Access control applications

Elekta Steel IP digital video door panel communicates with Urmet's Atlantico audio handsets at ImageIPervoice, from specialist security and telecoms manufacturer Urmet Domus, has been the choice of door entry and access control installation for the Image project, a fabulous mixed-use development of one and two bedroom apartments in the heart of Hemel Hempstead by Dandara. This scheme also features landscaped gardens and a range of shops and office accommodation combining new build and restoratio...

The Safer Runnymede Control Centre where Bold's surveillance software is installedRevenue generation for the public sector control room is always a hot topic but never more so than at the moment with threats of serious budget pressure. This has meant for some control rooms a re-examination of their purpose and the scope of their activities. While a number of town-centre CCTV monitoring schemes have in the past sought to avoid going outside their core surveillance brief, there is a growing long t...

IPervoice is the first all Cat5e IP-based digital door entry systemIPervoice, from specialist security and telecoms manufacturer Urmet Domus, has been the choice of access control installation for the NEO Bankside Development in London.NEO Bankside is poised to become one of the most desirable residential addresses in the world - a development of 197 stunning, luxury apartments and penthouses, designed by the international, award-winning architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners.Set next t...

Perimeter protection was provided by RISCO Group's award-winning WatchOUT reliable outdoor detectorsChina Mobile is the leading mobile services provider in China. The company boasts the world's largest mobile network as well as the world's largest mobile subscriber base. China Mobile operates nationwide in all 31 provinces of China, autonomous regions and directly-administered municipalities in Mainland China and in Hong Kong SAR through its 32 subsidiaries. As of December 2008, China Mobile had...

Benchachinda registered its employees with fingerprints first and later issued RFID cards Customer backgroundBenchachinda Holding Company Ltd. is one of the leading Telco giant in Thailand. With over 50 years in the business, the company today provides vast areas of ICT services including broadband Internet, mobile communication, retail, e-learning and system integration.The company has several brands throughout the industry and over 1,400 direct employees and nationwide branc...

 RISCO's intruder detectors protect the sites while preventing false alarmsA leading Cellular Provider in Brazil required a reliable security solution to protect its numerous antenna sites around the country. With over 8000 antenna sites spread around the country, the company is one of the largest cellular providers in Brazil. Remote control over the systems installed on-site from a Central Control Room was also required.The challengeRemote antenna sites in Brazil are usually located in iso...

ProSYS Integrated Security System together with iWISE detectors are installed in each officeLincolnshire County Council in the UK acquired a new office complex in which they sublease offices to different companies. A leading system integrator in the UK contacted RISCO Group to provide a high-end integrated system solution for the project.The challengeThe new office complex consists of 48 offices located on 3 floors; each floor has 2 areas with 8 offices in each area. Lincolnshire County Council...

The Corporation selected ProSYS Security System with integrated access control and IPAn important Power Utility Corporation from the central region of Chile required an integrated security system to protect their remote sites. These sites are responsible for power distribution in their region and contain expensive equipment. Vandalism at these sites caused costly damage in the supply, control and transmission of electricity to businesses and households.The challengeThe Corporation's numerous rem...

Siveillance Fusion - Sophisticated technology for comprehensive security Siemens has recently won a contract to provide Siveillance™ Fusion security at a prestigious development on one of the most prized pieces of real estate in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Siveillance™ Fusion is the integrated security management solution from Siemens that uses open architecture and protocols to bring together every aspect of security into a single homogeneous system. The system enabl...

RISCO Group's Remote Site Security Solution was successfully implemented at the antenna sites A leading cellular provider in Mexico required a reliable and cost-effective solution for protecting its remote antenna sites, mainly due to repeated burglary of copper cables and equipment in the facilities. The company also required remote control over the systems installed on-site from a central control room.The challengeRemote antenna sites in Mexico and in Latin America in general are usu...

velopass enjoys great flexibility offered by the LEGIC advant contactless smart card technologyIf you want to get around quickly and efficiently in Swiss cities like Lausanne, Vevey, Yverdon or Fribourg, then the hassle of looking for somewhere to park or wearing out the soles of your shoes could soon be a thing of the past. An innovative LEGIC based bike sharing system is taking over Switzerland.It's no secret that if you are taking short trips in the inner city, the fastest, cheapest and most...

