23 Aug Muscat International Airport wins CEM Systems Project of the Year
Muscat International Airport has won the overall CEM Systems Project of the Year Award for 2018. The landmark $1.8 billion new airport project was honoured at CEM Systems’ annual security conference, held 23—24 May at the Galgorm Resort & Spa, Northern Ireland.
“As the largest infrastructure project in Oman, the Oman Airport’s Management Company (OAMC) required a large scale, fully integrated security solution to secure Muscat Airports new $1.8 billion Terminal 1 and its vast number of outlaying annex buildings.” said Philip Verner, sales director, EMEA, Johnson Controls.
“We were also awarded the contracts to secure the new Salalah International Airport and Duqm Airport in Oman and it was imperative that all three airport’s share a commonality of CEM Systems security technologies and infrastructure. This award helps congratulate OAMC in their achievement of a standardised, best-in-class security platform across multiple Oman airports”.
For Africa, Integrated Fire & Safety Solutions Ltd (IFSS) was awarded in recognition for their project work with Safaricom Telecoms, Kenya. The award marks their continued commitment to growing CEM Systems business in Kenya but also celebrates their work in opening up CEM Systems solutions to Egypt.
Tyco Fire & Security U.A.E was awarded 2018 business partner for Middle East. Over the past few years, Tyco U.A.E has successfully worked on some of the largest, complex and most prestigious security projects within this region. These include the iconic Louvre museum, Abu Dhabi, and Muscat International Airport, Oman.
“Johnson Controls is very fortunate to be involved in many exciting and often iconic access control projects around the world and 2018 is no exception” added Verner.
“Through customer endorsements and the support of our committed Approved Reseller channel, we have successfully opened up CEM Systems innovative access solutions to many new sectors and territories throughout Europe, Middle, East and Africa (EMEA). The 2018 Business Partner of the Year Awards are not only given to our top EMEA business partners for high levels of sales, but are given in recognition for their ongoing commitment to accredited CEM Systems training, joint marketing initiatives and their tireless endeavour to go above and beyond when delivering successful customer projects within their respective regions.”