Access control applications

As one of the busiest airports in China, Nanchang Changbei International Airport manages over 3.3 million passengers and 34,000 flights per year. In 2010, Changbei Airport began an expansion project that included a new terminal and a second runway. With a total investment of RMB2.5 billion (US$393 million), the objective of the project was to expand in order to accommodate up to 12 million passengers annually by 2020. Challenges Since its completion, the Changbei Airport has become the aviati...

Background Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi (su-wanna-poom) Airport formally opened in late September 2006 after many years of planning and construction. Thailand hopes the new $4 billion airport, designed to handle 45 million passengers and three million tons of cargo a year, will surpass rivals Singapore and Malaysia as the region's most important aviation hub. Its seven-story terminal is one of the largest in the world, covering an area equal to 100 (US) football fields. The airport was designed...

Christchurch International Airport Limited (CIAL) is situated on the east coast of New Zealand’s South Island and receives more than six million passengers a year. It is New Zealand’s second largest airport and the busiest and most strategic air connection from the South Island to the world’s trade and tourism markets. With such high numbers of passengers going through the airport, providing a safe and secure environment is an important part of CIAL’s vision to be recogni...

Ireland West Airport Knock is Ireland’s fourth international airport and features modern passenger and commercial facilities as well as extensive aircraft operation areas. Operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and servicing in excess of 629 000 passengers per year, the Airport is the main international air access gateway for the West, North West and Midland regions of Ireland. The Airport has also experienced rapid development and now serves more than 20 scheduled and charter destination...

UEFA’s Executive Committee chose the joint Polish-Ukrainian bid to host the 2012 European football Championship finals. In anticipation of the event, two of the four Ukrainian stadiums to host the matches were equipped with AEOS security systems. The Olympic Stadium in Kiev was built in 1923 and needed remodelling to bring it up to UEFA’s ‘category four’ standards for stadiums hosting football finals. Such stadiums usually seat thousands of visitors and must meet strict c...

2012 was a milestone year for tourism; over one billion tourists travelled the globe in a single year. Five to six billion more are expected to have travelled within their own countries. These are extraordinary figures especially when you consider that just over 60 years ago the number of international tourists worldwide stood at a mere 25 million. Never before did so many people travel to so many places as in 2012. The majority of these tourists required hotels to stay in, which according to a...

“As a full service IT provider, a reliable access control system is essential for us to ensure the security of the data stored on servers. We’ve been using the access control solution from Nedap since the 1990s. INFO AG and its data centres have grown constantly since then, and AEOS with them. Nedap has proven its value as a committed partner during that period, with a system that is simple to control. One mouse click is all that’s needed to inform my customers about the identi...

Project overview A hospital works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, non–stop, and security needs to be guaranteed for the access of different people that use the hospital (patients, doctors, nurses, visitors, etc.). It is therefore very important to control lockdown. In response to NHSLA requirements to undertake a risk profile of lockdown procedures Nedap was invited to visit Crawley & Horsham Hospital in Crawley, West Sussex. The hospitals security team wished to explore new technologi...

The brand new University Hospital Sant Joan de Reus, Barcelona’s most up-to-date health care facility, has chosen SALTO Systems XS4 smart access control system to provide advanced security management. One of Spain’s newest and ‘greenest’ hospitals, Sant Joan Reus has been jointly designed by the architects' studios Corea & Moran and Pich-Aguilera, specialists in hospital architecture. The hospital, which has 460 beds, specialises in treatments such as oncology, baria...

“Before students start studying at Vestfold University College, they import their personal details via our website, which is then transported to the student database and imported into AEOS. On their very first day of college, students can step into our new photobox to log on to their personal account and take a picture. This picture will be saved with their personal details into the student database linked to AEOS. Printing the card for the new student is all there’s left to do for t...

Traka can give you peace of mind. Their intelligent key cabinets and equipment lockers allow you to determine who can access which keys and equipment. With a fully automated Traka solution in place – keys, valuable goods, cash trays and equipment such as handheld scanners can be monitored and controlled. Equipment is also utilised more effectively, without the need for arduous manual administration. The Traka software provides a full audit trail and real time reporting, detailing who has...

Securing the future AEOS was chosen as Delhaize’s new security platform. Of all the systems reviewed, AEOS had the best qualifications with regards to security performance, system expansion and future growth. Delhaize is continually investing in their buildings and locations in Belgium and abroad, so they need a system that will grow with them. That’s where AEOS comes in: its ease of use and flexibility will help Delhaize grow their security over time, reducing system management iss...

The customer Located in the United States, this government institution is one of the country’s oldest and most valued entities. Its campus includes multiple locations in and around the Washington D.C. area. Constructed in the 1800’s, this entity has become a national treasure housing items collected throughout our nation’s history. During the 20th century, this government institution experienced a rapid expansion – assuming more of a preeminent public role. In order to...

Back in 2005, private investment company Reggeborgh and KPN, the Netherlands’ largest network provider, joined forces to start building a nationwide fibre-optic network. Reggefiber, as the joint venture was called, built new headquarters in Rijssen, which it chose to secure with Nedap AEOS. Since then, Reggefiber has built almost 1,000 Points of Presence (POPs) throughout the Netherlands, a number set to grow to 4,000 over the next decade. All these optical fibre hubs are equipped with AEO...

i2 Office offers fully serviced and furnished offices of the highest quality with the latest technology to suit all sizes of business in prime city centre locations across the UK. What was the challenge? Prior to Aperio, each sub-let i2 office was being hardwired into an existing access control system, which was proving costly and time consuming. How did Aperio meet the customer requests? Every office across the UK is now anticipated to change to ASSA ABLOY Aperio wireless locking solution....

