Electronic access control - Case studies

Toronto Zoo, Canada's premier zoo, serves over 1.2 million visitors a year and operates a very busy parking operation with over 250,000 vehicles using its parking lots each year.Toronto Zoo selected LEGIC's secure contactless smart cards in order to alleviate long parking lines as visitors attempt to enter the zoo.  The reusable cards allow the zoo to audit the number of visitors and collect their parking fees when they exit the zoo, giving them the ability to park quickly and begin their d...

Morse Watchmans’ system secures company’s assets with improved key control and ultimately reduces liability Company profile Thomson Reuters, the global information company provides indispensable information tailored for professionals in the media, financial services and corporate markets. Through Thomson Reuters.com and other digital properties, Thomson Reuters also supplies its trusted content direct to individuals. Thomson Reuters drives decision making across t...

Repton Preparatory School (also known as Foremarke School) has used a Paxton Access Control system, supplied by Norbain SD, to help improve secure access to classroom blocks.  The system is saving them time and money, and has also provided them with a new way to measure time and attendance.Repton is a fully co-educational school with a strong boarding ethos and is home to 600 pupils.  Established 450 years ago, it has established a strong tradition of distinguished alumni in...

MissionThe Shipton Group, which owns and manages Douglas Court Shopping Centre in Cork, Ireland, required a surveillance solution to cut crime, gather video evidence to dramatically cut slip and fall injury claims, reinforce tenants' health and safety obligations, and even improve customer experience to deploy support staff more effectively around Douglas Court.SolutionThe Shipton Group worked with Irish IT consultancy RPC Consultants, a leading Axis Communications partner in the region, to deli...

Data Electronics Group opts for Axis Communications' IP-Surveillance solution to provide additional layer of physical security in its Dublin-based data centre.Data Electronics Group (DEG) was founded in 1974 as a field engineering-based business installing, integrating, maintaining and carrying out network administration for computer equipment used by airport and airline staff for key activities such as tagging bags and checking in passengers.  Today one division of DEG still provides...

Compelling technologyAt the start of the last century, when the Fendt brothers began building their first tractors in the forge set up by their father, Johan Georg Fendt, they made a commitment to create technical solutions that would be as cost-effective as they were reliable.  In 1930, they built Europe's first small tractor, with a 6HP engine, mounted plow, and independently-driven mower.  With the Fendt ‘diesel horse', the small and medium-sized farms had their first financi...

APT SkiData, the UK's leading Pay-on-Foot parking systems business, has won one of the largest refurbishment projects to be awarded this year, replacing the systems currently installed in four car parks at Southampton Airport with the latest APT 450 systems and integrated Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology.The contract, awarded through Meteor Parking with whom APT SkiData has successfully worked at Stansted Airport, includes replacing systems within four areas: the short-term;...

With the threat of intruders, or even worse, terrorist attacks, making sure that all passengers are safe within an airport is of the utmost importance to commercial airlines and airport authorities.  Yet not only passengers, but also personnel and valuable equipment, need to be protected.  FLIR Systems SR-100 thermal imaging cameras help to make Copenhagen Airport an even safer airport than before. Founded in 1925, Copenhagen Airport was one of the first civil airports in the world.&n...

Plymouth City Centre has upped its ‘Respect' agenda by combining the best CCTV with loudspeakers from Bosch Security Systems to quite literally speak to would-be lawbreakers and discourage anti-social behaviour, sometimes before it even happens.‘Talking' cameras have so far been installed in four areas of the City and are having an immediate effect, according to Mike Atherton, Community Safety Manager for Plymouth City Centre Company.  The PCCC bid for Home Office funding f...

Frankfurt Commerzbank Tower: Zelaris IP video management software monitors 800 branches for failure and sabotage  The bold architecture of the Commerzbank Tower is the source of fascination for many visitors to Frankfurt - behind the mirrored façade a complex software solution takes care of the security required in the Commerzbank network of branches. VIDEOR's partner, the Frankfurt system house Heer GmbH, realized this by using eneo Zelaris IP.  The system application...

CEM AC2000 AE (Airport Edition) system provides UK's fastest growing regional airport with IP, airport-specific security       CEM Systems, an access control brand of Tyco International, announced recently that Durham Tees Valley Airport, UK, has chosen the CEM AC2000 AE (Airport Edition) security management system.  The system will be installed by CEM Approved Reseller, Advance Integrated Systems PLC. Durham Tees Valley Airport, Robin Hood Airport and Liv...

Steve Cox, central services manager for the Unitary Authority of Blackburn with Darwen in East Lancashire, is delighted with the P3.net access control system manufactured by Lancashire based BSB Electronics and installed by Darwen based Atlas Alarms.  He says, "Three major multi-user Borough Council buildings have the up-to-date P3 online, proximity card access system.  Nearly 2,500 users now benefit from this very reliable and easy to use access control system."Steve, who is...

Exceeded all expectations"I am a businessman at heart - and that's why I like to get down to business!"  Just one look at Franz Schreyer will have you convinced.  After all, with all his hard work, his innovative nature and his entrepreneurial spirit, this businessman has managed to build up a very respectable corporate group in just about 30 years.  In 1977, he first founded Schreyer Haustechnik GmbH Markt Indersdorf, just 30 km south-east of Munich, population 10,000.&...