CIC had been exhaustively reviewing its door access control optionsWhen you are located just steps away from the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), one of the most prestigious technical schools in the world, building security and access control is a subject that has to be taken seriously.Cambridge Innovation Centre (CIC) is a full-fledged managed office services facility at One Broadway providing space for growing technology and life sciences companies, professional servi...

The DSC7000 beam barricade meets and exceeds Department of State standards for closing time requirements Delta Scientific, the leading manufacturer of counter-terrorist vehicle control systems used in the United States and internationally, announced that its MP5000 and DSC7000 quick-deploy vehicle barricades will soon be used to defend forward operating bases (FOB) in Afghanistan. A national emergency DPAS (Defence Priority Allocation System) order, issued as part of the Picatinny Arsenal p...

ProSYS Integrated Security Systems will be installed in over 800 branches of the Belgian Post OfficeThe Belgian Post Office, like many other post offices around the world, provides the dual services of mailing and banking to the community. In Belgium there are 1300 national branches; some of them provide mailing and banking services, while others provide only mailing or only banking services.The challengeThe Belgian Post Office realised that in order to serve its customers better it needed to im...

 ProSYS integrated security system is reliable, user-friendly and allows easy expansionRecent increased funding in the Hong Kong Education Department to enhance IT education in the school system resulted in the introduction of PCs, laptops and LCD projectors in over 90% of classrooms. Predictably, these contributed to an increase in break-ins and robberies throughout the school system.The challengeAdvanced security systems, providing a solution to all of the following challenges, were requi...

The Honeywell BMS includes access control and RFID tagging to monitor productivity and movementsHoneywell announced that it has been selected to install an integrated building management (BMS) solution at West Cheshire College's new Chester and Ellesmere Port campuses to manage the operations, provide an improved experience for learners and teachers via innovative learning and assessment techniques, and improve the college's capacity to manage its resources effectively. Designed to support West...

ADFC will be making use of the Sky-Walker Integration Platform for their surveillance needsAbu Dhabi, the richest city in the world, is growing every nanosecond. Due for completion this year is the Financial Centre, also known as Sowwah Square. This enormous project contains no less than 460,000 square metres of built up area, divided between four office towers, the Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange, retail space and parking space. Both Entelec as manufacturer and Site Technology as system provider are p...

The town was in need of excellent security, access and intrusion managementVille de Puteaux, a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. It goes without saying this town is in need of some excellent security, access and intrusion management. This is exactly what Entelec will help to achieve, working together with Novadis. The available land area in Puteaux measures 3.19 square kilometre and is inhabited by 44,278 people. This...

The Museum has deployed a Synectics CCTV command, control and digital recording systemDesigned by one of the 20th century's most successful architects, the new Islamic Art Museum of Doha represents the first of its kind in the Gulf and will become the centre of excellence for the Islamic culture genre. As part of the multi-million pound construction, the 45,000 square metre museum features the latest in high-end security and surveillance, the keystone of which is a comprehensive Synect...

Security and the safety of their staff and members is paramount to The GymThe Gym is a rapidly developing chain of venues that offers their customers flexible and accessible gym membership. With 11 sites in major cities across the UK, The Gym is open 24-hours a day, seven days a week, providing a modern health club for people on the move. All day, every day, gym members can access the premises using an eight digit PIN code they receive when they join The Gym online. This means that The Gym is co...

