NCDoT selects Activu for new, world-class, multi-agency joint forces headquarters

Activu Corporation, a leading provider of IP-based visualisation and collaboration solutions for mission-critical command and control centre environments, has designed, built, installed and commissioned a turnkey large-scale visualisation system at the statewide transportation operations centre (STOC) in the State of North Carolina’s Joint Forces Headquarters (JFHQ) building in Raleigh, North Carolina.
March 19, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
4026 Activu Corporation, a leading provider of IP-based visualisation and collaboration solutions for mission-critical command and control centre environments, has designed, built, installed and commissioned a turnkey large-scale visualisation system at the statewide transportation operations centre (STOC) in the State of North Carolina’s Joint Forces Headquarters (JFHQ) building in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The headquarters brings together staff from North Carolina’s departments of transportation, highway patrol, national guard and emergency management under one roof for coordinated routine and emergency operations. Specifically, at the facility’s new STOC, the 4027 North Carolina Department of Transportation is co-located with the Turnpike Authority and NCDoT’s incident management assistance patrol. The new 236,000 square feet building features state-of-the-art technology, equipment and network infrastructure, and facilities such as a 400-seat auditorium, a dedicated media briefing room, a large situation room and multiple breakout and conference rooms.

Activu’s secure, Internet Protocol (IP) and open standards based visualisation and collaboration solution is as an integral part of the state’s Triangle Expressway ITS and allows the NCDoT to easily share information from 400 closed circuit television cameras, over 600 vehicle detectors and five roadway weather information systems with other agencies at the JFHQ and beyond.

This sharing, where all stakeholders see exactly the same information, improves situational awareness, helps develop a common operating picture and significantly improves the quality and speed of decision-making which, in turn, helps the DoT fulfill its mission of safely and efficiently moving people, goods and services. Activu’s software accommodates NCDoT’s legacy analogue infrastructure, bridges it with newer network and mobile technologies, and offers operators a single point of control.

“Activu is delighted to be a part of this initiative. We strongly believe that North Carolina’s state-of-the-art integrated Joint Forces operations centre is the wave of the future because it underscores the profound importance of inter-agency cooperation for effective monitoring and emergency response. We also believe that the opportunity and scale of inter-agency cooperation at this centre will help us improve and expand our own product capabilities.” said Paul Noble, Activu CEO.
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