Education security applications - Case studies

Honeywell's Comprio D1 combines advanced audio management, flexible architecture in a compact design Located in the historic Scottish city of Inverness, the Drummond School is a purpose built educational facility for those with severe learning difficulties and complex needs. With a capacity for over 90 pupils in 20 classes, it has provision for nursery, primary and secondary education and aims to provide its pupils with an educational experience that promotes their independenc...

The Redvision PTZ cameras offer superior image quality and highly responsive operation Redvision has played an important part in the protection of Bournemouth and Poole FE College, which has recently received a £12 million investment for upgrade and modernisation of its campuses. The project included constructing brand new buildings to house a Digital Media Centre, a Performing Arts Centre, and new science laboratories, as well as upgrading and renovating existing buildi...

Videx expands its presence with Protectorcomms at student accommodation in Cardiff University Videx, provider of door entry systems, has recently fitted out a large scale student accommodation development in partnership with Welsh installation company Protectorcomms for Cardiff University students. The development consists of 320 apartments as part of an ongoing accommodation project, which is designed for those who have chosen to live and study in Cardiff City. VX2200 digita...

In one dining hall, entrances qualify and count 1000 students in less than 15 minutes Boon Edam Inc., a provider of security entrances and architectural revolving doors, recently announced that Pensacola Christian College, in northwestern Florida, has installed 12 Boon Edam waist-high turnstiles to manage entry into two of its dining halls. Pensacola Christian College (PCC) had turnstiles that were 20 years old and as Amy Glenn, the college’s Chief Communication Officer...

The IDIS Total Solution has a selection of options for school districts, easily scaled to meet any classroom budget IDIS, a video surveillance solutions provider, and partner PSX, Inc. announced multiple installations of IDIS video surveillance technology for the Edna Independent School District (ISD) in support of the district’s compliance with Texas Senate Bill 507 (SB 507) requirements. The successful installations, covering multiple classrooms and school sites, demo...

Founded in 1892, Telford College of Arts and Technology is a further education college located on the outskirts of Wellington in Telford, Shropshire, United Kingdom. With 2000 full-time students and more than 15,000 part-time students, the college offers a wide range of vocational courses to prepare students 16 years and older for employment and higher education. As an open campus that sits on 12 hectares of land including 27,000 square meters of building space, two outdoor football pitches, and...

Quantum’s StorNext platform manages enormous volumes of data for GWDG Quantum Corp. announced that two of Europe’s premier research institutions are using the company’s StorNext workflow storage as the foundation for managing their growing data and enabling a range of scientific initiatives. GWDG, the computing centre for the University of Göttingen, and Computing and IT competence centre for the Max Planck Society deployed StorNext-powered disk and tap...

The integrated security solution included exacqVision VMS, Illustra IP cameras and exacqVision NVRs  Tyco Security Products announced that Wakefield Grammar School Foundation in Yorkshire, England, has deployed an access control and video surveillance solution that will increase security across its five-school campus. Founded by Royal Charter of Queen Elizabeth I in 1591 as the all-boys Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, the independent institution has a long history in Eng...

The SALTO access control is fitted to student bedrooms, administration areas and student common areas The decision to study away from home is never an easy one, so a new accommodation brand Student One, has launched in Brisbane to provide a premium dedicated student living solution that allows students and parents to make that choice with confidence. As the newest entrant in the Australian student accommodation market, Student One’s new $110 million 687-bed redevelopmen...

School administration & students were impressed with the devices integration into the school’s routine & architecture Hult International Business School provides a unique and innovative educational programme based on real market insight to their students all over the globe. Looking for a more efficient class attendance control system on their campuses, Hult took notice of TBS’s touchless, wireless connectable and hygienic 3D technology. The initial project...

VX2200 digital door entry system will not only ensure the safety of students but also allow convenient access Videx, the experts in door entry, has won a big contract to provide a robust access control solution to a brand new student accommodation development in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.The development, which will welcome its first residents this week, will provide 123 student flats in Clavering Place, a prime location in the centre of Newcastle for those choosing to study and live...

The Becker School District had concerns about their parking lot surveillance coverage after dark Hikvision, the world’s leading supplier in innovative, award-winning CCTV and video surveillance products and solutions, has provided Becker Public Schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a multi-step security upgrade to protect its students, staff, and facilities.Shortly after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December of 2012, Becker Public School District decided tha...

Coffeyville USD is committed to delivering a safe learning environment for staff and students. To this end, the school district deployed the Avigilon HD surveillance system in both the high school and middle school to strengthen security and overall student safety. HD surveillance system Coffeyville USD installed 40 new high-resolution surveillance cameras across their high school, middle school, and administration buildings on eleven high-resolution Avigilon analogue video encoders. They were...

TecMilenio University installed over 100 Boon Edam turnstiles and gates across 25 campuses to bolster security Boon Edam, a manufacturer of security entrances and architectural revolving doors, announced that in order to maintain an appropriate, safe environment for its educational community, Universidad TecMilenio has implemented a multi-campus, perimeter security project that enables the institution to offer secure yet convenient pedestrian access to its campuses from adjace...

