Access control reader case studies
Founded in 1926, Mercyhurst College, named one of the “Best Colleges” by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, is a leading liberal arts college. Located in Erie, Pennsylvania, Mercyhurst’s 75-acre main campus has 50 buildings and supports over 3,500 students, faculty and staff. In 1991, the college purchased a 100-year-old seminary for a second campus called Mercyhurst North East. At that site, nestled in the bluffs just west of the New York state line, 700 st...
ASSA ABLOY’s innovative Aperio locking solution has been fitted by local installers HE Simm at a £42million student accommodation complex in the heart of Liverpool. Vine Court, a BREEAM excellent project on Chatham Street, forms part of the University of Liverpool’s extensive sustainable accommodation programme. Comprising shops, a 250-seat restaurant and 749 en-suite bedrooms, the residences benefit from rainwater harvesting, solar thermal water heating an...
The new access control solution is interoperable with the plant’s existing credentials HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, announced that its network access control solutions and contactless readers have been selected by Shenyang Transformer Group Co., Ltd. (Shenyang TBEA) in China to enable access level settings and area control to prevent unauthorized entry. The new access control solution is interoperable with the plant’s existing creden...
Tianjin Polytechnic University (TJPU) has decided on a partnership with Switzerland based LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, a leading manufacturer of contactless smart card technology for personal identification. Its School of Computer Science and Software Engineering will now be able to upgrade more than 3000 POS terminals to the latest LEGIC advant technology and to develop new terminals and access control readers for the whole campus. By integrating different elements of university life, the institute...
Handpunch allows oraganisation to record and verify an employee's punch by the size of their hand Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies recently announced that SwipeClock, a web-based timekeeping solution provider and manufacturer of TimeClock™, WebClock™, FlexClock® and VoiceClock™, has extended its line of timekeeping solutions by adding the Schlage biometric HandPunch GT-400. The new terminal is twenty percent smaller than previous hand geometry units,...
The Health Care Centre opened in 2006 andunites a range of health services The ClientSt. Peter’s Primary Health Care Centre is a state of the art facility combining leisure and primary health care services under one roof in the heart of Burnley, Lancashire. It was opened in 2006 at a cost of £29 million, and spans 20,000 square metres over ten floors. The Health Care Centre provides a unique range of health services from one central location and includes three GP p...
IDENTA is supplying EADS with new triple-technology company ID cards and is preparing for international roll-out of new company ID cards with LEGIC Cross-Standard Transponder Chips (CTC4096) for the EADS subsidiary, Airbus. EADS, a world leading group for air travel, space travel and defence, is introducing the new triple-technology company ID cards in Ottobrunn (Germany), London (England) and Montmorency, Suresne and Toulouse (France). This step was a necessary consequence of the EADS group&rs...
Transportes Aguila de Oro Aguila de Oro Transport (TAO) is a holding company dedicated to transportation, logistics, and distribution of merchandise in Mexico, the United States, and Canada. The company was founded 54 years ago as a family business, and at that time TAO had only one truck, one plant, and 12 employees. Today, the company employs 500 people and has a fleet of over 300 trucks to provide dry and refrigerated transport services, as well as door-to-door service. The...
AC2000 SE was selected to secure the premises by CEM Approved Reseller,Tyco Fire and Security UAE LLC CEM Systems, part of Tyco Security Products, recently announced that AC2000 SE (Standard Edition) security management system has been successfully installed at Abu Dhabi Investment Council headquarters, Al Bahar Towers. AC2000 SE was selected to secure the premises by CEM Approved Reseller, Tyco Fire & Security UAE LLC, as part of their security solution which compri...
Global Security recommended switching to a master system, on Mul-T-Lock's Interactive platform Mul-T-Lock and Global Security of Amblecote have created a bespoke Interactive master key system for Stourbridge College’s new £12m Art & Design Centre of Excellence based in Brierley Hill. Stourbridge College has around 11,000 students with study and training Centres of Excellence based in Stourbridge, Kingswinford, Kidderminster and Brierley Hill. As part of an ov...
