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As one of the leading building systems integrators in Canada and the U.S., Bosch subsidiary Paladin Technologies has many years of experience implementing complex projects such as the DP Word and the George Massey Tunnel.
It's a mild early spring afternoon in Vancouver, Canada. Thick clouds hang over the port, which runs along the southern shore of the harbour. The last patches of snow are still visible on the mountaintops. In DP World’s expanded and redesigned full-service terminal, cranes are busily transferring containers – around 6,000 of which are stacked there – from ships onto trucks and trains. Designed as a multimodal transportation hub and spanning 83 hectares, the company’s port facility plays a major role in Trans-Pacific Trade.
Paladin Technologies Inc., a Bosch subsidiary, has installed more than 300 video cameras there, many of them mounted on poles more than 20 meters tall, and fitted nearly 200 doors and gates with access control systems. The cameras ensure the security and safety of merchandise and over 300 employees of DP World. It’s a demanding project for a customer that expects top quality. But that’s business as usual for the experienced team at Paladin Technologies – and one of the reasons why the company’s many customers value their problem-solving competencies and reliability and have remained loyal to them for many years.
Paladin Technologies: leading system integrator in Canada and the USA
With 37 offices and 1,700 employees across Canada and the USA, Paladin Technologies ranks among North America’s leading building system integrators. Just like DP Word, customers from all markets, including airports, universities, hospitals, and data centers, value their outstanding expertise and services. Paladin Technologies provides turnkey solutions, equipping buildings and infrastructure with state-of-the-art security systems and handling everything from wiring across installation to setup.
Extensive experience with complex projects
Paladin’s portfolio also includes aftersales monitoring and systems upgrading services, which the company was contracted to provide for another highly complex undertaking in Vancouver. It involved modernizing the technical systems of the 60-year-old George Massey Tunnel, which is used by over 80,000 vehicles each day. Over the course of the eight-month project, Paladin’s team replaced the lane control signals, street lighting fixtures, signs, and 50 video cameras inside and outside the tunnel.
Unlike the project at DP World’s container port, there wasn’t always a refreshing sea breeze for the team members to enjoy. Much of the work was done underground, including laying around seven kilometers of fiber-optic cables. Total concentration was essential to avoid endangering their own safety. But that wasn’t a problem for the experienced team that completed this project with their usual high quality and reliability – thus making a major contribution to ensuring that this important link between the cities of Delta and Richmond will be able to meet increasing traffic demand over the next 20 years.
