Our expertise stems from many years experience of meeting the UK government’s security requirements, including much of the physical and electronic security which today protects British Government ministers, members of the Royal Family and Ministry of Defence establishments.
Based on this considerable experience, TPS are able to ensure that our security solutions answer the individual need of the client.
Inevitably, we work in close liaison with the security industry to continually improve and adapt equipment and systems to meet both our and the client’s stringent criteria
With no vested interest in supplying security equipment, we provide independent advice to companies on how best to optimise their security strategy.
Range of Services
Design of security systems through all RIBA stages including concept, outline and detailed design and incorporating:
- Fences
- Vehicle barriers
- Perimeter intruder detection systems
- CCTV systems
- Access control systems
- Intruder detection systems
- Security management systems
- Security control rooms
- Security rated doors windows and shutters
- Strong rooms
- Mail rooms and baggage and mail screening
- The writing of performance specifications
- tender evaluation
- contract management
- technical site liaison
- Witness testing
- Security system audits
As part of Carillion Business Services, TPS Security has the ability to draw upon the resources and skills of its own architects, engineers, project managers, and surveyors, enabling TPS to provide solutions for all technical security requirements from conception through to completion.
Projects
Typical recent security projects undertaken by TPS have included:
Government
- Review and audit of the whole of the operational and technical security measures at the Royal Mint in South Wales
- Assessing all existing communications and security systems at the sixteen Royal Parks in London. The second phase includes the establishment of an overall communications and security strategy, system design and the management of its implementation.
- Production of a Security Standards Manual covering risk assessment, asset identification and technical and operational security standards for a Whitehall Ministry
- Design of high security perimeter intruder detection systems, CCTV and intruder detection systems at a sensitive Royal Naval establishment in Scotland
- Provision of risk assessment services and design of enhanced security systems to allow a military base to be ‘’mothballed’’
- Threat and risk assessments followed by security audits at a number of Government laboratories
Miscellaneous
- Design, contract management and technical site liaison for all technical security required for the counter terrorist measures on 20 above ground sites on a Water Ring Main
- Design and project management of a 20 camera, town centre CCTV scheme in the UK
Security
- Security review and subsequent design of the technical security enhancements at a UK University
- Security audit and review with recommendations for improvements for Canterbury Cathedral.Design, contract management and technical site liaison during installation of the anti terrorist security measures at more than 30 major Water Treatment Works and Sewage Pumping stations for the UK water industry
- Provision of security Policy and Standards documentation for four of the major UK water companies.
Commercial
- Production of corporate security policy document for major international company with upwards of 1000 sites
- Providing threat and risk assessments for the London headquarters of a Newcastle based company
- Designing the technical security measures necessary to enable the engineering services of a City investment company to continue functioning after an explosion
- Auditing the existing technical and operational security measures at the Headquarters of an Essex based international company
- Designing and managing the installation of the technical security measures at an area office of a major national company in the West Midlands
- Providing training in security procedures and best practice for the engineering department of a major national company based in East Anglia
Transport
- Analysing and specifying the complete security requirements at the proposed new terminal at Heathrow for a major international British airline
- Evaluating tenders and finalising the design for the pilot CCTV scheme at three London main line railway stations
- Designing the counter terrorist measures at ground and sub-basement levels at the West London Air Traffic Control Centre
- Providing independent security audit and review functions for the design of the physical and electronic security on the new approach bridge and viaduct to the new Hong Kong airport
- Assisting the client and the end user to commission the 1800 camera, CCTV system at 16 London main line railway stations to obtain optimum system performance
- Design of all technical security measures for a new Japanese Wafer Fabrication plant in Scotland
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Contact: Mark Webster
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