City of Oulu deployed Idesco's readers to streamline their municipal employees' daily routines Idesco access control readers continue being deployed widely across the City of Oulu’s extensive access control system, currently serving thousands of municipal employees across two distinctive systems, all together in nearly one hundred buildings. Idesco readers were chosen for these systems by their respective suppliers, Stanley Security and Capitis Control. Importantly, the...
MOBOTIX cameras have been installed at the Hochspeyer final clarifier and at the main entrance Low costs long-term What can communities do to avoid increasing costs of public services? As most communities are struggling to maintain balanced budgets, this is not an easy question to answer. And yet, there are promising concepts and solutions. Consider the WVE (Westpfälzische Ver- und Entsorgungs-GmbH) that has been founded in the Kaiserslautern area in 1994 as a public ser...
Cosway uses Schlage's GT-400 that opeartes on the NOVAtime 4000 Workforce Management application Cosway Company (Carson, Calif.), which manufactures fully-integrated, full-service personal care products, has relied on Employee Management Solutions (Palm Desert, Calif.) to implement the a software application and time clock hardware that lets Cosway easily manage and maintain its round-the-clock workforce. Cosway is using Schlage’s new GT-400 biometric hand geometry time...
Airbus, a leading aircraft manufacturer with operations in 80 countries, recently upgraded the employee time & attendance system at its Spanish factories in Madrid and Seville. Italy-based Zucchetti Axess linked up with its Spanish partner, SoftMachine, to implement a comprehensive and multifunctional LEGIC-based system. Airbus and Zucchetti Axess established their initial contacts at a LEGIC meeting. That encounter developed into a challenging partnership, as the global aircraft company be...
G4S Technology installs access control and barrier systems at four entrances G4S Technology, a leading provider of building security systems, has been awarded a contract to provide the latest access control and barrier entry systems to the University of West London. G4S Technology worked with the University to upgrade their existing access control system to the Symmetry Security Management system two years ago. Since then, the University has continued to grow and the need to...
The Grange Tower Bridge Hotel, which as its name suggests, is within walking distance of Tower Bridge and the Tower of London, has 370 rooms and suites spread over 14 floors. Ultra modern in design, it has facilities to attract both business people and tourists, with several restaurants, 10 conference rooms, a half Olympic size swimming pool and a spa area. The hotel incorporates renewable solar and photovoltaic panels, and has an on-site borehole to reduce water consumption – making it on...
Employees access the key control system by scanning their employee ID badge / access card The Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati uses a KeyWatcher® key control and management system by Morse Watchmans to safeguard the keys to the District's vans, bulldozers, cranes, service trucks and cars, and make the keys available to authorised employees whenever they are needed. Six 48-key KeyWatcher cabinets store about 180 keys used by the district's 150 employees to...
LEGIC technology in Spanish fitness centres Zest Health & Fitness provides security and flexibility for around 10 years Zest has been offering its more than 11,000 members an exclusive service with a wide variety of offerings. Now with the contactless Smart Card technology from LEGIC the four fitness studios in Madrid are also optimising their infrastructures for visitors and staff. The first fitness centre, Zest Abasota, opened its doors in 1989 with an area of 4000 m². Due to th...
With multiple hospital sites, thousands of medical staff and numerous employees, healthcare organisations have a strong need for access control, information management and facility management systems. Within the last decade, a heightened awareness of patient privacy, medical records (HIPAA in the US) and controlled access has necessitated a complete re-evaluation of facility management.Health care industry leaders turn to HID to enhance facility security by controlling access to secure areas lik...
