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Door operator closes bi-folding bedroom doors at Leonard Cheshire care home
posted on 16/10/2007

Following a health and safety directive from their London head office, the management of the Leonard Cheshire care home in Littleborough, near Rochdale initiated work to ensure that residents’ bedroom doors automatically closed when the fire alarm was operated. The unusual bi-folding nature of the bedroom doors at the home presented a particular challenge for Northwich-based architectural hardware and security systems installer Lock-tec, who where called in to provide a safe and effective door closing solution. Lock-tec owner Glen Whalley explained: “Identifying a door operator that could open and close these one-and-a-half width doors in a single action was a new application for Lock-tec. We worked together with high performance security and access control manufacturer Abloy Security to find a solution.” A single Abloy DA400 door operator was then fitted to one door set at the home on a three-month trial. The application allowed the operator to be fitted to the half leaf, with th... [more]

East Lancashire Council selects BSB online P3.net proximity card access system
posted on 21/09/2007

The P3.net access control system manufactured by BSB Electronics has been installed by Darwen based Atlas Alarms at the Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. The 2,500 people currently using the system include council staff, council members and key people associated with the council. Steve Cox, central services manager for the Unitary Authority of Blackburn with Darwen in East Lancashire said “Three major multi-user Borough Council buildings have the up to date P3 on-line, proximity card access system. Nearly 2,500 users now benefit from this very reliable and easy to use access control system.” Steve, who is responsible for building management including security, decided to replace the previous swipe card system because it was 16 years old and had become unreliable. He also needed a system that would be easy to extend as the need arose. On the advice of partner company Capita and installers Atlas Alarms, Steve considered the BSB P3.net system as a possible solution. Steve de... [more]

Access Control System with Finger Vein Authentication Technology
posted on 03/09/2007

GeoVision’s Access Control System GV-AS200 has been introduced with Hitachi’s Finger Vein Authentication System, to integrate video security, access control and biometrics IT solutions. GeoVision Access Control System GV-AS200 was developed for the video monitoring and web-based management needs of access control. Hitachi Finger Vein Authentication system is an access control solution utilizing high-precision biometrics technology to authenticate identity. GeoVision GV-AS200 Access Control System and Hitachi Finger Vein Authentication System are successfully connected up for front-end authentication and back-end access control. GV-AS200 system can work hand-in-hand with finger vein authentication system to enhance access data management and improve video security. The GV-AS200 will be GeoVision’s first launch of the GeoVision access control product line. The GV-Access Control System provides seamless integration with GeoVision digital surveillance system to increase accessibility o... [more]

Fastlane plus turnstiles create a safer working environment for Microsoft Ireland staff
posted on 23/08/2007

Microsoft Ireland has recently installed Fastlane plus R400 MA turnstiles from Integrated Design Ltd. The Campus based in Sandyford, Dublin first opened its doors in Ireland in 1985 with a small manufacturing facility employing just over 100 people. Since that time, Microsoft Ireland has grown to encompass 4 distinct operations, employing over 1,200 full time employees and 700 full-time contract staff. To protect this increased volume of employees, the security on site was upgraded. As such 3 lanes of Fastlane plus R400 MA turnstiles (including one DDA-width) and a single passgate for visitors were installed by Diebold, creating a secure perimeter in the reception area by restricting access to authorised staff and visitors only. Fastlane plus is a barrier-arm optical turnstile which uses optical technology to monitor the passage of every individual entering and leaving the building, and the fast-acting barrier arms physically deter any unauthorised access. One of the key fea... [more]

Salto provides electronic access control to Clifton College
posted on 22/08/2007

Clifton College, the UK’s leading independent boarding school for girls and boys aged 3 -18 years, has chosen SALTO Systems as the ‘one-stop-shop’ for their electronic access control needs. The Bristol based school awarded the installation contract to approved local SALTO business partner, Gem Security Centre Ltd. As part of a rolling plan to upgrade its security and access control facilities the school has just completed Phase 1 of the programme, installing 30 Mifare controlled online locks from SALTO into dormitory buildings and individual entranceways. Future plans will also include use of the Mifare card system for cashless vending as well as access control purposes. Jim Caola, MD of Gem Security Centre Ltd commented: “Almost all of today’s schools including Clifton College have a need for some type of access control system. Traditionally, however, one of the main problems with building management in the educational sector has been that access control has usually just been applied... [more]

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