Putrajaya, the garden city development which houses the administrative hub of the Malaysian Parliament, is to install more than 100 CCTV cameras in key buildings and public places
It’s phase one of the Core Island project, which will eventually extend across the island.
The contract – estimated to be worth almost £900,000 to Leeds-based COE – has been awarded to systems integrators Formis Integration, working with local installers Integrated Choice and video network firm COE. Using COE’s X-class, MPEG-4 digital codecs enable the system to be completely configurable from a central control point. Privacy zoning is incorporated into the pan and tilt camera domes throughout the system. Mark Marriage, COE’s Technical Director, says: “This scheme will clearly demonstrate how far digital technology has come in urban CCTV surveillance. The flexibility and adaptability of IP, coupled with the picture quality normally associated with analogue-based systems, is an enormous step forward. We expect this project to become a blueprint for city-centre CCTV surveillance systems across Asia-Pac countries as well as in Europe and the USA."
