(Sharecast News) - Surveillance technology and networked security systems company Synectics announced on Tuesday that it has been awarded a contract by public sector services provider Serco to replace the CCTV systems at six of their UK-operated custodial sites.The AIM-traded firm said the "multi-million pound" project was commencing immediately, and was expected to be completed early in 2019.It said the project would be delivered by Synectics' integrated systems business, Quadrant Security Group, and involved replacing all of the CCTV command-and-control facilities at each site and upgrading to a full internet protocol (IP) system."QSG has extensive experience of working on sensitive and secure sites, and I'm delighted they have been chosen to implement these substantial upgrade works," said Synectics chief executive Paul Webb.