Security management in banking is a discipline unlike any other. Rather than integrating all security into one centralised system, some banks choose decentralised security for their branch offices. AEOS, a leading platform in integrated security, turns out to be just as effective when deployed decentrally. ”We were already using Nedap AEOS in our headquarters, as well as various regional offices. Then, in 2011, the security system used by our 800 branch offices in Belgium needed to be ext...

ÖKK’s new head office in Landquart (Switzerland) is to be built according to the highest design and technological standards. Under enormous time pressure, Kontroll-Systeme AG integrated a cashless payment system with 4000 series into a system with access control and time and attendance functions, based on a MIFARE card population. Flexibility and the attractive design of the SM-4200 helped to reach the successful outcome. The new ÖKK head office is set to be an emblem for the in...

End user:Erie Water Works supplies potable water directly to the City of Erie and its surrounding municipalities in Pennsylvania. The mission of Erie Water Works is to guarantee a continuous, reasonably priced supply of quality water to its customers, which assures public health while promoting future development. It is committed to ensuring the production and distribution of high quality water using two complete water filtration plants and pumping stations connected to a complex network of dist...

Pioneer School in Basildon, Essex, is a specialist school aimed at providing pupils with severe learning and physical disabilities with a range of facilities that will enable them to prepare for independence in adult life. Formerly two separate special needs schools – Elmbrook School and Moat House School – the schools amalgamated to form Pioneer School based on the existing two campuses of Elmbrook and Moat House. The school then moved to new, purpose built premises on its current...

A 10-year, $4.4 billion development programme is taking Toronto Pearson International Airport to new levels of safety, efficiency and passenger service. As Canada’s busiest airport, Pearson handles more than 25 million passengers per year with 1,200 daily arrivals and departures. By 2020, the airport expects to serve 50 million passengers annually. The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) has a mandate to operate Pearson within a regional system of airports to enhance economic growth...

Visitors to the Bernalillo County Courthouse enjoy daylit, open spaces and striking views of the Sandia Mountains. They don’t see the sophisticated technology that keeps them safe and comfortable – and saves tax dollars – by integrating multiple building functions. The courthouse combines pleasant public areas with secure and efficient workplaces for judicial staff, while isolating both from detainees in the holding areas and jail. A courthouse is a complex building: It must a...

In operation since the end of December 2010, the Fangshan Line of the Beijing metro is 24.79 km long with 11 stations (9 surface; 2 underground). The line runs north and east from Suzhuang Dajie in the Fangshan District to Guogongzhuang in the Fengtai District, with an average of 2.3 km between metro stations. A backup control center is located at the Yan Village line. Challenges As a key component to the success of Beijing’s public transport system, strict requirements are imposed on th...

In October 2010, Getronics BeLux relocated and introduced a radical improvement in working conditions. From then on, employees could work whenever they wanted to, and wherever was most convenient, as long as they delivered results. The new approach clearly had consequences for security and access. When the clean desk policy went into action and all drawer units were eliminated, employees needed a new place to store their belongings. Enter Nedap Locker Management. Getronics pioneered flexible of...

When The Ritz made the decision to enhance its security by installing an access control system for staff and contractors, they chose R&D Security to advise on and carry out the project. The result is an easy-to-use yet highly effective system that can be expanded in line with the hotel’s on-going plans to provide the best facilities and service in the industry. The Ritz London is one of the world’s greatest and most renowned hotels. For over a century it has been the benchmark b...

The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University Medical College (formerly the Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Hospital) was established to provide medical and healthcare services to Chinese citizens. It is also responsible for nurturing medical professionals and spearheading medical research in China. The hospital includes 43 departments and 850 beds, delivering quality medical, rehabilitation and healthcare services by a team of 1,100 medical professionals. The hospital is undergoing an extension...

As part of the centralisation of five Munich hospitals, 20,000 old cards were gradually switched to new LEGIC employee ID cards for time & attendance and access control. With around 3500 beds, 260 day clinic places and 9500 employees, the Klinikum Munich, resulting from the merger of five clinics, is the biggest health service provider in southern Germany, today. As part of the centralisation operation of the five hospitals, a central SAP system was implemented. It was decided to implement...

Today, the average life expectancy in Western Europe is over 80 years and it will continue to increase in the future thanks to medical progress and improved social and economic conditions. As a result, there are more and more demands for senior-friendly products and services. These include everyday goods and services as well as convenient security solutions which need to be practical and easy to use. The brief: The Am Bachgraben retirement and assisted living centre in Allschwil and Schön...

Meridian Surveillance Systems are securing the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton with door controllers, proximity readers and management software from Access Control Technology (ACT) as part of an IP-addressable system. The Royal Sussex County Hospital provides general, specialist and tertiary services as part of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals (BSUH) which is an acute teaching hospital working across two sites in Brighton and Haywards Heath.  The Trust treats three quarter...

New POS solutions for stadiums, hotels and tourist facilities are the result of the partnership between Quipos Solutions and LEGIC Identsystems AG, experts of core components in personal identification. Through working with LEGIC, quipos benefits from a highly-developed technology platform which brings electronic access and payment functions together in a single identification solution. The biggest advantages of the partnership are reaped by end users, in other words people who visit stadiums a...

A Catholic Sixth Form College situated in the heart of Preston city centre, Cardinal Newman College strives to be a centre of educational excellence for the community built on faith, respect and trust. It is set on a unique and compact campus and over the past two years has embarked on an extensive redevelopment programme which has seen the College benefit from state of the art new facilities. This programme is on-going. With its existing mechanical locking system becoming outdated, the College...