Author: Senseco

On Saturday 15th October, we had the absolute pleasure of inviting all 170 staff, plus partners, to the stunning De Vere Wokefield Estate – an 18th century Mansion House set in 250 acres of Berkshire beauty.

The reason? To simply say thank you.

After two difficult years through Covid – and none of the usual Christmas parties able to take place, it was just fantastic to bring our work family back together again.

I started the evening with a short speech – focusing on thanking individual members of the team that made this whole event possible, and then expressing our sincere thanks to the whole team – and their loved ones. After all, they have supported our employees when we asked them to stay away – or go the extra mile. We wanted to show each and every one of them just how valued and appreciated they are. 

Our work family really has stepped up in our time of need. When Covid hit the world, our entire business adapted and worked tirelessly throughout – and the strength of this business allowed us to support those who needed it. And we thankfully managed to retain all of our staff – not a single furlough in sight – or the need to rely on any government funding.

Why? Because the team delivered when it mattered. 

• From our various admin support teams across four businesses – who adapted and embraced remote working technology or shift changes within the offices to ensure we kept moving forward.
• Our management, sales and compliance teams – who travelled to various locations to source emergency supplies, and continued to maintain and support our client relationships so that they had peace of mind, and their life safety systems remained operational. Bearing in mind, many of our competitors had just chosen to shutdown and furlough all staff.
• Our large engineering team – who continued to work throughout: including going to Covid hospitals and challenging environments, but we supported them with PPE – and they supported the whole company.

I look back now over the last two years in total amazement of what we managed to achieve…together. Despite a global pandemic and huge uncertainty around the world, it has been an enormous success story. Senseco alone recorded an incredible 20% growth from 2021 to 2022 and the group business also concluded three acquisitions – bringing sprinklers, suppression and remote monitoring into the group.

Our first acquisition, which concluded at the height of Covid was challenging, but has proven successful. Despite the impossible circumstances of having to wear masks and not being able to shake hands, we managed to embrace this team of new people, communicate that everything was going to be okay – and that the future of this sprinkler business was going to be very prosperous. As has been the case with the additional two acquisitions that followed quickly after. 

And that’s why the event on Saturday 15th October was so important. Yes, it was about celebrating success – but more importantly it was about a genuinely heart-felt thank you to the people that made it all possible. 

A thank you for loyalty, commitment and support – not just for Senseco and our three additional businesses that now form our group, but for each other. For friendships – some 25 years, and still going strong.

When you have a work family like we have, and we all pull together with a common goal to achieve and support – targets and business plans look after themselves. 

None of our competition does work family better than we do. 

It cannot be said enough…thank you.

Senseco Awarded NHS Framework.
Healthcare Applications Guide

Senseco are pleased to announce after a detailed application and review process we have been successful in becoming NHS Shared Business Services Framework Agreement Suppliers.  This means any NHS or Government Authority can engage with us directly knowing we have met all of the stringent requirements.  This will minimise the need for Pre Qualifications Questionnaires and show they are working within regulatory guidelines they need to follow with an approved company.

Becoming an NHS Framework supplier is particularly important as we have a long history of working on NHS / Healthcare premises, this further shows our commitment to the sector.  We have also produced a Hospital / Healthcare Applications Guide.

Hospital and Healthcare Applications Guide

Hospitals require reliable fire and security systems and competent companies to install and maintain them to ensure they remain operational and compliant.

Senseco Systems have a wealth of experience in the hospital and healthcare sector. We have maintained, installed and upgraded many fire systems in hospitals with minimal disruption to patients, staff and operations. We even offer site-based engineers to deal with any critical issues, as well as carrying out ongoing maintenance.

Minimising false alarms

False alarms can be disruptive, costly and lead to complacency in the event of a real fire. In a hospital environment there are added challenges of disruption to operations, patients, and the risks of moving them.

We can advise on a range of measures to reduce false alarms and even offer systems where we guarantee against them with our FAITH (False Alarm Immune TecHnology) guarantee. Click here for more information
www.sensecosystems.com/fire/#false-alarm-immunity

Keeping people safe

Systems need to keep staff and patients safe, and allow for safe movement of patients or evacuation. There are specific standards to meet for fire doors linked to fire systems, and escape routes must have smoke detection, be well lit and protected from fire.

We provide compliant BS7273-4 fire systems, the standard for door release mechanisms. Our intelligent emergency lighting systems are constantly monitored and tested to ensure they operate when you really need them, and we provide sprinkler and water mist systems to ensure evacuation routes are protected from fire and are safe.

Systems visibility across your site

Most hospitals are spread over multiple buildings, so control room visibility across the whole site is critical.

We offer computer graphics packages that connect to different systems in different buildings, so everything is shown in a consistent format. We also offer a range of systems that can give notification of fire events to selected users’ mobile phones.

Compliance and competence

Fire Legislation means the building owner or employer is responsible for carrying out a Fire Risk Assessment and employing competent persons / companies  to install and maintain fire systems.  Using an accredited / certificated company demonstrates you comply with the legal requirements.

Senseco are LPS1014 certificated to design, install, commission, and maintain fire systems. Our sprinkler division are LPS1048 certificated, and our gas suppression division are certificated to LPS1204.

Flexible maintenance with minimal disruption

It is important that any maintenance regime fully tests the systems installed with minimal disruption to patients and the operation of the hospital. Many hospitals also have a mix of different systems, old and new to be maintained.  As an independent company we can support a wide range of systems and provide detailed service records for compliance and reassurance.

We can offer maintenance packages with periodic visits or site based engineers.

To download our full hospitals and healthcare applications guide click here: www.sensecosystems.com/business-sectors/#hospitals-and-healthcare

If you would like to review your fire prevention, suppression, and security systems, please get in touch.

