50–56 Great Sutton Street, London

50–56 Great Sutton Street, London

Office & Retail Refurbishment – Clerkenwell, Central London Design, Supply, Installation, Commissioning and Support of Access Control, CCTV, Video Intercom, Intruder Detection, Gate Automation & Security Network Great Sutton Street building entrance with integrated security

Project Information

  • Client:Nuveen
  • Principal Contractor:Scott Osborn
  • Date:2024 – 2026 (handover February 2026)
  • Equipment Installed:Access Control: PAC Access Central with STID readers; CCTV: Comelit / Uniview IP; Intercom: Urmet IPerCom; Intruder: Texecom Premier Elite; Gate: CAME

Links Integrated Systems designed, supplied, installed and commissioned the complete electronic security package for 50–56 Great Sutton Street in Clerkenwell, working for principal contractor Scott Osborn on behalf of Nuveen. The building has offices from basement to fifth floor, retail at ground and basement level, and a goods-in and pedestrian entrance on Northburgh Street. Access control, CCTV, video intercom, intruder detection, electronic locking, gate automation and the security network were all delivered as one coordinated project.

Our scope covered technical design, equipment supply, installation, system configuration, commissioning, handover documentation and ongoing support. The project reached practical completion in February 2026.

The Challenge

Several specialist security systems had to work together inside one building, alongside the architectural, electrical, door-hardware and data-network packages.

Around 27 access-controlled doors had to be coordinated with their locks, power supplies and fire alarm release. Cameras needed proper coverage of the cores, reception, retail, cycle store and street elevations, with enough network and recording capacity behind them. The intercom and intruder systems had to be built in without becoming separate platforms that are hard to maintain. The whole lot also needed an organised network running back to central management and recording in the basement.

The Links Solution

We treated the security as one integrated building system rather than a collection of separate products. That meant coordinating the design with the wider project information, developing the system architecture, and managing the installation through to commissioning.

  • Access control: PAC Access Central with STID multi-technology readers, including mobile credentials. Controllers are on every floor in both cores, and the system is interfaced with the fire alarm, CCTV and intercom.
  • CCTV: around 39 internal and external IP cameras recorded on two 32-channel NVRs, with viewing at reception, the FM office and the CCTV position.
  • Video intercom: Urmet IPerCom, with five bespoke stainless-steel entrance panels finished in RAL 9007 to suit the building.
  • Intruder detection: a Texecom Premier Elite system with Grade 3 contacts on terrace doors, exit doors, the plant gate and the Northburgh Street entrances.
  • Gate automation: a CAME automated pedestrian gate, released by credential or intercom.
  • Network: a dedicated managed PoE network with security VLANs, plus equipment cabinets, patching and structured cabling.
  • Handover: an asset register and operating and maintenance information, with support for the building team through handover and into operation.

The Outcome

The building team now has one coordinated security system covering people, entrances, controlled areas and external approaches. A door can be released by a credential, by the intercom or by the fire alarm, and events are linked to CCTV footage. Because everything runs on IP and a managed network, the site has a solid base for daily operation, future maintenance and later expansion.

Links continues to support the site after completion, providing technical help and investigating operational issues when needed.

Why Links Integrated Systems?

Complex security projects need more than equipment supply. They need an understanding of how access control, CCTV, intercom, locking, gates, networks and building services affect one another. Links brings those disciplines together for consultants, contractors, facilities teams and end users, so the systems can be installed, commissioned, operated and maintained properly.

Integrated security, designed as part of the building.

Planning a commercial security project?

Links provides design, supply, installation, commissioning and ongoing support for integrated electronic security and data networks on commercial, residential and mixed-use projects. Call 01268 962399 or email paul@linkssystems.co.uk to speak to our team.

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