The Whitegate Health Centre, a new NHS Primary Care Centre located in Blackpool, Lancashire, was opened to the public in September 2009. Eric Wright Construction was the primary building contractor responsible for the project and its Facilities Management division was selected to manage all aspects of the buildings security and general maintenance. The Primary Care Centre was built as part of a wider NHS initiative to bring non emergency / surgical health services such as x-ray, physiotherapy,...
The networked access control solution enables area control and safety management for emergency situations HID Global, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced that its networked access controllers, contactless smart cards and readers have been deployed at the Anhui Wantong Expressway Building to provide multi-layered security with advanced access control level settings and centralised, real-time monitoring for every access point. The new access contr...
Healthcare Challenges and Wireless Solutions In no other industry are the implications of connectivity clearer than in healthcare. Patient histories, medication information, recent research, test results - each of these components brings a critical piece to holistic patient care. Yet increasingly there is a diverse staff of medical professionals specialising in each of these areas, whose advice must be culled to best diagnose and treat the patient. In addition, the condition of the patient and...
IntroductionCHU Annonay is a public hospital in Annonay based in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. Founded in 1686, this large hospital has over 1500 staff and caters for nearly 500 patients with a range of different needs; it also includes a nursing school.The BriefOver the last few years, the hospital has carried out a gradual program of upgrading its security and access control. As part of the upgrade, the hospital wished to retain its existing locks and cylinders in order to reduce rep...
Kent-based installation company NT Security has implemented door controllers from Access Control Technology (ACT) at the King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London. NT Security were able to offer the trust a role-based solution by creating a relationship between an individual's job profile and their privileges in terms of moving around the hospital. The approach was open and transparent since it used existing third-party readers already on site. The ACT controllers also met a vital...
The first LEED certified green building in Malta, SCMO1 covers 12,000m2 of office space over The SituationSituated at the heart of SmartCity Malta, ‘SCM01’ is a commercial building covering 12,000m² of office space spread over seven storeys, providing a series of flexible office suites together with shared facilities and ample parking for knowledge workers and visitors.SmartCity Malta is continuously striving towards excellence andcommitting to green poli...
Good installed a SARGENT® SE LP10 lock on the door to an executive’s office that was being used as a conference room Good Technology provides mobile data security solutions that enable enterprises and government to keep corporate and personal data safe, secure and accessible. Its focus on secure enterprise mobility makes Good an ideal candidate to help pioneer the use of mobile smartphones for physical access control. The company believes that digital keys stored in...
Nedap installed Convexs M80FC readers at 480 access points at Kiev stadium and at 380 access points at Lviv Arena Almost 70,000 spectators watched Spain win the European Football Championship – EURO 2012 – in Kiev’s Olympic Stadium. They enjoyed the match in a fun and safe setting that Nedap Security Management had helped create. Both the brand new Arena in Lviv and the renovated Kiev stadium had been equipped with Nedap’s AEOS security management syste...
The new system to be deisgned, installed and maintained by G4S will be operated from December 2012 G4S Technology, a leading provider of building security systems, has been awarded a contract to provide a new smartcard system for thousands of students and staff at Newcastle University. Currently there are around 37,000 access control smartcards being used every day by Newcastle’s staff and students, for everything from access to buildings, car parks, bedrooms and li...
ievo fingerprint access control pods improves efficiency within the gyms in terms of ease of use and quick access With a focus on keeping costs low, but maintaining a high spec gym, Lifestyle Fitness has invested in ievo® fingerprint access-control pods across the UK to improve the efficiency within their gyms. The highly successful fitness chain has 5 sites within the UK with the new access control system already installed, with 3 more scheduled in the near future....
The technologies involved in iQ-Smart City are based on Advanced Video Analytics Most cities build their systems based on technologies that were available in the past, unaware that Artificial Intelligence based technologies have been evolving rapidly. A Smart City is one where the information derived from a multitude of different types of sensors from different parts of the City are pulled together to ensure that authorities can ensure the security, safety and enjoyment of it...
ASSA ABLOY Aperio H100 Wireless Access Control Handle
