Education security applications - Case studies

The installation of the ISONAS access control system was accomplished by Golden West Technologies Located in the beautiful Black Hills area of South Dakota, the town of Box Elder, SD is home to the Douglas School District. The District employs just over 400 staff and educates more than 2,500 students from 3 years of age through high school. The District has a significant physical plant infrastructure consisting of administrative facilities (District administration building, sp...

Oregon State University relies on Vanderbilt’s SMS to provide access control for 100,000-square-foot Austin Hall Vanderbilt Industries, a global leader in the delivery of innovative, highly reliable technologies that help organisations ensure safety and security, recently announced that Oregon State University relies on Vanderbilt’s Security Management System (SMS) to provide access control for its 100,000-square-foot Austin Hall. The state-of-the-art facility for...

GeViScope and GeViStore video management systems were put into use with the existing analogue and IP cameras The challenge It was a sunny morning when Mick Miller got up to get ready for work at a large school. He had a great weekend and he was looking forward to the day. Work at the school was fun. However, shortly after, his good mood was ruined: When he reached the school grounds, he saw with dismay that large areas of the facade of the building and the entrance area were...

SALTO’s card-based electronic access control system secures some 100 doors Discovering you can do so much more with what you already have is something Barcelona's Conservatori del Liceu has just put into practice with the successful integration of its SALTO smart access control system and the ASIMUT scheduling, room booking and event management software for schools of music and performing arts. The Conservatori del Liceu, located in a modern seven storey building in the...

SALTO Systems provide everything the college wanted, and offered the best return on investment (ROI) Bunbury Catholic College is proud of its status as one of the leading co-educational high schools in Western Australia, and comes from the Marist and Mercy orders and formed after the amalgamation of St Francis Xavier’s College (Marist Brothers) and St Josephs College (Mercy Sisters) in 1973. Today the College continues this tradition to provide a catholic secondary...

Staff and students are benefiting from ACTpro 4000 door controllers and ACTpro door stations on interior and perimeter doors Dyfed Alarms is installing access control equipment from ACT at a mixed comprehensive school in Wales. Ysgol Dyffryn Aman has 1,600 pupils studying across a large campus with a sixth form of over 300. Staff and students are benefiting from protection offered by ACTpro 4000 door controllers and ACTpro door stations on interior and perimeter doors. Th...

The university’s estate team contacted the company as they were having issues with closed doors The James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) is situated two miles south of the city centre and houses the university’s School of Physics and Astronomy. The university’s estate team contacted ASSA ABLOY UK, as they were having issues with closed doors being damaged by trolleys and fire doors being wedged open, making the building vulnerable to the spread of fire....

The college installed 200 laptop lockers to encourage students to study outside of classroom Traka intelligent lockers are saving teachers and students up to 20 minutes at the beginning of each lesson at Bolton College. The College has installed 200 laptop lockers along the corridors of its campus to encourage students to study outside of the classroom. This approach, also known as flipped learning, means students can use the lockers to charge the devices and read up on speci...

Traka key cabinets ensure preauthorised contractors gain easy access to areas of the campus at any time Traka, the key and asset management specialist, has helped Coventry University improve the implementation of its contractor control policy, ensuring Health and Safety Standards are met. Introduction With almost 30,000 students, 1,890 staff and 110+ service contracting companies some requiring 24-hour access to the site, Coventry University needed a secure method to manage...

Each turnstile allows one person to pass every two seconds—a very important feature during rush hours With over 28,000 visitors entering the premises each day, the University of Antioquia in Medellin, Colombia, is one of the largest education institutions in the country. Such a high volume of visitors requires strict control of who can and cannot enter the institution. To achieve such a level of management, the security staff decided to install four Boon Edam Trilock-75...

ISIC France chose HID Global, with its complete portfolio of card issuance solutions and ID card printers/ encoders HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, recently announced that International Student Identity Card (ISIC) France, a leading student ID organisation, has selected the company’s FARGO® HDP5000 and DTC4500 card printers/encoders as well as its AsureID® 7 ID Card Personalisation Software Development Kit (SDK) for secure card i...

Security officers make the most of the solution’s rich feature-set, which includes unlimited reporting Customer Located in the heart of Albany, New York’s capital city, The College of Saint Rose offers 4,500 students a rigorous educational experience that extends their learning beyond the campus to the vibrant urban environment in which they live. Fostering community involvement, The College of Saint Rose opens its doors to the public throughout the day, but in so...

The new system not only produces better and quicker investigations, it also allows the college address more issues When Ramapo College of New Jersey began to transition from a primarily commuter college to a residential college two years ago, it quickly became clear that their current video system wasn’t going to cut it. “We’ve had an ongoing construction program,” says Robert O’Brien, security director of the college. “Just about every yea...

Securitas has entered into 10-year partnership worth £31million to improve services Securitas has entered into a ground-breaking 10-year partnership to provide security and reception services to the University of Hertfordshire. The partnership, worth £31million over 10 years, was awarded as part of a long-term initiative that will see the organisations work closely together, improve service and save the University, based in Hatfield Hertfordshire, around &poun...

By implementing SafeZone students and staff can now seek assistance with the simple press of a button CriticalArc announces that the University of Zurich, one of the leading research universities in Europe with 26,000 students has implemented SafeZone. By implementing SafeZone students and staff can now seek assistance with the simple press of a button, wherever they are located across the University estate, giving them the capability to summon support 24/7 via a help poin...

The system also allows groups access rights to specific areas of the school within prescribed time frames Three new schools in Sheffield - Silverdale, Newfield and Talbot all of which opened in 2009, are now benefitting from TDSi technology. Working closely with facilities management company Vinci Facilities, TDSi installed a complete access control system which included MIFARE®readers, MICROgarde 1 and 2 controllers and EXgarde management software.  MIFARE for cashl...

The stainless steel pull handles have been fitted to 27 doors of the school’s new sixth form centre Kingdown School, a co-educational secondary school in Wiltshire, is using stainless steel door handles from the Impressionist range by Alpro. The pull handles have been fitted to 27 doors created by Richmark Aluminium Systems on the school’s new sixth form centre designed by E10 Architects. The civil work was performed by Ken Biggs Contractors Ltd. based between Bri...

The school needed to upgrade all security and fire safety measures to ensure the safety of all who attend Verulam School has used Amthal Fire & Security to upgrade the security and fire safety measures across the school for the benefit of staff, pupils and visitors. Based in St Albans, Verulam School is a secondary school for boys with academy status. The specialist comprehensive school, which is larger than average for a secondary site, needed to upgrade all security and...

Avigilon’s Access Control Manager and HD surveillance solution helped maintain and improve safety at each school in the district Avigilon Corporation (“Avigilon”), a leading global provider of end-to-end security solutions, recently announced the Liberty Public School district has deployed its end-to-end Avigilon security solution, including access control and high-definition (HD) video surveillance, to improve school safety, accelerate incident response...

150 pairs of converters were installed in campus as a part of the 2nd phase of OTS product installation Princess Nora Bint AbdulRahman University in Riyadh recently enhanced its billion dollar surveillance system by adding 150 pairs of OT Systems' ET1111 media converters to its state-of-the-art access control system spanning the entire campus. This is the University's second phase of OTS product installations. It first installed OTS solutions nearly four years ago as part...

Two types of Full-HD cameras from Sony’s E-Series line-up were selected for the installation at Dartford Grammar Background When it built its new Sixth Form Building, Dartford Grammar required a robust video security system which would offer the highest quality surveillance and monitoring throughout the premises. It was also vital that the system was easy to operate and integrates seamlessly with its existing video security solution. Challenges Education environments...