Welcome to Essden

Design and Consultancy, Electronic Security, Audio, and Information Systems

Essden LTD provide a freelance Systems Engineering resource, or Consultancy Service, for any part of the project lifecycle ranging from tender preparation, requirements capture, though all design gates, and onto commissioning and validation activities.

Essden specialise in Video Surveillance Systems and Technologies (VSS/CCTV), Electronic Access Control (EACS), Public Address Voice Alarm (PAVA), Customer Information Systems (CIS), Passenger Help Points (PHP/PEHP), Perimeter Intruder Detection Systems (PIDS), and associated transmission methods (Analogue/Digital), with the systems operating as a converged system through a PSIM (Physical Security Information Management) or SMS (Station Management System), or as standalone systems.


For these systems, Essden have hands on experience in:
  • Systems Engineering
  • Technical Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Interface Management
  • Operational Requirements
  • Requirements Management
  • Design
  • Testing
  • System Optimisation
  • Producing and managing design deliverables
Essdens resources has experience with companies such as:
  • Atkins
  • SNC-Lavalin
  • Bombardier Transportation
  • Siemens
  • Schneider Electric
They have worked in rolling stock and rail, and on non-rail Infrastructure projects including:
  • Underground
  • Overground
  • Light Rail
  • Utilities
  • Airports
  • Hospitals
  • Universities
  • Museums
  • others
In Rail projects, the main systems Essden work with are:
  • VSS/CCTV Systems
  • Driver Only DIspatch (OPO/DOO)
  • Public Adress Voice Alarm (PAVA)
  • Customer Information Systems (CIS)
  • Electronic Access Control (EACS)
  • Perimeter and Intruder Detection (IDS and PIDS)
  • SISS
  • Supporting Network and Transmission
In Rolling Stock, they are:
  • DOO Cameras (DCO/OTCM)
  • Saloon CCTV
  • Forward Facing Cameras (FFCCTV)
  • Track Debris Cameras
  • Pantograph Cameras
  • Supporting Network and Transmission
In infrastructure projects, they are:
  • VSS/CCTV
  • Electronic Access Control (EACS)
  • Intruder Detection (IDS)
  • Supporting Network and Transmission
  • Thermal Cameras
  • Perimeter Intruder Detection (PIDS)