Fingerprint Locks - Case studies
The Transportation Services and Mobility department for the city of Grand Prairie, Texas recently completed a substantial project to replace the locks on their Intelligent Traffic Cabinets with a better and more secure choice. Turns out what they needed was only a few miles away with ALCEA’s Traffic Cabinet Locking Solution powered by ABLOY technology. ALCEA is the brand formerly known as ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions - Critical Infrastructure. The ALCEA Traffic Cabinet Locking Solution has...
With approximately 29,000 employees worldwide, Amdocs is a pioneering global software company providing services and solutions to communications and media companies. When building a new campus in Ra’anana, Israel, their large site with four office buildings and three underground floors required a door closer solution tailored to every door, considering their different size, type, and usage. Finding a single supplier to meet all their needs was a challenge, but they succeeded. Site...
Helsinki Airport is a busy transport hub, with a network of flights connecting Finland with cities across Europe, Asia, and beyond. Managing access in such a dynamic environment is a challenge. This challenge extends to the control of access to cupboards, drawers, and cabinets where travel documents are stored — in the spotlight after new EU guidance on logging access to these documents. Previously, security for cabinets in Helsinki’s check-in area required airport managers to issue...
Pears Jewish Campus is a seven-story education and culture complex that covers over 80,000 square feet, in Westfälische Strasse, Berlin, Germany. The building was designed by renowned architectural firm Tchoban Voss and constructed over a five-year period. It is the largest Jewish campus in Europe, encompassing a kindergarten, primary, and secondary school, a cinema, sports and events halls, art and music studios, co-working office spaces, as well as a kosher restaurant. Paxton’s lat...
When it comes to connecting to the community and protecting its schools, Sumter County in central Florida has implemented some pretty impressive, innovative, and thoughtful solutions. The county, located west of the Greater Orlando area, recently set out on a mission to increase security at its 14 schools district-wide by installing SARGENT IN120 Intelligent Wi-Fi locks on classroom doors and other interior openings. Digital access technology All Sumter County schools feature multiple c...
Protecting booths at trade shows is a challenge. After all, exhibitors want a constant stream of high traffic, especially from people they are meeting for the first time. It’s why they attend such large-scale fairs. Relying on exhibition-provided security is sadly not enough. Individual stands need their protection for areas where valuable equipment, product samples, or confidential commercial documents are kept. Innovative, modern solution Barcelona-based ExpoFactory s...
Baylor University announced the launch of NFC wallet-based mobile credentials on its campus in collaboration with CBORD. This move positions Baylor as a trailblazer among Big 12 universities and exemplifies the institution's dedication to enhancing the campus experience for students, faculty and staff. Technological advancement Dan Park, president and CEO at CBORD, conveyed enthusiasm for the initiative, stating: “This alliance with Baylor University signifies our commitment to technolo...
Koning Willem I College in north-east Brabant, Netherlands, offers a broad range of educational and integration programmes. In total, around 18,000 students take 250 courses at its 16 locations. A new location on Onderwijsboulevard in 's-Hertogenbosch was designed to be a model modern educational institution and this included its access control. Need for a modern locking solution The imposing new building has modern rooms that provide opportunities for consultation, collaboration in small and...
Safeguarding and streamlining access into and through education premises is a formidable task. Each user group has specific needs, from teachers, management teams, and cleaners to IT staff and students. Perimeter entrances, and indoor and outdoor spaces all require different levels of security. Visitors to the premises want a controlled, efficient flow through the site. Staff need timely access to teaching rooms. Student access to the library or IT suite must be filtered and mon...
There are two truisms of K-12 schools that exist currently; first, safety and security are core objectives, and second, school budgets are tight. K-12 schools have traditionally been perceived as safe havens where children can learn and develop as they begin their life journeys. Violence, vandalism, and theft Unfortunately, K-12 schools are increasingly being subjected to violence, vandalism, and theft. Teachers are expressing growing concerns about their safety as they intervene in physical...
