Bosch provides complete security system to Krakow conference center

La infraestructura implementada incluye un sistema de evacuación, fire detection and public address systems, as well as intrusion alarms, access control and conference and video surveillance systems. The latter relies on the Video Management System, as well as on different types of cameras such as Flexidome IP panoramic cameras 7000.

Krakow is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland, and the International Conference and Entertainment Center (ICE) is its commercial and cultural flagship, and its views allow one to see some of the city's most famous monuments.

Conferences take place at the ICE, exhibitions, parties, seminars and concerts, with audiences ranging from a few dozen to several thousand attendees. Los arreglos espaciales cambiantes y la amplia gama de eventos plantean desafíos para conseguir que el público esté seguro y protegido en todo momento mientras disfruta del mejor sonido y la acústica.

Sus grandes espacios representan un gran desafío para los diseñadores de sistemas de evacuación. El sonido procedente de los altavoces de evacuación debe ser potente e inteligible para informar a cada invitado claramente de lo que debe hacer, y los altavoces deben ser discretos, mezclándose con el fondo para no alterar el espacio de la actuación o del público.

La solución se encontró en los altavoces hemisféricos de Bosch, que forman parte del sistema de megafonía y evacuación por voz Praesideo. Como comenta un técnico: “Si hubiéramos apostado por unos altavoces estándar para el sistema de evacuación, habríamos necesitado bastantes unidades para establecer una cobertura de sonido uniforme en todo el edificio. Utilizando los hemisféricos colocados directamente debajo del tejado, cinco altavoces han resultado suficientes para hacer el trabajo, fundiéndose además con la estética de la habitación”.

Este sistema de evacuación forma parte del completo paquete de seguridad y comunicaciones de Bosch que se ha instalado en ICE que incluye sistemas detección de incendios, video surveillance, and public address systems, as well as intrusion alarms, control de acceso y sistemas de conferencias.

La videovigilancia en la instalación se apoya en el Bosch Video Management System, as well as on different types of cameras such as Flexidome IP panoramic cameras 7000, que cuentan con una resolución de 12 megapíxeles y altas velocidades de fotogramas, combined with a fisheye lens. These cameras provide a complete view of 180 o 360 degrees, sin puntos ciegos, and allow moving objects to be easily captured. In this way, the quality of video surveillance solutions is improved.

The FPA modular control panel 5000, equipped with point-type and linear smoke and heat detectors, is responsible for fire detection. In the most representative rooms, the invisible fire detectors series have been installed 500 with flush-mounted ceiling installation. With all of this, Bosch provided the installation with 2.000 fire detectors.

Convention for the Protection of Heritage

All this infrastructure was completed for the ten-day event that took place last July: the United Nations Annual Convention for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage. This group is responsible for designating which places should be protected as areas of great cultural or natural importance, like Stonehenge, Glacier Bay or the Great Barrier Reef.

The conference was attended by 1.966 UNESCO delegates, as well as a thousand service provider companies and journalists, and some 700 police and security officers. Around 50 parallel events took place, alongside the 35 main ones held at the ICE, for which more than 20.000 publications were produced, and audiovisual systems were used intensively.

At the center for multilingual communication, where simultaneous interpretations were managed, Bosch proporcionó (for more than 1.500 participants) of its conference system solutions, through its Integrus language distribution system and DCN conference solutions.

Access control was also of vital importance for the proper functioning of the event. In the current tense political climate, high security must be maintained not only inside the venue, but also outside, at access points and parking areas. Bosch security solutions helped achieve and coordinate these objectives, without the ICE needing the presence of additional guards and security personnel.