Access Control
& Security Systems

Empire State Building 

By DON GARBERA

The Empire State Building, the centerpiece of New York City, rises 1,454 feet above the street. Built with a 60,000-ton steel frame, the building's exterior...

Telecheck 

By MICHAEL FICKES

Telecheck employees move freely through the company's high-rise headquarters building in Houston. They move so freely you might not realize that an advanced...

AAA National Headquarters 

By Staff

We needed to be more careful. When you need to replace your antiquated, manual security procedures with a more technologically sophisticated system, how...

Miami Beach Police Department 

>By Staff

Few places are more in need of accurate, reliable and secure access control than law enforcement precincts. Consequently, when the Miami Beach Police...

A microchip in a plastic card 

By GEORGE PARTINGTON

If you read it, they will come. That could be the mantra of the smart card industry in the United States, especially as it relates to access control applications....

Integrating existing equipment with new technology creates state-of-the-art 

By JANIE JARVIS

The Mellon Bank Center is a 54-floor building in Philadelphia that houses about 40 office tenants. Although the access control computer system installed...

After evaluating existing systems, the company made a change. 

By WILLIAM A. LEE

In 1996, AirTouch Cellular, Dublin, Ohio, brought Rick Roberts on board as safety and security manager in an effort to solidify its security program and...

At the corporate headquarters of The Principal Financial Group 

By P.J. CANNON

A man arrives at his wife's place of employment and a heated argument ensues. They leave the main building with voices raised and head for one of the...

Programmable cards help telecom company monitor building entry 

By Don Garbera

More than 100 buildings have been put on-line at tele-communications provider NYNEX. Future plans are to put all 2,200 sites on-line. NYNEX, a major telephone...

Proximity system controls access to Citibank's Brazilian headquarters >BY Staff 

An Indala proximity system, backed by CCTV cameras, replaced guards at critical entrances and complemented the building's architecture. Housed in a landmark,...

Proximity cards go the distance 

By GEORGE PARTINGTON

Convenience is desirable in door entry systems, and what is easier than approaching a door, opening it and walking in, just as if it were unlocked? With...

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