Latest Projects

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Our Clients

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Satisfied customers

“VWS Ltd have worked on several projects with WSHA and have provided an excellent service both in quality of work and technical advice. They also collaborate well with other contractors to ensure projects run smoothly to limit disruption to tenants and the contract.”

Bill Black

Whiteinch & Scotstoun Housing Association
“VWS Ltd have provided Southside Housing Association with multi disciplinary maintenance services and upgrades since 2011 We have found them to be invaluable in their advice and performance and where necessary strive to seek the most cost effective solutions. VWS Ltd staff are professional in their conduct and complete tasks in a timeously manner.”

K McLeod, Contract Services Officer

Southside Housing Association
“I cannot thank the team at VWS enough for their quick response and professional manner in which they carried out all aspects of the work, from the initial phone call to the completed installation.”

David Smart, President

Auchinairn Bowling Club
“VWS have been carrying out reactive repair works within the New Gorbals area for the past 6 years. During this time they have met all KPI’s and all works have been carried out to an excellent standard.”

Paul Cowan, Area Maintenance Manager

New Gorbals Housing Association

Our Projects

West Dumbartonshire

Security System Infrastructure

The Challenge

To replace poor 3G security systems with a flexible and reliable wireless infrastructure to cover multiple areas, because the town centre had just had new paving stones placed along the High Street so digging up the street/pavement was not an option.

The Solution

Using the 11n MICRO, 11n LITE, VWS suggested a point to point solution from each camera to a Multi-storey building. This was followed by a single point to point from the Multi-storey building to the nearest council office building and then on to their existing fibre network to the police station at Clydebank. Here all the cameras were then recorded and viewed using real time CCTV.

The system was quickly installed and the VWS team were delighted with the monitoring facilities within the SilverView network monitoring software as well as the ability to quickly configure the system when changes were required. The client was suitably impressed with the installation of the SilverNet hardware and the fact that moving from one frame per second (with the 3G option from WCCTV) to real time meant the operators were able to track potential offender much easier than before where it was virtually impossible. Also in the event of an incident the client is now able to view the recorded footage via their DVR at real time, again a vast improvement of what they had before.

The Benefits

All weather wireless network
Simple installation
Central Management
Rugged Design

The Technology

11n Range

Our Projects

Auchinairn Bowling Club, Glasgow

Full Intruder Alarm System

The Challenge

After finding themselves with reduced Police Response due to false alarms from their ageing system and a lack of support from their existing security company Auchinairn Bowling Club appointed VWS to get them back on track.

The Technology

Galaxy Control System

Our Projects

Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeen

CCTV & Door Entry Solution

The Challenge

Aberdeen City Council required a solution to provide real time monitoring of their city wide CCTV and Door Entry systems. The council had expressed a desire for the solution to be based on a wireless network to prevent high recurring expenditure associated with leased line solutions.

The council stipulated that the design and installation would have to be carried out by a NACOSS Gold accredited contractor to NACP 104 standard as the wireless system had to be a transparent transmission of the CCTV and Door Entry security data. The council also requested that the design be flexible enough to allow for a quick and low cost solution to re-locating the control room to another part of the city.

The Solution

With those criteria in mind VWS embarked on a thorough survey of the sites across the city to be monitored. The survey included analysis of the current wireless traffic present at and around the sites to ensure no conflict issues. The result identified primary routes and back up routes for the wireless transmission that would maximise the bandwidth and throughput of the aerials. VWS designed the system based on their previously successful wireless CCTV/Door Entry networks for Glasgow Housing Association and others. This was however on a much larger scale both in number of sites and geographical distance. The wireless transmission was deployed using the Silvernet range (silvernet.com). Large bandwidth/distance aerials were used to create the main point to point backhaul links and were supplemented with aerials of a reduced distance capability to interconnect the blocks in closer proximity.

At each block the aerials were routed through a Garrettcom industrialised gigabit managed network switch (garrettcom.com). The switches were configured using advanced RSTP(Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol) so that the wireless network was constantly monitored and if a link failed the switch would automatically activate a back-up link. The result of this has been a seamless service to the control room staff with very little downtime. The whole wireless network is monitored remotely by VWS to ensure rapid response to any issues and for the upgrade of aerial firmware without interruption to the client.

The project also included the upgrade of several door entry systems to GDX5 concierge to allow the control room staff to be in control of visitor access at the blocks. The audio communications from the GDX system are VOIP ( Voice over IP) transmitted over the wireless network. The point to point basis of the wireless network design ensured that the audio was clear and not disjointed as can happen with MESH type networks. The access fobs are also administered from the control room via the wireless network which allows the staff to monitor usage and interrogate the central database fob activity. VWS completed the project on time and on budget whilst adding value by using fibre optic cabling within the blocks to prevent any interference issues at no extra cost to the client.

Our Projects

Kennishead Multi-Storey Flats, Glasgow

High Definition IP System

The Challenge

As the current maintenance contractor for Glasgow Housing Association we were asked to provide them with an upgrade from their old analogue system to a full High definition IP system. In addition to this the client requested that additional cameras should be installed within the scheme to cut down on anti-social behaviour. The majority of the new cameras were to be fitted within the front and rear stair passages of the high rise blocks as this is where most of the anti- social behaviour was taking place. All the existing analogue cameras were to be replaced with IP cameras and the recording equipment was to be upgraded. As part of our design it was agreed, to minimise cost to the client, it would be beneficial to rewire the existing cameras rather than use media convertors. This not only improves the system performance but also enabled us to pass on our 25 year manufacturers cable warranty to the client.

The Solution

The project consisted of upgrading six analogue PTZ cameras to six High definition 1080p IP PTZ cameras. Twelve static cameras were also changed from analogue to full HD IP. All the existing analogue recording equipment was removed and replaced with Servers/Network Video Recorders. A further 140 cameras were installed within the anti-social areas. All the cabling infrastructure was renewed or installed with fiber and VWS terminated all the ends. A total of 29 fiber switches were installed and six new servers were fitted to allow full 25fps video storage at 1080p. All the cameras can be displayed on any of the new 42” monitors via a virtual matrix via the workstation software, a total of 4x 42” monitors were installed within a low profile bracket to create an aesthetically pleasing working environment. As a precautionary measure and to provide the client with added value we installed surge protection and uninterruptable power supplies adjacent to the servers. In the event of a power surge or a power outage the recording equipment will be protected.

The installation of the additional security cameras has drastically reduced the amount of anti-social behaviour within the previously problematic areas. VWS meet with the client on a monthly basis and we are told that they do not spend as much time cleaning, painting and dealing with general anti-social behavioural issues as a result of the installation.