The system, called VoCALL is a fully distributed Emergency Voice Communication System (EVCS), complying fully with BS5839-Part9:2003 and combines both fire telephones and disabled refuge points. It covers all buildings including offices, media centre, main court complexes and museum across the South London site.
Chris White of installation company Comlite said: "I hadn't worked with Current Thinking or the VoCALL system before this project, and though the learning curve was steep I have found the company easy to work with and was and was impressed by the attentiveness of its staff, technical support, system testing and client handover. I have found them very flexible and we have worked very well together on designing a system for the Wimbledon Championships."
Current Thinking's managing director Anthony Smith says: "We were delighted to be chosen as the supplier for this project by Comlite. Wimbledon clearly wanted the best quality safety systems in the redevelopment and that's what we were able to provide.
"Given the nature of Wimbledon, with its courts complexes, together with a wide range of administrative buildings and a museum, it has been a challenge to develop a network to cover all parts of the site and we have worked very closely with Comlite as the installer on developing the system including the creation of the unique Incident Logging System."
(Jim Evans)
