FSM-Awards-2025

At this year’s Fire & Security Matters (FSM) Awards, held on 13 June 2025, Advanced captured the coveted Project of the Year accolade. The judges praised Advanced’s innovative integration of intelligent fire systems with resilient building‑management controls, highlighting the project’s outstanding safety performance, streamlined maintenance, and clear return on investment. In a field packed with high‑profile contenders, Advanced’s solution stood out for the way it blended next‑generation detection, intuitive software, and rock‑solid compliance—setting a new benchmark for complex‑site protection.

The winning entry centred on the Exeter University failover BMS (Building Management System) network, a campus‑wide upgrade designed to keep life‑safety and infrastructure services online even under extreme conditions. Varciti played a pivotal role in the nomination, delivering extensive networking architecture that underpins the project’s dual‑path, always‑on design. By engineering redundant fibre routes, edge‑switch resilience, and intelligent monitoring, Varciti ensured seamless hand‑off between primary and backup systems—enabling maintenance teams to keep critical services running without disruption.

With this win, Advanced confirms its reputation as a go‑to partner for mission‑critical fire and life‑safety projects, while the collaboration with Varciti underscores the value of integrated IT expertise in modern BMS deployments. The success at Exeter University illustrates how tightly coupled networking and life‑safety engineering can deliver both regulatory compliance and operational excellence. Looking ahead, industry observers expect the project’s failover blueprint to influence forthcoming standards—and for Advanced and Varciti to remain at the forefront of resilient, data‑driven safety innovation across the UK and beyond.