b'SECURITYMIA 21security equipment was attached to tenant facilities, requiring thediscovered once youre testing and after everything has been involvement and coordination of many stakeholders. installed; so you have to go physically move sensors and fields of The south perimeter is more of an open field, so contractorsview, and that does impact your schedule and your costs.had to span great distances when bringing in infrastructure. AtTo fine-tune the overall system, crews experimented with the direction of Burns & McDonnell, crews used a directionalcamera placement to maximize the capabilities of each unit boring process to shoot conduit pipe under the ground and moveand stretch the perimeter security detection. In addition, Evolon laterally along the length of the perimeter. Because it was MIAsseized the opportunity to pair its tracking technology with specific first time using the boring method (rather than conventional open- cameras. The combination of color and thermal cameras with cut excavation), Burns & McDonnell and the Aviation DepartmentEvolon detection and PTZ (pan, tilt, zoom) tracking makes for a went through months of background research. It was a very long,robust overall intrusion detection system, says Intag.tedious search to go through decades and decades of documents on infrastructure and piece together where the obstacles, barriers and sensitive items were, Hatfield recalls. Despite the additional planning upfront, the strategy ultimately savedMAURICIO PAREDES IMPASSE II time during Phase One. We used directional boring to install all the electrical conduit, says Mauricio Paredes, senior civil engineer and projectHigh Security Steel Palisade Fencemanager with Burns & McDonnell. That really expedited the construction. Because the directional boring method proved successful, it will likely be used again, where appropriate, during Phase Two on the north and west sides of the airport. Knowing what we know now, theres a lot that we can utilize that we have in our back pocket to make at least the design and initial construction a lot more efficient in the future, says Harless, also of Burns & McDonnell.Another challenge involved slight changes that occurred to fence line over the course of the project. Between the initial design and the time crews installed technology about one year later, some areas of the fence got pushed out (perhaps from maintenance vehicles) and some sections of the wire on top becameWhen it comes to security, we dont compromise.loose. There are always challenges when it comes to installing new stuff on existingCertified Liability Protection Intruder Detectionfacilities or infrastructure, but I think overall itSensor Systemsactually went pretty smooth, Harless remarks. Integrate ActiveSecurity Peripherals Anti-Scale SpacingDespite ample planning, the team stillContact your sales representative to learn more.had to make adjustments in the field. Every detail was important to get accurate results from these products, explains Mike Gonzalez,MIKE GONZALEZbusiness developmentAMERISTARPERIMETER.COMmanager with Certified Network Professionals.888-333-3422Unfortunately, most challenges are usually AirportImprovement.comNovember | December 2023'