Commercial intruder alarms in Cambridge
Know straight away if someone gets into your premises out of hours. We design, install and maintain commercial intruder alarms to suit your building, your risks and your budget.
- SSAIB certified
- Local engineers
- Free site visit and quotation
At a glance
- Based in
- Huntingdon
- Covering
- Cambridgeshire and East Anglia
- Accreditation
- SSAIB
- Systems
- Orisec, wired and wireless
- Services
- Alarm design, installation, monitoring options, servicing and maintenance
- Scale
- Small premises to multi-site
Overview
Commercial intruder alarm installers covering Cambridgeshire and East Anglia
BDi Advance designs, installs, services and maintains commercial intruder alarms for businesses across Cambridgeshire and East Anglia, from Huntingdon, Cambridge and Peterborough to Ely and Bury St Edmunds. We are SSAIB certified for intruder alarms, and we install Orisec systems in wired and wireless versions, so each system is chosen around your building and how it is used.
- Local engineers based in Huntingdon, covering Cambridgeshire and East Anglia
- SSAIB certified for intruder alarms, CCTV and access control
- Grade, detection and signalling chosen to suit the risk at your premises
- Monitored options, keyholder alerts and control from your phone
- Intruder alarm servicing and maintenance, including systems installed by other companies
- Competitive prices, and one supplier for security and fire rather than two to chase
- Linked to your CCTV and access control where that adds value
Quotations start with a free site visit. Call 01223 566 599 or send us your details and we will get one booked.
Costs
What affects the cost of a commercial intruder alarm?
No two buildings cost the same to protect, which is why we survey before we quote. These are the things that move the price.
Size of the building and number of detectors
Biggest factor
Every entry point and area that needs covering adds detectors, contacts and set-up time. Covering the routes an intruder would actually use, rather than every room, keeps the cost down.
Grade of system
Varies
Grades run from 1 (low risk) to 4 (high risk). Higher grades are harder to tamper with and cost more, and your insurer may specify the grade you need.
Wired or wireless
Site specific
Wireless systems are quicker to install and cause less disruption. Wired systems are typically preferred for larger or higher-security sites.
Signalling and monitoring
Ongoing cost
An audible-only alarm costs least. Keyholder alerts to your phone, or signalling to a monitoring centre that operates around the clock, add equipment and, for monitoring, an annual charge.
Police response
If required
Police response needs a monitored system, a Unique Reference Number (URN) from the police and regular maintenance by a certified company.
Maintenance
Ongoing
Planned maintenance keeps the system working correctly and reduces false alarms, and monitored systems with police response need it to keep their URN. We recommend a professional service at least once a year.
Commercial intruder alarms
Intruder alarm systems for business
A commercial intruder alarm detects entry to your premises through door contacts, motion detectors and other sensors, sounds an alarm to deter the intruder, and tells the right people. Depending on how it signals, that means keyholders through an app, a monitoring centre that operates around the clock or, for qualifying systems, the police.
We install Orisec intruder alarms, available in wired and wireless versions, and set each system's grade, detection and signalling around your building, what is kept there and your insurer's requirements.
Monitoring and control
An intruder alarm is only as useful as the response it triggers, so we set up who is told, and how, before we hand over.
App control and alerts
Set, unset and check your alarm from your phone, and get an alert as soon as it activates, wherever you are.
Linked to your other systems
An intruder alarm can be linked to CCTV and access control, so an activation is recorded on camera and you can see what caused it.
Not every site needs a monitored alarm. Where keyholder alerts do the job we will say so.
Intruder alarm servicing and maintenance
An alarm that has not been checked for a while is more likely to fail when it matters, or to go off when it should not. We service and maintain the commercial intruder alarms we install and alarms fitted by other companies, and a service visit works through the whole system.
What a service visit covers
Detectors and door contacts are tested across the areas they cover, batteries in the panel, sounders and wireless devices are checked and replaced when near the end of their life, and communication links are verified so an activation still reaches the monitoring centre or your phone. Logged faults, false activations and staff codes, fobs and prox tags can be dealt with at the same visit.
Takeovers and upgrades
We take over intruder alarms installed by other companies, replace ageing control panels, add detectors when a building changes, and upgrade older systems so they can be controlled from your phone. We look at the existing system first, so the quotation reflects what is already there.
Our maintenance contracts include a full check twice a year as standard, backed by a 24-hour manned service line and a 24-hour emergency technician call-out, 365 days a year. More about maintenance
Alarm systems we install
Orisec intruder alarms
We install Orisec intruder alarm systems, with panels, detectors and sounders chosen for each building, and a choice of keypads, fobs, prox tags and a phone app to set and unset them.
