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sted has installed control room consoles and furniture for universi- ties, company world headquarters, national monuments and casinos. The selection of furniture and consoles is used and configured for many other installations as well.
Working with a local architecture firm, the campus police engaged Winsted to partner with them and help meet the challenges of the small, but critical control space.
Limitation Meets Opportunity
Tasked with meeting the specific needs of campus police in a confined space, the Winsted team scouted the location to determine how best to maximize square footage.
“Although our space was limited, Winsted presented us with a vari- ety of options that would have worked well for our needs,” Truong said.
Meeting a challenge, the team was able to offer the police service many different types of desk set ups, wood and stains, all that fit within their space constraints.
Campus police was outfitted with a series of six Ascend consoles with custom millwork. The Ascend consoles include many features that lend themselves to critical control rooms, including Versa-Trak monitor mounting system, electric-lift legs, easy-access cable man- agement and multiple-purpose doors.
To complement the consoles offer three programmable height set- tings for versatility and comfort, allowing the desks to be adjusted to any height. This is a particularly helpful feature when multiple com- munications officers use the same space on any given day.
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Within a few months the newly designed room was fully outfitted and operating smoothly. From conception to installation.
“They were with us since day one, which is great,” Truong said. “Communication was always open and their reps would follow up with everything we asked of them. They still follow up with us to make sure we have absolutely no problems.”
Functionality for Safety
In an important room with limited space, every inch needed to be used to its fullest potential to achieve success. The same could be said for the University of Toronto Campus Police. When optimized to its full efficiency, something that may look small to the outside perspec- tive has the opportunity to achieve great things.
“I’ve had a very professional experience and am very satisfied with the overall dealings with Winsted, throughout the entire process and follow-up,” Truong said. “In fact, a few people from different agencies have come to see our set-up and layout, we are very happy with it.”
A team of 80 staff are tasked with keeping the safety of 100,000 on a daily basis. This is the job of the University of Toronto Campus Police. For Winsted, helping them with the opportunity to improve their job through layout of their control room, this was a task not taken lightly.
Randy Smith is the president of Winsted Control Room Consoles. *Source: National Center for Education Statistics - https://nces.ed.gov/
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