Access control applications
Introduction Whether you’re a frequent international traveller or only use your passport occasionally, chances are, you’ve travelled through London’s Heathrow Airport. This can be said with good reason: LHR has the highest number of international passengers in the world. In 2013 alone, 66.5 million international passengers travelled through Heathrow Airport. With 190,000 daily passengers and more than 76,000 employees, the airport is considered a small city within a city. Pro...
The Geberit Group is Europe’s market leader in sanitary technology and has a global approach with active representation in 41 countries. Its products are innovative, long lasting and eco-efficient. And these are exactly the properties Geberit expects from its security system. Geberit uses SAP as its main system for handling business processes and customer relations. “It’s extremely important for us that other systems can be integrated into SAP, because we want our employees to...
Offline access control systems store access rights directly on a card, rather than relying on a database to approve or deny access. Sites with SOAA-compatible offline locks can now run a single access control system using multiple brands of wireless lock without problems, including Aperio® from ASSA ABLOY. The result - More flexibility and choice for customers—as long as they choose SOAA-compatible products to meet their security needs. SOAA-compatible locks are already proven in the...
Sending your kids off to college is an exciting and nerve wracking time for any parent, and the last thing a parent wants to do is worry about the safety of his or her child. The Department of Public Safety at American University understands these concerns and prides itself on maintaining a safe and secure environment. That’s why American University invested in an integrated solution from Tyco Fire & Security comprised of a Software House C•CURE 800 access control system and an Am...
Arts University Bournemouth - AUB (formerly the Arts University College Bournemouth and the Arts Institute at Bournemouth) is a university that specialises in art, performance, design and media, which is based in Dorset. Initially established in 1885 as a specialist institution, the university is one of a small number of higher education institutions in the UK devoted solely to creative arts courses, enjoying a strong reputation both nationally and internationally. As an institution with over 3...
The University of Nottingham is renowned for its research innovations. Its system to control access and to secure the facilities no longer reflected its commitment to excellence in the advancement of technology. Over the years, the University acquired several systems for access control, each with their own card technology. Additionally, it had various platforms for its daily operations. Not only was maintaining all these different systems and technologies time-consuming, expensive and complex. I...
Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is one of the largest universities in the UK. A large city-based university dating back to 1823, LJMU has been described as an innovative modern university with a number of outstanding centres of excellence. LJMU has 27,000 students enrolled on its own courses around the globe studying over 200 courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level. With campus sites all over the city, LJMU is best known as one of Merseyside&rsq...
More than 200 students in various secondary school types receive tuition and training on their way to becoming high-performance athletes. The secondary school in Vösendorf, south of Vienna, is due to open its doors in September 2014. An educational institution requires a flexible security system. Xesar – the ideal solution EVVA Partner Wehrhan TPS Sicherheitstechnik was one of the first Certified Partners (CP) and the company boasts a comprehensive level of expertise. After having c...
Leading university hospital, King Khalid, has saved significant time and money by shifting from traditional, key-based metal lockers to flexlockers secured by Nedap’s electronic locks. Locker key management was becoming increasingly more time consuming and expensive, but it’s important for the university to provide a safe place for students’ belongings. It consulted trusted partner Best InfoTech Solutions, which recommended Nedap’s electronic locks. Students can operate t...
According to the US Census Bureau 2012, the annual revenue total of the healthcare industry is $1.668 Trillion. There are 5,724 registered hospitals in the US (American Hospital Association). Each one is estimated to be worth between $100-500m in terms of total asset value (building, staff, and equipment). In the 2012 Hospital Security Summary, 25% of respondents reported an overall increase in attacks and assaults compared with more than 7% reporting a decrease; 34% reported an increase in pat...
Learn how the Georgia Tech Police Department deployed a web-based physical access control system (PACS) to manage facility access from any web browser, partition role-based access privileges by building, synchronise with campus-wide identity management systems and reduce total cost of ownership. Managing campus facility access within a virtual server environment The Georgia Institute of Technology campus occupies 400 acres in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia, with 900 full-time instructional facu...
When looking for a modern access control system to protect this new research and teaching facility, the Faculty of Medicine chose Dominus Millennium, an Abbas system which is fully integrated with ASSA ABLOY’s Aperio® wireless lock technology. The new facility needs the highest standards of security to protect valuable biological material stored inside, and to ensure the safety of its users, scheduled to be 95 staff plus a shifting roster of students. The Biomedical Center’s new...
As a bank, protecting your integrity and reputation by complying with local laws, regulations and ethics is vital, but doesn’t need to be complex. The Nedap AEOS security management platform will help you enforce procedures such as Chinese walls to prevent conflicts of interest between departments. And it will simplify compliance with regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley. You’ll have a range of smart AEOS functionality to hand, from Anti-Pass, Back to Chief First, Response To Action, R...
Fully integrated, scalable identification and security system implemented at prominent Moscow multifunctional business complex Capital Plaza, a new modern multifunctional complex in the centre of Moscow offers an optimal environment for business development and commerce. Located in a prestigious area in the heart of Russia’s capital, the 49,000 square mile business centre boasts the most advanced systems of life support, communications, and security supplied by leading global manufacturers...
Ahoy Rotterdam offers a stage for live communication, business and entertainment. With its unique combination of the Arena (for up to 15.000 visitors) a Congress & Meeting Centre and six Exhibition & Event halls. A team of 250 employees, partners and preferred suppliers want to enrich people's day or life: with a fine feeling, a wonderful memory, an inspiring idea, a business opportunity or maybe even a new friendship! Ahoy strives to create such a memorable experience for you. Harro v...