0845 644 2888
sales@sensecosystems.com
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We are thrilled to announce, we have new DIRECTORS!!!!

Huge well done and congratulations to Brian Aldridge (Director of Project Operations), Jamie-Dee Barham (Director of Service Delivery), Derek Huse (Director of Project Delivery).

Datacentre.me Networking Event – 10th May London

Senseco are known for our data centre expertise in providing fire detection, gas suppression, water mist, sprinklers, access control and CCTV solutions for these critical environments. That is why we are sponsoring the Datacentre.me networking event in central London on the afternoon / evening of 10th May 2022. More details and registration can be found on this link

https://datacentre.me/newsletter/senseco-systems-sponsor-networking-event-may-2022/

Datacentre.me networking events are well known, high quality, end user networking events and such they are only open to professionals from the datacentre industry. To find out if you qualify and to register for the event click the link below.

https://datacentre.me/blog/who-qualifies-to-attend-face-to-face-datacentre-me-end-user-events/

Senseco are in a unique position in that within our group we have LPCB certification for fire detection and alarm (LPS1014), fire suppression (LPS1204) and sprinklers (LPS1048). Therefore we can offer a single point of contact for all detection and suppression systems, including room integrity testing and offer end to end testing of these systems together.

We hope to see many of our datacentre clients on 10th May at this event.

To download our full data centre applications guide click here:
https://www.sensecosystems.com/business-sectors/#data-centres

If you would like to review your Data Centre’s fire, sprinkler, suppression, and security systems, please get in touch.

Senseco Newsletter – Gallagher access control partners.

Senseco Systems are pleased to confirm that they recently became a Gallagher Certified Channel Partner. Gordon Swallow, Strategic Business Development Manager for Gallagher is pictured handing over the channel partner certificate to Lee Thompson, Director of Strategic Development for Senseco Systems Ltd. The Gallagher partnership strengthens Senseco’s position as an independent electronic security provider specialising in enterprise level access control and CCTV systems for high end sites / applications. Our partnership with prestigious manufacturers allow us to provide the widest range of solutions to our clients to tailor solutions to their needs.

Gallagher offers flexible, integrated access control solutions to meet your security and business requirements. Efficiently and reliably manage multiple access points to control risk, improve business efficiency, ensure business continuity and increase profitability. Intelligent data management keeps your information safe. The system is scalable and able to integrate with other systems on site to provide unrivalled flexibility. Go beyond traditional access control with Gallagher, using a complete site management solution that creates new possibilities and helps you achieve compliance and best practice at all levels of your business.

The Senseco team with our Gallagher trained technicians can advise on solutions to meet your requirements as part of our overall portfolio of fire, sprinkler, suppression, security, voice, monitoring and integrated systems.

Senseco Applications Guide – Education Premises

We understand your fire safety and security needs

Education premises need reliable and compliant fire safety systems, installed and maintained by certified providers, to ensure they remain operational and compliant.

Senseco Systems have a wealth of experience providing fire and security systems to the education sector. We have maintained, installed and upgraded many fire and security systems in schools, colleges and universities with minimal disruption.

We understand your challenges as below:

False alarms
False alarms in any environment are disruptive, costly and can lead to complacency in the event of a genuine fire.  Our advice can help to reduce incidence of false alarms. And our False Alarm Immune TecHnology (FAITH) system guarantees against false alarms, proven in student accommodation.

Safe evacuation
It is essential to have safe evacuation systems in place. Not all systems meet the required standards for operation of fire doors and safe escape routes protected from fire.  We provide compliant fire systems to meet BS7273-4 the standard for fire protection measures, providing release mechanisms for doors. We also provide intelligent emergency lighting, smoke detection, sprinkler and water mist solutions. All ensuring safe evacuation in the event of a fire.

Campus Wide System Visibility
It is important to have visibility of fire systems across multiple buildings on site. Our graphics packages connect to different systems in different buildings, monitoring everything in a consistent format with networked systems that comply with the latest EN54 standards. We also provide fire event notifications to selected contacts.

Compliance and competence
Employers and building owners are legally responsible for fire safety and risk assessments, and must use certified, accredited companies to install and maintain fire systems.  We are LPS1014 certificated to design, install and maintain fire systems. Our sprinkler division are LPS1048 certificated, and our gas suppression division are certified to LPS1204. All our systems are compliant with the latest British and European Standards.

Maintenance
It is important that any maintenance regime fully tests systems installed with minimal disruption.  We are highly experienced in maintaining large sites and accommodation sites either on a periodic, weekly or manned site basis. We can visit during term breaks to minimise disruption. As an independent provider, we support a wide range of systems, old and new, and provide detailed service records for your compliance and reassurance.

Seasons Greetings To All Our Clients

We would like to thank all of our clients for their support during another unusual year and pass on our best wishes for the festive season. We have had a year of growth and through acquisitions can now offer a much wider range of services through our group business to our clients including sprinklers, gas suppression and monitoring as well as fire alarm and security. We have continued to support our clients with maintenance, remedial and project work during the year, to keep essential life safety systems in good working order and compliant. We also have exciting plans for further growth in 2022.

We have very dedicated team and a really loyal client base and have added many new clients this year, who we look forward to continuing to work with in 2022. We wish you and your families a safe, enjoyable Christmas and successful New Year.

Call Out Cover Over The Festive Period

The Senseco head office closes shortly after lunchtime on Christmas Eve and reopens on Tuesday 4th January 2022. However, we have our call out service operational and engineers on standby for emergency call outs during the festive period as part of our 24 / 7 / 365 back up service to our clients. Just use our normal call out number of 0845 644 2888 for emergencies during the festive period, or at any other time

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