The original system, installed in the late 1990s, had reached the end of its supported service life. Replacement parts were difficult to source, and recent code updates required addressable detection in residential corridors that the legacy panels could not support.
Working in coordination with building management, Ameritech designed a phased migration that allowed each riser to be cut over independently. Tenants saw no disruption to monitoring at any point during the project, and the FDNY witness testing was completed on schedule.
Project highlights
- Honeywell Gamewell-FCI addressable platform with voice evacuation
- Phased riser-by-riser cutover with zero monitoring downtime
- AHJ submittals and FDNY witness testing completed across three phases
- Coordination with building staff to minimize tenant disruption
This is the kind of project that defines how we approach occupied-building work: the technicians who designed the system are the same ones who’ll service it for the next twenty years. Continuity matters when you’re trusted with life safety.