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COVER STORY
AUTHOR Christina Marsh
A New
Surveillance
System
at PHL
Philadelphia International
Airport [PHL] is working with
Arora Engineers to upgrade their
surveillance system in Customs and
Border Protection [CBP] areas in
terminals A - West and A - East
with upgrading remaining terminals
including remote areas.
THE OBJECTIVE of this program is to
upgrade the existing system to 100%
Philadelphia International Airport [PHL] is working with Arora Engineers
to upgrade their surveillance system in areas in terminals A - West and
A - East.
PHOTOS BY ARORA ENGINEERS
IP while significantly increasing CCTV viewing coverage;
establishing comprehensive coverage including currently
unsupported ( " greenfield " ) areas around the airport
perimeter, and on terminal roadways; upgrade the video
management system (VMS) to allow for more efficient
management and resource allocation; upgrade control
rooms/MDFs (Main Distribution Frames) to support the
new system; replace network infrastructure, new fiber,
equipment, storage, and switches necessary to support
the new VMS/IP CCTV configuration.
PHL began the program three years
ago during the COVID-19 pandemic
and has completed Phase 1 and has
started construction for Phase 2A of
the program implementation.
Vice President at Arora Engineers
Kalpesh Trivedi said the existing
system at PHL is almost 12 years old,
and a lot of the equipment is outdated
or no longer available.
" The program is being planned in
multiple phases to deploy a new video
management system throughout PHL
for multiple reasons, for funding, and
also the interruption to the security
system and the operation during
implementation, " Trivedi said. " PHL
is not only upgrading the CCTV, but
it's upgrading everything that's associated
with it that requires the new
video management system to deploy
in the right manner. "
Acting Airport Security Manager
for the City of Philadelphia Division
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of Aviation Jason Sankey said the
main objective for this project is to
get comprehensive coverage of the
entire airport.
" The cameras are new access IP
and we're using a new security Cisco
network. So, everything about the
system that we have is being upgraded
for this new CCTV project, " Sankey
said. " We are taking everything old
out and putting all new fiber, all new
cameras, all new system to watch the
cameras, as well. "
Sankey said they are deploying
around 4,000 cameras at PHL.
" We had about 1,500, 1,800. We're
going to about 4,000, " Sankey said.
" We're going into places
that we
weren't before. So, more eyes and
a better security footprint with this
new system. "
The program is installing a new
system parallel to the existing system.
This means that there will be no coverage
drops or interruption to the

September-October 2022

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of September-October 2022

Inside the Fence
Industry Update
Things to Consider When Building a Parking Garage
How Video Surveillance Technologies Are Changing the Way Airports O
Airport Business Security Report
Legal Matters
Airports’ Ongoing Push to Sustainability
Terminal Safety Includes Healthy Air and UV-C Light
Product Focus
September-October 2022 - 1
September-October 2022 - 2
September-October 2022 - 3
September-October 2022 - 4
September-October 2022 - Inside the Fence
September-October 2022 - Industry Update
September-October 2022 - 7
September-October 2022 - Things to Consider When Building a Parking Garage
September-October 2022 - 9
September-October 2022 - 10
September-October 2022 - 11
September-October 2022 - How Video Surveillance Technologies Are Changing the Way Airports O
September-October 2022 - 13
September-October 2022 - 14
September-October 2022 - 15
September-October 2022 - Airport Business Security Report
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September-October 2022 - 33
September-October 2022 - Legal Matters
September-October 2022 - 35
September-October 2022 - Airports’ Ongoing Push to Sustainability
September-October 2022 - 37
September-October 2022 - Terminal Safety Includes Healthy Air and UV-C Light
September-October 2022 - 39
September-October 2022 - Product Focus
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