PMR products deployed clear and safety critical communications for the 100km2 London Array windfarm, located twelve miles from the Kent coast. Providing reliable communications is pivotal in facilitating the seamless interaction of the many personnel as they move around the vicinity.

We were tasked with facilitating three pivotal elements:

• Reachability

• Response

• Robustness

THE CHALLENGES

Turbine towers are constructed of steel and therefore create an almost impenetrable Faraday cage which prevents radio signals from outside transmitting within the tower structure. Once inside the turbine, technicians lose the ability to communicate.

THE SOLUTION

To ensure radio coverage both inside and outside the turbine towers we had to develop a system that provided a dedicated radio channel optimised to work inside each turbine and link it to the main site-wide TETRA system using a Gateway Repeater.

When a radio user moves in the tower, a location beacon is detected which automatically switches the radio to the turbine channel. When they leave and enter a vessel, the radio detects another beacon which switches it back to the main Tetra network.

THE RESULT

We created seamless communications between the operational teams and across a site; both outside and inside the tower. Additionally, they can now identify who is inside the tower or on a vessel by tracking the radio as the user enters or exits the tower.

CONCLUSION

PMR Products provides for critical communications at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff.

CLIENT

The 74 500 capacity Principality Stadium is the national stadium of Wales. Located in Cardiff, it is the home of the Wales national rugby union team but is also used for many other events including football matches and music concerts.

BACKGROUND

Safety is critical at the stadium, which required a robust communication solution to replace the existing analogue two-way radio system.

SOLUTION

SafetyNet software provides a complete solution for handling two-way radio communications and alerts and monitoring the location of workers indoors and outside at a major water treatment plant, improving communication, safety and efficiency.

BACKGROUND

PMR Products client was tasked with providing communication and worker safety at a site covering more than 15 acres and incorporating a Victorian pump house, modern blocks housing processing areas, decommissioned sand beds and smaller ancillary buildings, replacing a legacy system of analogue radios, mobiles and pagers.

SOLUTION