Preserving maritime security demands highly capable sensors to ensure situational awareness at any timeIncreasing maritime security and situational awareness in littoral watersSuccessful operation onboard USS FreedomEADS Defence & Security has delivered the second TRS-3D naval radar to Lockheed Martin, a prime contractor for the U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship programme. The radar is due to be integrated on the third of the new Littoral Combat Ships (LCS 3), Fort Worth.The first radar has bee...

All Axis Security officers on-site are trained to the CCTV SIA licence as standardAxis Security, one of the UK's fastest growing providers of integrated security solutions, has been selected to protect and provide concierge services at the old Echo newspaper building in Sunderland. Echo 24 is the redevelopment of the old Sunderland Echo newspaper offices, on the South bank of the River Wear. With curving, art-deco forms the building is clad with 2,200 square metres of acid-etched white reconstru...

The show hosts, Suzi Perry and Ortis Deley, will introduce the advanced XS4 hotel lock from SALTOThe Gadget Show, Five TV's top rated technology programme, is to include an access control solution from SALTO Systems in a ‘Gadget Hotel' feature on the show.Broadcast on Five, The Gadget Show is the UK's favourite technology show and each week the team - Jason Bradbury, Suzi Perry, Jon Bentley and Ortis Deley - previews and reviews the latest gadgets and technology, gives definitive advice on...

   The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, now soundtracked by Technomad The city of Sturgis, South Dakota is known to motorcycle enthusiasts as home to one of the largest annual motorcycle rallies in the world.  Each year, hundreds of thousands of people flood Main Street in Sturgis and ride the breathtaking roads that connect the many towns of the picturesque Black Hills region. The faithful will this year celebrate the 70th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, taking p...

 SALTO XS4 units are being retro-fitted onto existing locks to provide a totally wire-free networked electronic locking solution SALTO Systems, the international access control specialists, have won a major new contract to provide advanced electronic access control equipment to the University of St. Andrews.Scotland's first university and the third oldest in the English-speaking world, St. Andrews was founded in 1413. The University population (staff and students) numbers nearly 9,000 an...

BWWB needed a physical perimeter security solution capable of deterring and detecting intruders 24/7Birmingham Water Works BoardThe Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB) in Birmingham, Alabama uses the latest technology at its distributed treatment facilities, from which it delivers an average of 100-million gallons of fresh water a day to its customers in five counties. The company consistently meets and exceeds state and federal standards for safety and quality and takes pride in protecting...

CEM's AC2000 Lite was chosen to provide access control for Manchester's ‘The Peninsula'CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, announced that the AC2000 Lite security management system was chosen to provide access control for Manchester's new landmark office development, ‘The Peninsula'. The tender to install the system was won by ADT Fire and Security.The AC2000 Lite system was specified by Graham Dunhill, Security Consultant with Troup Bywater & Anders, in order to meet th...

APT will be installing some 50 bollards, 10 cycle loops, four rising bollards, along with two large plantersAPT Security Systems, the high-end integrator for high-performance access systems, has helped design a new street scheme for the Arndale Centre, which forms part of the wider redevelopment work to enhance the vitality and retail viability of Luton's town centre. Luton is currently undergoing a major regeneration programme: along with improvements to the station area, enhanced links from re...

The management of Brussels Expo approached PSI to design and install a state-of-the-art PA/VA and BGM system Voice alarm products from TOA are at the heart of a new paging, evacuation and BGM system installed at one of Europe's most prestigious conference and exhibition venues, the Brussels Expo.Built for the World Expo of 1958 and still retaining all the glamour, elegance and modernity of that era, the 12 halls of the Brussels Expo play host to a string of major exhibitions a...

Joose will be responsible for the installation of five Trophy FT access control controllers at the siteGallagher Security is celebrating another global success with the installation of its first Trophy FT PowerFence™ system in China securing the Governments Research and Development Centre for Fighter Aircraft. As Gallagher's exclusive distributor in China, Joosee Smart Technologies will be responsible for the installation of five Trophy FT controllers protecting a site of 1.2 kilometr...