ChallengeHartwall Areena needed a top-of-the-class security solution to secure the organised events and the attendees.  To be able to offer an enjoyable experience at the Hartwall Areena, disorderly behaviour, such as misdemeanour, sabotage, vandalism and fights had to be prevented.SolutionMirasys V series was installed to meet todays and the future's requirements and security standards of huge public venues.  Mirasys V series is exceptional as it can receive video data from both analo...

Cars at one of Britain's most prestigious motor museums are being protected with a breakthrough security product which contains DNA.The collection at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, worth in the region of 50 million pounds, is being painted with a glue which contains segments of unique genetic code, as part of their ongoing security.The museum, in the heart of the New Forest in Hampshire, recently launched the innovative new marking scheme.  Now the museum's team of technicia...

Cleveland Police have been able to add a crucial rapid deployment surveillance tool to their armoury, thanks to the development of the world's most successful 12~660mm motorized zoom lens by Pentax.The Cleveland Force is responsible for the policing of the four districts of Hartlepool, Lanbaurgh, Middlesborough and Stockton - an area covering some 230 square miles.  The population of over 550,000 is split between high density urban areas and outlying small communities.An ambitious and compr...

"Value Place can record all transactions and also use it for training to assist the front-office people with any questions they may have.  The corporate office can log on remotely if there are incidents or events to check, make sure the standard processes are following the corporate quality requirements, and if any modifications are necessary."- Steve Johnson, Account Manager at ISG Technology Inc. Security challenges There is a small number of staff at each hotel which keeps the...

Economical yet professional.  That's the image the Metropolitan Council's Metro Transit staff want to portray with their Metropass cards.  Metropass cards are used for riders of bus and light-rail transit in Minneapolis.  Until recently, they were produced by an outside printing vendor, and the cost was becoming prohibitive.  Metro Transit's decision to bring the production inside not only saved money, but also improved the security of the cards.Metro Transit is one of the la...

Warringah Mall, one of Australia's largest shopping centres, is leading the way in video surveillance technology, following the recent deployment of March Networks 4000 C Series Networked Video Recorders (NVRs) alongside the R5 Visual Intelligence software suite.The converged platform 4000 C Series is one of the first NVRs on the market to accommodate both analogue and high-resolution IP cameras.The 125,000 sq m (1,345,500 sq. ft.) shopping centre, 15 kilometres (9 miles) from Sydney's central b...

New adaptable infra-red illuminators supplied by CBC (Europe) have been installed at Eggborough Power Station to improve the night time surveillance of security camera images monitoring the British Energy-operated, 2GW coal-fired power station located near Selby, North Yorkshire.The IR/500 series long-range infra-red LED illuminators supplied support 13 pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) CCTV cameras.  These cameras survey various access gates around the site perimeter as well as various entry points and...

ADT state-of-the-art security system gives retailers and visitors to a new South London shopping centre peace of mindThe ChallengeCroydon Centrale is a £200 million retail centre with 74,000 square metres of shopping featuring some of the UK's leading fashion and lifestyle stores and a 950-space shoppers' car park.International property development and investment company St Martins Property Corporation - owners of the old Drummond Centre - redeveloped and extended the site to provi...

High impact dome cameras from Rainbow have been installed at a flagship leisure venue in Cardiff.  Technology at the Liquid Nightclub allows managers to transmit aromas onto the dance floor and create computer graphics, which transform the building into a swimming pool or the Albert Hall.The site is using 60 of the dome cameras on dance floors and in bar areas.  These 1/3" cameras use a DSP image sensor and are available as colour or black and white models.  The monochrome un...

DVRs used to record interviews of suspects and victimsHeightened concerns over the safety of police officers and the need to defend officers against false allegations provided the impetus for Jacksonville State University (JSU) in Alabama to acquire March Networks video surveillance technology.With little more than hand-held audio tape recorders at their disposal, police officers were previously unable to record facial expressions and non-verbal behaviour that could provide context for statement...

Ideal centreKöln/Bonn are just GBP 15.99 (less than 25 €) away.  To visit the leaning tower of Pisa or the Rialto bridge in Venice will also cost the same.  As the first low-cost airport in the UK, Coventry Airport is offering flights to many distances for low cost.  Since 31st March 2004, the TUI subsidiary Thomson-fly.com is utilizing the Coventry Airport located in the heart of the English midlands as the ideal centre for low-cost flights to 17 European cities. &...

Dense NetworkThe city of Kaiserslautern is committed to serving its citizens well.  This is also reflected in the wide network of public transportation the city operates: 13 day bus and six night bus lines as well as approximately 450 bus stops throughout the city make sure that the 105,000 inhabitants of the German metropolis can get conveniently from A to B.  It is no wonder, therefore, that around 13 million passengers use the services of the TWK Verkehrs-AG each year.  This tr...

The ClientBoxtone Crawley owns the BP Spar Crawley Avenue service station, in Crawley, Sussex.  Located on a dual carriageway, it serves the busy commercial area and local community.  In addition to a four-lane petrol filling station, the Crawley Avenue service station offers customers a wide range of convenience goods including hot food, alcohol, groceries, drinks, snacks and magazines.  The SituationLike many forecourts the Crawley Avenue service station suffers from crimes such...

A major upgrade to security and public information systems, provided by Siemens Business Technologies, is helping Exchange Quay in one of Salford's premier business districts to retain and enhance the enviable reputation which has allowed it to attract a host of blue-chip tenants.Originally built in 1989 using futuristic building designs and strategically located at the entrance to the Salford Quays business area, the 12-acre Exchange Quay site has, since its opening, made effective use of CCTV...