Once the entire project is fully completed LPS will have a total 1400 cameras, of which 780 are now installed 3xLOGIC, a provider of integrated intelligent security solutions has announced that Littleton Public Schools (LPS), in Colorado, continue to roll out new cameras and 3xLOGIC hybrid NVRs as they move toward their ambitious goal of creating a district-wide, comprehensive Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) system. Upon completion, the new system will oversee...

  To date, 174 doors across Hamilton School District have been fitted with 3xLOGIC security 3xLOGIC, a provider of integrated intelligent security solutions has announced Hamilton School District, located in Hamilton, Montana, has installed 3xLOGIC’s Intelli-M Access®, a browser-based access control management solution, at all the district’s buildings. Access control transition Judy Hake, Maintenance and Transportation Director for the school district led...

BCDVideo developed a custom solution, working with the integrator and school district for over a year Customer challenge A Texas school district encompassing about 100 square miles with 45 buildings and 35,000 students needed to update its video storage capabilities. They received a bond in 2011 giving the police department funding to install, and update the school district video surveillance and access control in all of its buildings and facilities. The existing archit...

Universidad EAFIT entrusts safety of visitors and facilities to Boon Edam’s turnstiles that operate with the highest efficiency level A high flow of visitors and a manual access control process led Universidad EAFIT (Escuela de Administración, Finanzas y Tecnología), a private institution located in the Colombian city of Medellin, to decide to upgrade its access system. To do so, the university installed 22 Boon Edam Trilock 75 turnstiles. Ten years have pa...

  MOBOTIX T25 IP video door stations were installed at main entrance of the church building and one at the school entrance Located about 20 miles east of Fort Dodge, Iowa, in Webster City, St. Thomas Aquinas School is home to 116 students ranging from preschool through sixth grade. The school is located in the same building as St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church and a recently built parish centre, which houses their preschool classrooms and a gym. All of the buildings on ca...

  MOBOTIX hemispheric technology gives wider areas of view, while reducing camera counts Laurel School District is home to more than 3,200 students and five school facilities. It is the public school district for the city of Laurel, Mississippi, an area known for oak-lined streets and turn-of-the-century architecture. Located in Southeast Mississippi, the city was founded after significant growth in the timber industry. It eventually became a large milling town, but...

Ripon needed to upgrade outdated and unsupported access software and poorly supported controllers and readers Ripon College Spanning more than 250 acres, with 26 buildings, Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin, is home to more than 840 undergraduates. An intense engagement with and concern for the academic, artistic and personal development of students has defined Ripon since its founding in 1851. With approximately 92 percent of students residing on campus, and many of the scho...

Delta Scientific, manufacturer of counter-terrorist vehicle control systems used in the United States and internationally, has announced that Delta Scientific mobile and fixed certified crash barriers are providing day to day security, protecting people and property in prominent facilities around the world. That includes 160 U.S. embassies and consulates in 130-plus countries as well as those of the United Kingdom and other nations. In the United States alone, Delta secures over 110 Federal bui...

District employees can now monitor activity as it occurs using a single user interface Tyco Security Products announced that Travis Unified School District in Fairfield, California, has chosen a hybrid PowerSeries Neo intrusion system paired with Alarm.com’s connected services to comprehensively manage security at its schools, located within Travis Air Force Base and in neighboring cities and towns. The district includes a middle school, two high schools, a day school an...

NG Bailey provided a full systems migration to a centrally managed, IP-converged environment NG Bailey’s IT Services division has announced the completion of the second phase of Birmingham City University’s technical redevelopment initiative, consisting of a root and branch upgrade to the institution’s security facilities, including a full systems migration to a centrally managed, IP-converged environment. Centralised security control room During the eighte...

SMARTair provides flexible access control using smartcards instead of mechanical keys Rialto Court is a block of contemporary apartments for students attending Durham University and Teesside University in Middlesbrough. When management company Mezzino took ownership of the property, each apartment was secured using a master-key system. However, the rapid turnover of tenants, together with a need for scheduled cleaning and summer shutdown periods, meant keys were becoming diff...

Traka installed intelligent lockers into open access areas to allow students to study in a more social setting Traka, the specialist in key and asset management, has encouraged social studying in students at Portsmouth University through its laptop lockers. Laptop loan system Providing academic facilities to over 21,000 students, the University of Portsmouth approached Traka over four years ago, in search of a solution that would enable them to loan out laptops to students w...

Student rooms have been fitted with the Aperio solution, which is fully integrated into the Gallagher Command Centre A student residence at The University of Birmingham has been supplied with the Aperio wireless locking solution by ASSA ABLOY Access Control, a UK division of ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions. Chamberlain, based in Edgbaston, is a brand new student accommodation development comprised of a 21-storey tower and three low-rise blocks.Fully int...

LOCKEN’s cylinders allowed 21st century technology to be installed in doors over 100 years old Lincoln’s Inn is the earliest of the four Inns of Court in London, which houses a society of lawyers and judges, and is recognised as one of the world’s most prestigious professional bodies of barristers. With its origins dating back to the 1400s, all of the buildings and architecture are of huge historic significance, which is why security and access control at the...