This spring, in an effort to secure The Lawn On D, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) turned to its longtime systems integration partner, BCM Controls, to develop a plan to design and deploy a cutting-edge security system. The MCCA and BCM Controls ultimately selected Fluidmesh Networks as the wireless infrastructure provider for The Lawn On D, necessary to meet the needs of the unique system.
A first-of-its-kind outdoor interactive space in Boston, The Lawn On D Powered by Citizens Bank began as an experimental event landscape that brings together different communities, audiences, and area residents for innovative programming and events in the epicenter of the Waterfront and South Boston neighborhood.
Due to its unique space situation and limited network and power infrastructure, securing the space took more imagination. In keeping with its modern aesthetics and design, the system had to have a small footprint and clean lines, all while allowing a quickly deployed, reliable solution that could provide cutting-edge security without interfering with the landscape.
Fully integrated with the overall security infrastructure of the MCCA, the system that BCM Controls designed allows for centralized command and control, video surveillance, guest location and flow counting, and credentialed access control across the entire site. Fluidmesh Networks’ system provides “both fixed and mobile technologies enabling super-fast, redundant, and easily deployed wireless infrastructure to connect permanent, temporary, and mobile assets” (Security Today).
“We were looking for a reliable solution that could be installed quickly without extensive construction or disruption to The Lawn,” said Robert Noonan, Director of Public Safety of the MCCA in a recent article in Security Today. “We required a system that could adapt to the numerous unique events hosted annually on The Lawn. The flexibility of the system allowed for our security teams to utilize our existing safety and security technology in a way that enhances our visitors’ safety for each event.”
In the same article, Steve Feinberg, President of BCM Controls, noted: “To allow the MCCA to realize its vision, we needed to build a strong, absolutely reliable, easily reconfigurable, wireless infrastructure. All the applications the MCCA wanted on The Lawn require a backbone network they can trust in all conditions. BCM has been a partner of Fluidmesh for the last ten years, and has deployed its technology across some of the most high-profile wireless video surveillance networks in New England and considered this solution as the perfect fit for the project.”
With Fluidmesh Networks’ infrastructure, the MCCA “can add cameras, call boxes, motion detection and access control to [their] operation at a moment’s notice” (Security Today). They have also expanded the system to the MCCA’s new parking lot on Danby Street.
Read the full article at Security Today.