- puses in the world. Covering more than six million square feet, the complex includes a five-star hotel, nine promi- nent high-rise towers comprised of 16 to 52 stories each, a parking garage, underground parking for 6,000 cars, a central utility plant, an auditorium, and three auto-courts, serving three towers each. The security systems design com- pleted by AGRC Security was equally immense, consisting of 1,644 fixed and 62 operable (pan-tilt-zoom) IP-enabled Pelco cameras that were strategically located to support situational aware- ness. Fiber optic cabling was used for exterior cameras to preclude the intro- duction of power surges, ground loop, and sneaker currents onto the shared computer network. Excluding doors that are equipped with HID Global access control readers, the site has 2,836 standard, high-security, and roll- up presence/position sensors and 500- plus duress buttons. The entire access system centralizes onto the Honeywell Pro-Watch Security Management Sys- tem, which is distributed via 304 PW6 Honeywell controllers. The top five sector project winners included: Campus Project — University of Kentucky: The University of Kentucky was recognized for its strong collabora- tion among its campus police depart- ment, physical plant division and the individual business units residing in those campus facilities. All parties needed to address the issue of dispa- rate systems, with the goal of creating a fully integrated solution that would provide a standardized solution across campus. UK contracted with the con- sulting firm Biagi, Chance, Cummins, London, Titzer, Inc. (BCCLT) to assess the disparate Security Management Systems (SMS) and Video Management Systems (VMS) and the existing UK information technology infrastructure to develop a request for proposal (RFP) that would best articulate the vision for a centralized UK security system. Both BCCLT CEO Tom Sorrell and Dallmann Systems President Tom Dall- mann were on hand to accept awards. Other awards were presented to UK Project Manager Rich Riedl, and UKPD Chief Joe Monroe and Major Nathan Brown. Read the full case study on this project on page 30. Healthcare Project — Navicent Healthcare: Working with its systems integration team from Tech Systems, Chief of Police Quentin Jude of Navi- cent Health, located in Macon, Ga., faced the daunting task of a total sys- tems retrofit when it was learned that the healthcare giant's access control system would no longer be supported by the manufacturer as it reached its end-of-life cycle. Qatar Petroleum District Named Top Security Project at Secured Cities Conference Massive Doha corporate campus of more than six million square feet selected as the 'Grand Platinum' honoree in 2014 Security Innovation Awards ceremony S SECURITY INNOVATION AWARD W I N N E R