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Firstco Ltd - Airport Control and Communications Systems Design, Integration and Consultancy

TIN news:     Firstco was founded in 1998 and has grown rapidly to become a force in the areas of technical consultancy, technical assurance, project management and systems design and integration. Firstco is now the UK's leading independent controls and communications systems specialist, with the company's expertise continually transforming the built environment into efficient and effective operational facilities.
 
We work with blue-chip clients in a range of industries across the world, particularly in the transport sectors such as airports. We are currently working on several significant airport development projects in the UK and abroad, including Heathrow Terminal 2 and Muscat Airport in Oman, where we have teams of engineers providing both high-level guidance and detailed design. Integrating seamlessly into a client's organisation is one of Firstco's key strengths.
Airport systems design and integration, airport systems consultancy and project management
 
Firstco provides a range of systems consultancy services for airports and their associated infrastructure, including planning, requirements capture and design, project and airport systems interface management.
 
As well as providing technical expertise, Firstco specialists examine and advise on the main features and objectives of the client's business and their future operational requirements. Consequently, today we are regularly involved in the very early stages of client projects and provide strategic input even whilst the earliest functional descriptions of systems are being prepared.
 
This enables Firstco to perform a high-level master systems integration role; Firstco oversees and carefully manages both the technical and management communications to ensure time and budget constraints are kept. This level of integration allows further added value in an area where many projects falter.
Airport communications, security, operational, monitoring and control systems
 
A typical project brief requires information and recommended methods of utilising technology to automate efficiency of people and processes. It comprises four primary groups of systems and Firstco undertakes the planning and design of these:
 
    Communications systems: the systems and infrastructure used to deliver data, voice and video around the terminal and campus
    Security systems: CCTV, access control, X-ray search and other specialist systems required to ensure the safe and compliant operation of the airport
    Operational systems: specific systems required for airport operations. Numerous systems and databases are used across the operator, the airlines and control authorities ranging from check-in and bag-drop right through to flight-information displays and stand allocation
    Control and monitoring systems: safety critical, operational control and environmental control systems which are monitored 24/7 from control rooms around the airport
 
Airport security and passenger flow systems
 
Airports and their functionality are under constant scrutiny and systems are paramount to guaranteeing that they can run smoothly and safely.
 
Firstco's expertise is employed throughout the entire lifespan of an airport project and this has provided Firstco with a depth of experience of airport systems, from the early decisions made on essential requirements right through to the delivery phases.
 
To ensure that the systems running the airport are suitably designed, all the client, operator and shareholder requirements are taken into account. With this in mind, Firstco works alongside the operators and key decision-makers from the early design stages onwards.
 
Airport systems in the Firstco portfolio include:
 
    Plant control, including control rooms
    SCADA and PLC networks
    BMS and HVAC controls
    Energy metering and saving
    Passenger information, including public address
    Fire detection and voice alarm
    Lighting control
    Fixed-line voice communications
    Access control
    Surveillance, including CCTV and intruder detection
    Wireless
    Transmission
    Cable and space, including fibre and copper networks

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