The Indian states of Gujarat, Delhi and Maharashtra have successfully countered forgery and abuse of vehicle registration documents with new, highly secure certificates of registration. At the core of this programme are HID Global’s leading security features and advanced card design. The document fraud problem For many years, key transportation and tax officials of the states Gujarat, Delhi and Maharashtra were confronted with widespread fraud based on the abuse of paper-based vehicle re...
The Technology Park Písek is a science and technology centre built inside the Czech Republic’s former Žižkov barracks, in South Bohemia. It opened in autumn 2013, after a total investment at the site of 450 million CZK (Czech Koruna). The Technology Park operates around the clock, 7 days a week. It will be home to multiple businesses in the technology sector, so access control needs to be reliable and security needs to be watertight. Low-security solutions such as mechanical keys w...
As part of its expansion in the South Asian market, UK-based integrated security manufacturer TDSi is working with Vietnamese security integration partner GTCSI (Giang Viet System Integrated Corp)to offer the latest security and access control systems to this growing market. The two companies have worked together on a number of key projects throughout Vietnam and Cambodia. Having worked in the Chinese security market for a number of years, Vietnam was an obvious growth area in the region and TD...
Your company’s work may involve machinery, chemicals or procedures that could present safety or security threats if not managed well. AEOS gives a range of smart functionality to help users minimise risk, keep control and respond quickly if there is an incident. Nedap lets users have AEOS contractor management, response to expiration, rule engine, security levels, workflow and much more – all designed to handle safety and security more effectively. Streamline administration Wi...
Paul Brown Stadium, home of the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals, offers visitors and players a state of the art playing field, ample team facilities, luxurious private suites, multiple concession and restroom facilities, large screen digital video signage and stadium seating of more than 65,500. The stadium also features the latest in physical security refinements, including the KeyWatcher key control system from Morse Watchmans. Prior to implementing the automated key control system, the stadiu...
There are hundreds of specialised tools used on a daily basis at the United Airlines jet engine rebuild and test facility, a 20-acre maintenance and operations center adjacent to San Francisco International Airport. United jets are brought to the facility, where more than 1,400 employees work, to have their engines rebuilt. Here a tool used every day might cost several thousand dollars, and test equipment can cost even more. Each mechanic is provided with the specific tools and test equipment ne...
Before 9-11, perimeter security was used to provide an extra barrier of protection for an airport and its people typically from hijackers and vandals. Although that is still true today, there is now an added threat. In our present environment, we cannot afford to let a terrorist or deranged attacker get near our airport facilities, people or passengers. In all too many cases, getting near is all they have to do. Though every effort is made to ensure the safety of air travellers, what is being d...
Company profile The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is one of the nation’s largest public transportation agencies, with an average weekday ridership across the system of approximately one million passengers. SEPTA service extends throughout the five counties in and around the City of Philadelphia, including one rail line that serves Trenton, NJ. Modes of transportation include buses, trolleys, trackless trolleys, subway trains, regional heavy rail trains and spe...
With successful installations already in full operation on Shanghai Metro's Line 6 and Line 9, access control specialist TDSi, in partnership with its distribution partner in China, ZDX, has now begun work on the system installation for Line 7. Shanghai Metro is one of the newest and fastest growing rapid transit systems in the world, with 162 stations and over 225km of track running both above and underground. On average, well over two million passengers use the system everyday - with fut...
When one of Australia's most prestigious schools needed to upgrade to 21st-century security, it turned to Tesa SMARTair™ wireless access control. Nearly 100 doors in the school's new annex are protected by electronic handles and readers, and RFID smartcards have been issued to school staff. SMARTair™ is a self-contained access control system that allows security managers to easily extend or replace a building's mechanical key system. Because it works wirelessly, installation is...
The education sector According to the US Institute of Education Sciences, there are almost 100,000 public schools in the USA, as well in the region of 33,000 private schools and approximately 6,700 colleges and universities. These statistics represent a massive investment in the education of the nation’s children and the creation of vocational career opportunities for teaching at all levels. The same is true for other countries where huge sums of money have been invested in buildings and...
Reykjavik University (RU) is a vibrant international university located at the heart of Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland. Reykjavik University is Iceland's largest private university and focuses on research, excellence in teaching, entrepreneurship, technology development and co-operation with the active business community. RU has been happily using HID proximity technology to secure its buildings for many years. About three years ago the university decided to build a larger, more modern and f...
Palmetto Health Richland is a state of the art medical facility, located in Columbia, South Carolina. It is one of the largest and most progressive hospitals in the Southeast and is designated as one of only four Level 1 Trauma Centers in the State. Palmetto Health Richland provides in-patient and out-patient services at its Columbia campus, which includes Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, Children’s Hospital and Heart Hospital. These hospitals and the other buildings on the campus are...
Having recently expanded its global operations by making a series of major acquisitions, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics found that diverse electronic security systems were being used at the various sites making up its organisation. Since this made central management of the systems difficult and time consuming, it decided to standardise worldwide on a single system – SiPass integrated from Security Products, a business segment of the Siemens Building Technologies Division. The system has b...
“Honestly, I can’t fault it.” Tony Oldham, Fleet Manager at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, stated when asked about the recently installed L-Series system. Tony, operating from a busy transport office utilises Traka to help him manage keys for the fleet of 40 vans, minibuses and buses operated as part of Logistic Services. Tony said, “It’s an invaluable tool – the amount of useful information you can get from it, as well as managing the keys,...
