Yas Driving Academy
A complete ICT and ELV build for a high-volume training facility — 63 cameras, Wi-Fi 7 coverage, a Fortinet-secured network, 12 access-controlled doors and a UPS-backed core, delivered by one accountable team.
IP Care on-site delivery at Yas Driving Academy
- Client
- Yas Driving Academy
- Sector
- Education & Training
- Location
- Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Delivered
- 2025
- Role
- Principal ICT & ELV contractor
The scale of the delivery
A high-use education and training environment needs security, connectivity and physical access working as one system — not five separate contracts that meet for the first time at commissioning.
Structured cabling and fiber backbone, a Fortinet network with Wi-Fi 7 coverage, 63-camera CCTV, Suprema access control and UPS-backed power protection.
Every system cabled, configured, tested and handed over by one engineering team, with certified test results and manufacturer support registered from day one.
Real delivery, real engineers
The work at Yas Driving Academy, discipline by discipline — every system specified, installed, tested and commissioned on the ground by one accountable IP Care team.
CCTV Systems
Sixty-three Hikvision dual-light cameras installed and aligned across the facility — dome coverage over interiors and circulation, bullet cameras on external approaches and the training yard, each on its own certified Cat6 run.
- 51 × 4MP dual-light varifocal dome cameras (2.8–12 mm)
- 12 × 4MP dual-light varifocal bullet cameras (2.8–12 mm)
- 63 dedicated Cat6 camera runs, terminated and tested
- Camera positioning, focus and field-of-view configured on site
Structured Cabling & Fiber
The physical layer everything else depends on: Cat6A throughout, a 12-core armored single-mode backbone between rooms, and every link Fluke-certified and OTDR-tested before a single system was energized.
- 7.6 km Cat6A U/UTP 23AWG, 200 keystone terminations
- 1,000 m 12-core armored single-mode fiber backbone
- 1 × 42U main rack + 3 × 12U satellite racks, power strips fitted
- 7 × 24-port patch panels, 4 × fiber patch panels, 96 LC pigtails spliced
- 100 floor boxes and shutters, 20 faceplates
- Full labeling, Fluke channel certification and OTDR test reports
- FortiGate firewall supplied, installed and configured
- 5 × FortiSwitch-148F-FPOE — 240 PoE+ ports, 740 W PoE budget each
- 13 × FortiAP-441K indoor Wi-Fi 7 tri-band access points
- 2 × FortiAP-432G outdoor access points for external coverage
- 12 × 10GE SFP+ long-range modules for the fiber uplinks
- Switch, AP and firewall configuration under central FortiGate control
Network & Wi-Fi 7
A Fortinet security fabric from the edge in — firewall supplied and configured, FortiSwitch access layer on 10G fiber uplinks, and Wi-Fi 7 coverage engineered for a facility where classrooms, offices and an outdoor training yard all need to stay connected.
Access Control
Twelve controlled doors from reader to lock to software — Suprema IP67 dual-frequency readers, magnetic locks with compliant emergency release, all managed under one BioStar 2 platform with headroom to grow to fifty doors.
- 12 × Suprema XPass XP2-MDPB dual-RFID mullion readers (IP67, IK08, NFC/BLE)
- 13 × 600 lbs magnetic locks
- 12 × no-touch exit buttons and 12 × emergency break-glass units
- BioStar 2 Standard licence — 50-door capacity
- Dedicated cabling and fixing for every reader, lock and release device
- 1 × Eaton 9SX 6000i RT3U online UPS protecting the main rack
- 1 × Eaton 5PX 1000VA RT2U UPS for satellite equipment
- Rack-mounted, integrated with the 42U core and distribution
Power Protection
Security and network hardware are only as available as the power behind them. Eaton UPS protection was fitted at the core so cameras, switches and door controllers ride through a mains event rather than rebooting into one.
What was installed
The delivered equipment schedule, system by system — tier-one hardware specified for a facility that has to run every day.
Structured Cabling
D-Link / D-Connect| Item | Qty |
|---|---|
| Cat6A 23AWG U/UTP cable (305 m box) | 25 boxes |
| 42U rack 800 × 1000 mm with power strip | 1 |
| 12U rack 600 × 600 mm with power strip | 3 |
| Cat6A UTP keystone jacks | 200 |
| 24-port unloaded patch panel, 1U + cable manager | 7 |
| Floor shutters | 100 |
| Cat6A patch cords, 1 m | 120 |
| 12-core OS1/OS2 armored single-mode fiber | 1,000 m |
| 1U 24-port fiber patch panel with splice tray | 4 |
| Single-mode duplex LC adaptors | 48 |
| LC/UPC single-mode pigtails | 96 |
Network & Wireless
Fortinet| Item | Qty |
|---|---|
| FortiGate firewall — supplied and configured | 1 |
| FortiSwitch-148F-FPOE 48-port PoE+ switch | 5 |
| FortiAP-441K indoor Wi-Fi 7 access point | 13 |
| FortiAP-432G outdoor access point | 2 |
| 10GE SFP+ long-range transceiver (10 km, LC, SMF) | 12 |
| FortiCare Premium Support, 1 year | All units |
CCTV
Hikvision| Item | Qty |
|---|---|
| DS-2CD1743G2-LIZU 4MP dual-light varifocal dome | 51 |
| DS-2CD1643G2-LIZU 4MP dual-light varifocal bullet | 12 |
| Cat6 camera cabling, termination and testing | 63 runs |
Access Control
Suprema| Item | Qty |
|---|---|
| XPass XP2-MDPB dual-RFID mullion reader (IP67, IK08) | 12 |
| Magnetic lock, 600 lbs | 13 |
| No-touch exit button | 12 |
| Emergency break-glass unit | 12 |
| BioStar 2 Standard licence, 50 doors | 1 |
Power Protection
Eaton| Item | Qty |
|---|---|
| 9SX 6000i RT3U online UPS | 1 |
| 5PX 1000VA RT2U UPS | 1 |
Finished means documented
Certified test results
Every copper link Fluke channel-tested and every fiber core OTDR-tested, with reports issued as part of handover.
Labeled and documented
Racks, patch panels, outlets and fiber cores labeled to a consistent scheme so future changes start from a known state.
Manufacturer support registered
FortiCare Premium Support registered on all switches and access points, with the BioStar 2 licence issued in the client’s name.
One accountable contractor
Cabling, network, CCTV, access control and power delivered under a single scope — one team to call, not five.
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