IP video for a 21st century market

Axis Communications cameras increase the security of the San Antón Market, a new concept of traditional market, with an avant-garde design divided into three heights with three different purchase concepts.

The remodeling of the San Antón Market involves the recovery of the space of a traditional market for the construction of an innovative commercial and cultural building. A new recreational and cultural environment was sought, that responded to the growing interest in gastronomy, but completely safe and perfectly integrated into the neighborhood.

The Association of Merchants of the San Antón Market, through the architecture studio QVE, contacted Drams Technology and Security, partner of Axis Communications, that suggested the implementation of a state-of-the-art IP video surveillance system integrated with access control. The new security system, that incorporates IP video surveillance, access control, intercom and home automation features, offers merchants flexibility and scalability according to their needs. This system allows them to provide the security that this place of culinary culture needs., where a consumer who comes en masse is informed and trained, where the product is the protagonist, and merchants the ambassadors of the quality of the same.

Renovated space

Located in the heart of madrid's most colorful neighborhood, the San Antón Market, opened in the year 1945 and demolished in 2007, has been completely remodeled for re-opening in May 2011. The new space, of 7500 metros cuadrados está dividido en varias alturas y ofrece diferentes conceptos de compra. Está compuesto por 12 puestos de alimentación fresca en la planta principal, dos cafeterías, un supermercado de una gran cadena, nueve tiendas de comida preparada en la segunda planta, junto a una sala multifuncional para exposiciones y actividades culturales, y un restaurante con terraza en la tercera planta. Todo ello se completa con un parking con capacidad para 80 Vehicles, donde existen plazas robotizadas y otras destinadas a la recarga de vehículos eléctricos. La construcción del nuevo Mercado de San Antón ha supuesto una inversión cercana a los 15 millions of euros.

The new market incorporates multiple technological infrastructures among which the solar thermal and photovoltaic panels that guarantee its condition of "repetuous with the environment" stand out., and local area network infrastructure, which allows them to provide general services to the whole building, and also specific, such as IP video, to the owners of the establishments. It offers free Wi-Fi Internet access for guests and has accessible itineraries and services for people with disabilities.

When incorporating the security system, composed of video surveillance systems, access control, intercom and home automation features, the Association of Merchants relied on the advice of the company Drams Technology and Security, Axis Communications Partner. As there is a local area network infrastructure, it was recommended from the first moment the incorporation of IP video cameras with PoE power for the video surveillance system.

More than 40 Cameras

The system is composed of 26 Axis P3301 cameras and 6 Axis 216FD cameras that control indoor areas of the market such as entrance doors, the corridors, the stairs, the exits of the lifts, Etc. And 8 Axis P1343-E cameras for outdoor and parking areas. Access to the garage is made from Libertad Street by a one-lane ramp for both the entrance and exit of vehicles. The system incorporates license plate recognition software.

The video system is managed with OnGuard software Lenel and has an image storage system composed of two recording servers and a fault tolerance server with a total capacity of up to 7 Tb, allowing them to store the recordings (To 10 images per second with 480 resolution×360 and compressed into H264) for a period of 30 Days, according to the guidelines of the AEPD. The video surveillance system is connected to the Tecniserv Alarm Receiving Center, so that in the event that any incident occurs, the market is contacted and depending on each situation the most appropriate decision is made.

Images can be viewed from three points: from a Control Center housed in one of the restricted areas, from the parking control area and from an exclusive viewing point for traders, located on the Floor 1. Some merchants have incorporated cameras in their establishments and centralize the recording of images through the video surveillance system.

Octavio Rodriguez Toledano, president of the Association of Merchants of the San Antón Market, has recognized: "We are very satisfied with the Axis video surveillance system that Drams Technology and Security has implemented for us.. Creemos que cubre todas nuestras necesidades actuales y que gracias a sus posibilidades de flexibilidad y escalabilidad nos permitirá adaptarlo fácilmente a las necesidades que podamos tener en el futuro.“

Client:
Asociación de Comerciantes del Mercado de San Antón
Aplicación:
Videovigilancia IP y control de accesos
Partners:
Axis, Drams Seguridad, Lenel
Solutions:
Cámaras Axis P3301, Axis 216FD y Axis P1343-E

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