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live voice or pre-recorded messages from any one location. With an environment where families are spread across the campus, seamless communication between buildings was essential.
“Looking at these systems today, they are much more than just fire alarms, they are emergency evacuation systems. The Honeywell | Gamewell-FCI E3 Series will allow LakePoint staff to handle situ- ations beyond fires such as building lockdowns, weather alerts and active shooter warnings,” Van Loan said.
Two command centers serve as the hub of the mass notification system, activating weather alerts, building lockdowns and other ur- gent messages. With the added security that comes with having two command centers instead of one, a location can take over if the other is compromised.
Beyond ensuring compliance with NFPA guidelines, the project fell under the state fire marshal instead of a local municipality— which meant much stricter enforcement. Bill Van Loan and his team had to work extensively with the fire marshal on variances and de- cisions specific to the structure and intricacies of this building. For example, the standard 30-foot height of ADA strobe placement had to be changed to 35-feet in order to avoid interference from ceiling equipment and stay in line, and in view, with the other strobes. The ADA strobe equivalency approach was implemented here and ap- proved by the state fire marshal.
In addition to height requirements, the building also posed a chal- lenge for the NFPA codes when it came to the audibility and intel- ligibility of evacuation tones and messages. Retractable walls, 6,000 spectators and 12 basketball games at once does not easily lend itself to perfectly clear, and intelligible, voice announcements. “In order to ensure all high-powered speaker clusters could project audio suf-
ficiently, we built a mock-up panel to test our system and circuitry,” said Van Loan.
From the beginning, the project teams overcame uncommon dif- ficulties such as installation in a free span building, navigating a busy ceiling, and adhering to code requirements in an unusual setting. But with big plans for an expansion under way, LakePoint has just seen the beginning of their challenges.
Looking Ahead: Expanding the Largest Sports Complex
The future of LakePoint could include the addition of hotels, gas stations, restaurants, ice cream shops, a convention center, a secu- rity holding center and much more. With these additional structures come increased needs from the security and fire systems.
Today, LakePoint leverages video surveillance, intrusion and fire panels in the building, with surveillance spread across the outdoor fields. Next up, the security and life safety team will be working to integrate these systems, and access control, into a singular interface to monitor all facilities, across all Honeywell platforms.
As the demand for state-of-the-art sports complexes increases, athletes and spectators will continue to seek out
new training and competition facilities. By in-
corporating cutting edge security and life safety
systems with innovative design, it’s no wonder LakePoint is a destination for athletes from across the country.
Chuck Han is the product marketing manager at Honeywell / Gamewell-FCI.
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