Newport Aquarium is located in Newport, Kentucky. The aquarium is home to thousands of the world’s most exotic aquatic creatures, including playful penguins, rare white alligators, and smiling sharks and stingrays. To keep the animals, visitors, and staff safe, Newport Aquarium wanted to replace their old security system with an easy-to-use and high-security access control solution. Sec-Tron, an experienced access control integrator, recommended Paxton’s flagship access control sys...
ZeroEyes, the creators of the only AI-based gun detection video analytics platform that holds the U.S. Department of Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation, announced that Eastern Michigan University (EMU) in Washtenaw County, Michigan, will deploy ZeroEyes’ solution across its campus to protect students, staff, and visitors from gun-related violence. EMU selected ZeroEyes following an extensive selection process and is the first higher education institution in Michigan to adopt an AI g...
Hotel Flint in Dornbirn, Austria, is a new hotel that combines the best of contemporary and traditional hospitality. An intelligent access solution In renovating the 19th-century Villa Weiss, and extending it with a 21st-century structure, developers sought an intelligent access solution that would both look good and help hotel staff manage the site and provide guest services more effectively. They also needed flexible system administration to keep them in control even remotely which wou...
Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc., a global pioneer in AI-driven security and productivity solutions along with its wholly owned subsidiary, Robotic Assistance Devices, Inc. (RAD), announced that it is in preparation to ship an order of 10 ROSA™ security devices to a major urban East Coast University. This multiple ROSA deployment will also see the implementation of RAD Light My Way™, providing the students and university staff with an additional layer of safety and...
Net2 access control has been installed at Highlands Grow, a fully licenced industrial-scale cultivator, producing cannabis for medicinal and recreational use. Based in Lapeer, Michigan, Highlands Grow provides consumable cannabis products to US-based retailers, projects. The volume of produce they cultivate is of extremely high-market value and needs to be secured with a sophisticated and advanced security system as stated by Michigan state law. Requirement Before the new Net2 security instal...
"We’ve tried other security devices for the solution before choosing the Anviz. The reason for switching to Anviz was because of its great reliability, stable and mature firmware, high user capacity, and biometric identification. Besides, we’ve been able to rely on their greatly experienced engineering team for solving problems and firmware customisations we’ve needed along the road to meet the ministry's high expectations. Anviz has become one of our Key security consultants f...
The Xindian Affordable Housing Metro Community, as a key provincial and municipal project and an important livelihood project in Xiamen City, is the earliest construction project that have been invested in by Xiamen government. Apart from facilitated traffic, it is also equipped with facilities such as commercial spaces, kindergartens, community service centers, fresh supermarkets, and more. Feature-proof intercom products The Situation - Located in Xiang'an District, Xiamen, Xindian communi...
Projected to be the tallest tower in South Asia upon completion in 2025, “The One” residences towers in Colombo, Sri Lanka will comprise 92 floors (reaching 376 m in height), and offer residential, business and leisure facilities. DNAKE signed a cooperation agreement with “The One" in September 2013 and brought ZigBee smart home system to the model houses of “The One”. The products on display are included. Smart buildings DNAKE IP video intercom products enable mo...
Founded in the early 1400s, the University of St Andrews is globally renowned and was recently ranked as the UK’s top university. It occupies around 150 separate buildings in and around the town of Fife, Scotland. Home to the St Andrews Prize for the Environment, it has many teams and departments that have won awards for sustainability, energy efficiency, and environmental action. The University’s vision is to be net zero by 2035. St Andrews will take out all avoidable greenhouse ga...
Controlling access into and around Helsinki Airport is a complex task. Around 15,000 people work there; daily pre-pandemic passenger numbers hovered around 60,000 to 70,000. Airport managers chose electronic and electromechanical locks, keyless padlocks and readers to secure the site and improve access management. Safety for staff of operator Finavia and the airport’s customers is paramount. For obvious reasons, only authorised people should have access to many areas. The safe management...