Working with one platform properly, rather than a long list superficially, means our engineers know the equipment they are commissioning, which makes servicing, fault-finding and adding to a system later more straightforward.
Wired and wireless
For every type of building
Orisec systems are available in wired and wireless versions. Wireless suits buildings where new cabling would be disruptive, and wired suits larger or higher-security sites.
App control
Your alarm on your phone
The Orisec ControlPlus app lets authorised users check and control the system remotely and receive alerts when it activates.
Graded systems
Matched to the risk
Alarms are graded from 1 to 4 by security level. Many commercial premises need Grade 2 or 3, and your insurer may specify the grade.
Alarm types
Types of commercial intruder alarm
The right alarm depends on who needs to know when it goes off, and how quickly they need to act.
Most commercial systems fall into one of these four types, and a system can move up a level as your needs change.
Audible only
Sounds an internal and external alarm to scare off an intruder and alert people nearby.
Best for: low-risk premises with staff or neighbours close by.
Worth knowing: nobody is told automatically, so it relies on someone hearing it.
Keyholder alerts
Sends an alert to nominated keyholders' phones when the alarm activates, and lets you set and unset the system remotely.
Best for: smaller businesses where an owner or manager can respond.
Worth knowing: someone has to see the alert and act on it, day or night.
Monitored alarms
Signals to a monitoring centre that operates around the clock, which contacts your keyholders when an activation is received.
Best for: premises that are empty overnight or at weekends.
Worth knowing: monitoring carries an annual charge, and the centre follows the response plan you agree with it.
Police response
A monitored alarm issued with a Unique Reference Number (URN) by the police, so verified activations can be passed to them.
Best for: higher-risk premises, and where an insurer requires it.
Worth knowing: police response follows national police policy and local force rules, and the system must be installed and maintained by a company certified by a UKAS-accredited body such as NSI or SSAIB.
Intruder alarm design and installation
How an installation works
Quotations start with a free site visit. We look at the building, the entry points and what is kept there, then design the system to suit the site and the budget rather than quoting blind.
Site visit
Free site visit and quotation
Design
Detector positions, grade and signalling planned around your building and your insurer's requirements
Installation
Installed, programmed and tested by our engineers, with a mess-free installation
Handover
Your team shown how to set and unset the system, and the app set up on your phones
Ongoing support
Planned maintenance, with a full check twice a year as standard, to keep the system reliable and reduce false alarms
SSAIB certified intruder alarm installers
Our intruder alarm installation, servicing and maintenance work is carried out under our SSAIB certification, which covers intruder alarms, CCTV and access control. SSAIB is a UKAS-accredited certification body, which police policy requires for alarms that need police response. If your insurer sets conditions on how your premises are protected, tell us at the survey stage so the design can take them into account, rather than leaving you to discover a shortfall at renewal.
Commercial intruder alarms across Cambridgeshire and East Anglia
We are a Cambridgeshire business with local engineers, providing responsive maintenance and long-term support for the intruder alarms we install and for systems installed by other companies that we take over.
Areas we cover
We install and maintain commercial intruder alarms across Cambridgeshire and East Anglia, including Cambridge, Huntingdon, Peterborough, St Ives, St Neots, Ely, Wisbech, March, Newmarket and Bury St Edmunds.
Our engineers are local to the region, and we also work with national clients across the UK.
Sectors we work in
We install intruder alarms for premises including offices, retail premises, schools, warehouses, healthcare facilities, pharmaceutical sites and industrial units.
- Offices
- Retail
- Schools
- Warehouses
- Healthcare
- Pharmaceutical
- Industrial
Each sector has its own priorities, from protecting stock and equipment out of hours to covering stores, plant rooms and back doors. We design around how the site is actually used.
“Papworth Trust have worked with Advance Security since 2012 on all aspects of security maintenance works, including door control, intruder alarms, Net2 access systems and project works such as gate installations. We have found them professional and attentive in their approach and would recommend them as an organised service provider within the security industry.”
Property and H&S Facilities Manager, The Papworth Trust
Next step
Free site visit and quotation
We do not quote intruder alarms from a price list. We come out, look at the building, the entry points and what needs protecting, and then design to suit the site and the budget. There is no charge for the visit.
Talk to us about your intruder alarm requirements
Book a free site surveyCall 01223 566 599No charge for the visit
Frequently asked questions
Commercial intruder alarms are security systems designed to detect unauthorised entry into business premises. They use sensors such as motion detectors, door contacts and external sounders to alert keyholders or monitoring centres when an intrusion is detected.
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