Sekerbank was established in Eskisehir on 12 October 1953 with the name of "Pancar Kooperatifleri Bankasi A.S." in order to finance the agriculture and the sugar industry with the small savings of approximately hundreds of thousands beet producers who were the cooperative members in Anatolia.
The bank was named as Sekerbank when it moved to Ankara in 1956. In 1997, the head office of Sekerbank with a part of its shares offered to the public was moved to Istanbul in 2004.
Sekerbank has 278 branches, 9 regional directorates (2 in Istanbul, 7 in Anatolia) and 1 foreign representation office throughout Turkey and the most of its branches distributed to 71 provinces and 98 districts have been serving in the same place and territory for approximately half a century.
The Promesa Sekerbank Building, which was started to be constructed in 2012 on Buyukdere Avenue, one of the busiest streets in Istanbul and full of skyscrapers, consists of 23 floors and the half of the tower is used as Sekerbank Head Office.
The building, which was made built by Promesa, the main shareholder of Sekerbank, has a usage area of 35.000 m2 .
EEC has developed Fire Alarm, Emergency Announcement and Public Address, Access Control, CCTV, Carbon Monoxide Detection and Key Management System solutions in Sekerbank Head Office Center project. In these solutions developed, it has used high level product groups suitable for the technological building concept by taking into account the requirements of the building.
The building consists of two different parts, namely Sekerbank Head Office and rental office spaces. Therefore, the system architectures have been designed to be controlled from two independent centers. These two centers also have the flexibility to monitor the systems of each other.
Edwards Fire Alarm System includes Fire Alarm Control Panels running as a peer-to-peer network. There are 2250 detectors and over 1500 monitoring and control modules that monitor the extinguishing system equipment, ensure the control of the mechanical devices used in smoke extraction and control the other systems as required by the fire scenario, all of which are connected to these panels.
All fire alarm system equipment entered in the CAD plans of the building is monitored and controlled through Edwards' FireWorks Graphic Monitoring/Control Software.
The Smoke Extraction System that is an essential part of the Fire Alarm System, particularly in high-rise buildings, is controlled in the same architecture through Edwards' UL864 approved panels.
The control of the mechanical devices that constitute the smoke extraction system is automatically performed by the Fire Alarm Control Panel depending on the scenario. In certain cases, these devices may be required to be controlled manually by going beyond the scenario. For this manual control, Mimic Panel has been designed with the On/Off/Auto control modules installed on Edwards Fire Alarm Control Panel. All devices included in the smoke extraction scenario are also monitored for operation and failures through these modules.
In the Emergency Public Address and Speaker System solution, the EN54 certified Bosch products are preferred. The system designed by adhering to the evacuation zones includes 1400 speakers. The evacuation messages are automatically announced to the zones according to the fire scenario. The system by which announcements are made to each zone individually from the system centers also has airplay feature.
The Access Control System has been designed so as to be assured through Honeywell Lenel Onguard Security Platform. The access to the areas of critical importance for the plant has been taken under control with 360 card readers. The access of the users to the floors is classified according to their authorization levels by means of the card readers that ensure the control of the elevators.
Within the scope of Milestone Video Management Software, there are 350 IP cameras of different types that comply with the properties of the environment where they are located in the indoors and outdoors of the plant. The Software ensures that the records are kept on Milestone server and recording platforms and live and recorded videos are displayed from the system centers. The emergency scenarios are flexibly executed thanks to the integration of Milestone Video Management Software into the access control system. The video management functions such as remote access, smart map and detailed search facilitate the incident detection and response processes. The Software offers advanced analyses, a multilayer system and data security solution with the functioning of Milestone in compatible with different applications and add-ons.
The Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detection System has been designed in order to keep the comfort conditions at the top level in the parking lots. The control of the extraction fans is performed through the CO Detection System depending on the values of CO level.
