Amthal awarded multi-site security contract at Barnet and Southgate College

Barnet and Southgate College is a large further education provider operating across campuses in Barnet, Southgate and Colindale. The college supports a diverse student population across academic, vocational and technical programmes, with sites that include teaching blocks, workshops, specialist learning environments and high footfall communal areas.

Given the scale and movement of people across the estate, maintaining robust security and life safety systems is a core operational requirement.

Amthal was selected to cover the college’s intruder alarm, fire alarm, Paxton access control and IP CCTV systems across all three sites. The scope of works has included routine maintenance, system monitoring and ongoing technical support to ensure that all systems remain compliant, fully operational and aligned with the college’s safeguarding and estates strategy.

Joined-up approach

Pritesh Dattani, soft facilities manager at Barnet and Southgate College, said: “Managing life safety and security systems across three busy campuses requires a joined-up approach. We consolidated maintenance under a single provider to ensure consistent performance, improved visibility and reduced fragmentation across systems and sites.”

Dattani added: “At this scale, reliability, fast fault response and co-ordinated maintenance planning are essential for minimising disruption to teaching and campus activity. Having Amthal’s support in place gives us confidence that fire, intruder, access control and CCTV systems are managed within a consistent framework, duly supporting safeguarding and operational continuity right across the college.”

The complexity of the estate is reflected in the scale of the systems in place. The intruder alarm infrastructure spans 800 circuits across ten monitored panels, providing coverage across multiple buildings and departments with varying access requirements.

The fire alarm system comprises 1,569 devices connected through 15 networked panels, designed to ensure early detection and co-ordinated response.

Access control is managed through 483 Paxton-controlled doors, supporting controlled movement across campuses, while also allowing operational flexibility for staff and students. In addition, 452 IP CCTV cameras provide visual coverage across key internal and external areas, supporting safeguarding, incident review and day-to-day site management.

Systems integration

Amthal is now supporting installation works delivered through the college’s contractors, helping to ensure new systems integrate effectively with existing infrastructure and maintain overall system integrity as the estate develops.

David Williamson, business development manager at Amthal Fire & Security, stated: “This contract reflects the importance of maintaining fully integrated security and life safety systems across a large multi-site education environment. Our focus is on ensuring that all systems are maintained in such a way that supports reliability, compliance and operational continuity across the college estate.”

Williamson concluded: “By working closely with the college and its contractors, we can help to ensure existing infrastructure and new installations continue to operate as a connected and dependable system across all three campuses.”

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