Airport
Airports constantly operate at full capacity and cannot easily recover from disruptions caused by unreliant systems. Airports with quiet periods require systems that automatically reduce energy consumption in unused terminal areas. All airports need hundreds of systems to operate. All airports focus on customer service and rely on utility systems for the supply of electricity and water. Airports consist of mission-critical systems which require the correct level of security systems.
Our many airport projects include:
- Terminal construction – security, building management systems, information and airside operational systems
- Integrated control rooms
- Control and monitoring of utilities such as gas, power and water
- HVAC
- Airfield communications
- Radio networks
- Monitoring of lifts, escalators and passenger boarding bridges
- Energy metering
- PA/VA
- Lighting, CCTV and Fire Alarm Management
- IoT
Our Terminal Management System is an innovative solution that allows you to integrate your diverse systems into one seamless platform, providing your infrastructure with centralised command and control of all your critical systems.
It sits over the top of your existing sub-systems, exchanging only the most relevant information. It is a vendor-neutral platform meaning that you do not need to replace or upgrade your existing systems to achieve integration.
Rail
Railways require station and line-wide control systems, and communication systems that operate over long distances. Rail working environments are hazardous with close proximity to high-speed trains and high voltage traction power. Subsurface rail stations require solutions where space is a premium and there are statutory regulations to comply with – and Firstco offers those solutions…
Our many rail projects include:
- Subsurface station construction
- Integrated control rooms
- Line and station management systems
- Passenger information systems
- Data transmission optical fibre networks
- Subsurface radio networks
- Tunnel ventilation control systems
- Traction and bulk power control systems
- Innovative level crossing communications
As well as heavy rail and metro systems, we have experience in working on trams, people movers and driverless pods.
Vertiports
Firstco have been designing control room applications for the transportation sector for over 20 years.
We have drawn on this experience to create our concept on what a Vertiport operations room might look like and more importantly, what systems they will require to operate their portfolio of Vertiports.
We believe that the typical Vertiport business case can not support on site services often found at airports, instead they will need to rely on remote control and monitoring of their systems from a centralised operations room that supervises multiple Vertiports.
Built Environment
Airport terminals and subsurface rail stations are similar to large buildings that need security, heating, cooling, lighting, fire protection, smoke extraction, electricity, water, lifts and escalators. Airport campuses typically consist of several terminal buildings, satellite buildings, baggage facilities, electrical substations, water pumping stations and other buildings best monitored from a central location. Energy consumption across the campus has to be monitored and the flow of people and vehicles across the campus has to be controlled, often with CCTV surveillance systems.
Our many built environment projects include:
- Integrated control rooms
- Building management systems
- Electrical management systems
- Heating ventilation and air conditioning control systems
- Energy metering
- Lighting control systems
- Fire detection
- In building radio networks
Our larger control and communication systems provide smart campus solutions that can scale up to become a smart city and enterprise-wide solutions.
Maritime
Like aviation, the maritime industry is a regulated environment with similar security, border and customs requirements. Maritime vessels and facilities require specialist operational, control and security systems.
Our marine projects include:
- Port construction
- Integrated control rooms
- Security systems
- Control and monitoring of utilities
- Communication and radio networks
- Crane control systems
- Ship control systems
Road
Roads are increasingly using technology to enforce laws and increase throughout.
Our road projects include:
- Integrated control rooms
- Managed motorways
- Incident detection
- Lane control displays
- CCTV
- NRTS / Data communications
- Tunnel ventilation
- In tunnel radio networks
- In tunnel PAVA
Automation
Our core competency is our process control capability, including design & build of:
- SCADA, BMS and PLC control systems
- Data communication networks
- Motor control centres
Our automation projects include:
- Power distribution
- Medical systems
- Pharmaceutical
- Food and beverage
Whatever the sector, we ensure our control systems are reliable, secure and provided at the appropriate Safety Integrity Level (SIL).