For its new headquarters in a Paris suburb, media giant Canal+ specified a connected smart building to enable efficient, flexible working. Choosing the right connectable access technologies can be a time-consuming task, all too often requiring compromises in the name of compatibility. Connectable access control solutions “Fast-growing demand for integrated building systems makes it critical for hardware suppliers to offer a range of compatible access solutions,” says Thomas Schulz...
Art spaces with valuable exhibits are always a challenge for the security industry. Mobile constructions, architectural features, and a great number of visitors require flexible solutions for complex protection. Module of temporality (MOT) Module of temporality (MOT) is a 417 m2 exhibition space. It consists of 27 metal containers. There are paintings, sculptures, installations, and audiovisual works of 28 artists from 10 countries inside the containers. The exhibition is devoted to th...
A manufacturing facility is a tough testing ground for any access control solution. By their nature, premises usually require multiple types of locks, including a range of cylinder types and sizes, as well as padlocks. They often need locks that work both inside and outdoors. For this reason, many manufacturing plants retain outdated mechanical locking solutions, sacrificing the added control of an electronic solution. Programmable key solution criteria The right programmable key soluti...
The Marin Hospital of Hendaye in the French Basque Country faced common challenges posed by mechanical access control. Challenge Relying on mechanical lock-and-key technology made it difficult or impossible to know who had been accessing sensitive areas like treatment rooms and medicine stores. Another source of insecurity was the keys and passes issued to employees and contractors. These often remain in circulation beyond their approved use period, if former employees and s...
For more than five decades, developer DEMOS Wohnbau has been a provider of new residential properties in Munich. Contemporary architecture and upmarket fittings are the hallmarks of every DEMOS project, whether an owner-occupied apartment, a terraced or semi-detached house, or a detached single-family home. Their new PRISMA PASING residential project with 255 apartments is located close to Nymphenburg Palace Park in Munich, Germany. It offers proximity to both the city and natural surroundings,...
Project management for large building designs benefits from both collaboration and effective digitalisation. On a landmark new office development in central Brussels, ASSA ABLOY’s Openings Studio™ software helped achieve the ultimate goal: excellence in design, balancing cost, delivery time, and sustainability concerns. Quatuor Quatuor is a multi-purpose office, events, and coworking space in central Brussels, with an innovative design, certified Outstanding by BREEAM. Designed and...
Every year, more data storage is required to meet the demands of Britain’s expanding population. With this, security is essential to comply with privacy regulations, avoid information loss, and safeguard against terrorism and espionage. As the need for a West Midlands data centre increased, a robust perimeter security solution was essential, particularly following the development of leisure facilities adjacent to the site. Fencing, gates, access control, and automation were installed to c...
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico needed to implement a centralised and efficient perimeter security system for all public schools on the island. Intrusions and assaults at educational institutions have increased, and Hurricane Maria further exacerbated problems with the destruction of infrastructure. The solution: The need to repair hurricane damage also provided opportunities to invest in modern improvements. The Department of Education chose to install a video surveillance system with more th...
The Bucharest Transport Company (STB) provides public transit for Romania’s capital city and the surrounding area. They operate a range of tram, bus and trolleybus services — around 2,000 vehicles in total — from several depots and terminals. To manage time, attendance and ID for a staff of approximately 11,000 people, they sought an innovative, user-friendly technology solution. Their chosen solution needed to be easy to deploy to multiple STB locations: Robust, secure crede...
Focus is a French real-estate company in a booming sector. With offices nationwide, it specialises in business colocation, offering turnkey office spaces and related services. In 2019 alone, the total number of flexible workspaces across France grew by 20%. Access control Reliable, agile access control is a key attribute of this sector. Different users come and go, at all times of the day. An office’s client group does not stand still. Change is part of the landscape. For these re...
