It is one thing to have your commercial premises correctly alarmed to avoid break-ins and opportunist theft. But what about the day-to-day, internal security of the building, when you don’t want people gaining access to certain areas – even if they aren’t there for criminal intent? In many businesses, spanning a broad spectrum of sectors, it’s highly likely that certain areas of a property will need to remain off limits, not only to complete strangers, but also to large numbers of your own staff.
So how do you keep people out of sensitive or high-security areas?
One way is to have everything under lock and key – but this can be cumbersome and far from fool-proof. Forever relying on members of staff to lock doors behind them is not practicable, and, besides, what happens when locks malfunction or keys get lost? And which keys go with which locks!
The answer is to have an access control system – a system that can be tailored to a wide range of commercial properties – from warehouses to executive office suites.
How do access control systems operate?
Having access control in place provides a safe, secure and uncomplicated means of controlling who enters or leaves your premises.
An access control system allows technology to take the place of manned security posts on a permanent basis. This provides far greater flexibility, reliability and, ultimately, substantial cost savings.
In areas of a building which are designed for restricted access, it’s often impractical for them to be left unlocked throughout business hours. Instead, by installing an access control system, you can conveniently provide authorised personnel with a card or a token/swipe, enabling controlled access to secure areas. Each swipe card can be programmed to give each member of staff specific access to wherever they need to go.
If cards or tokens are ever lost or stolen, they can be deactivated from the system.
Today, most advanced access control systems are networked via standard computers and they can also be integrated with CCTV and RVRC.
If you have encountered an undesired ingress, some systems will enable you to track a card to ascertain which doors the holder has opened, or you can use a door monitoring system to see whose card opens that door. This works very effectively in conjunction with CCTV.
Is access control suitable for my type of business?
Regardless of what type of commercial establishment you operate - from banks, offices and retailers to schools and care homes - there’ll be an access control system that will cater for your needs.
These can range from a very basic single door entry point through to controlling dozens of doors across multiple sites. The system can be as extensive as necessary.
Gold standard service, top quality products
With more than three decades of delivering safe, dependable and cost-effective security solutions to businesses across the UK, Birmingham-based Justice Fire & Security are well-placed to advise on how to integrate an access control system into your building. This will ensure your premises are only accessed by people who are properly authorised. We have a regional office network which enables us to cover large parts of the UK from the North West to the South East.
All the projects we undertake are in accordance with EN50133 requirements and meet the most stringent NSI NACOSS standards (by the National Security Inspectorate).
We work with the most respected manufacturers in access control, like Paxton, ievo Biometric and Videx. Taking Paxton as an example, they are one of the world’s leading manufacturers of IP access control, door entry and building intelligence systems for smart buildings, with more than 30 years of experience. Every year around 25,000 buildings are secured globally using their products.They develop systems for a range of “every-day” sectors, such as education, healthcare, retail, leisure and the broader public sector.
We are proud to be a recognised installer for Net2 and Paxton10 building intelligence solutions. You can rest assured you’re in good hands - we’ll ensure your access control system will do the job for what it is intended!
Keeping coronavirus away from your business premises
In these times of unprecedented concern about
health and safety and ensuring workplaces remain COVID-19 free
environments, you may
find that introducing specific access control
measures in your building would be an appropriate measure. We would be
happy to provide
further advice in this respect.
Take advantage of a free site survey
At Justice Fire & Security, we are always pleased to carry out free security surveys to check that your current systems are suitable and whether further measures might be suitable to provide enhanced protection.
From our West Midlands base, we have an extensive network of local offices, handling all manner of commercial and domestic security and surveillance systems for clients throughout the counties of Shropshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire, covering Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Stoke and Tamworth and elsewhere. In the East Midlands, we work across Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. Our South East region handles projects throughout Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, whilst our office in the south west offices covers Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. We also have a big presence in the North West from our base in Cheshire.
