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Entrances
Security Entrances for Indoors or Outdoors – or Both
May 3, 2019
You have a team of security guards, an ID card system in place, and a top-notch video surveillance system. Your facility is secure, right? Not so fast. While those security solutions are solid and necessary to help you to mitigate security risks, it is important to ensure that your entrances are secure, as well. After all, every door or entrance is an opportunity for someone to get in to your facility and cause harm.
Security entrances have become an essential tool to secure people, property and assets. This is true whether they are used indoors or outdoors, but not all entrances can handle both applications. Here are some types of security entrance solutions that can function indoors, outdoors – or both.
When it came to choosing entrances for the Dubai Frame in UAE, designers selected revolving doors for security, safety and accessibility
April 10, 2019
Nearly 1000 teams of architects from around the world competed to design an important new building – a “Tall Emblem Structure” that would promote “the new face of Dubai”. The selected winner was the iconic Dubai Frame, and when its doors opened to the public in January 2018, those doors were automatic revolving doors from Boon Edam.
9 Reasons Organizations Select Security Revolving Doors to Protect their Most Valuable Assets
March 1, 2019
Security revolving doors are the entrance solution of choice for the Fortune 500. An IHS report on Pedestrian Entrance Control Equipment released in 2017 shows that the market for these solutions has increased from $25.9 million to $35.1 million in just two short years. Why are security revolving doors gaining so much momentum? Explore 9 reasons below.
Featured project: Bronx Community College
February 22, 2019
After more than 50 years in operation Bronx Community College was in need of modernization. Learn about how #AMBICO provided Recessed Panel Doors to return this historically significant site to its former glory.
3 Reasons Mantrap Portals Provide the Highest Level of Security Compliance for an Entry
January 14, 2019
Your physical security system must comply with regulations specific to your industry. A regulation that is of major concern to security managers is the requirement to restrict physical access to a building. A failure to comply with this regulation could result in a number of associated liabilities, ranging from physical harm to an employee or guest, to hefty fines and bad press. Managing the entry to the best of your ability is key to compliance regulations.
How security entrances can help protect data centers by controlling physical access
December 14, 2018
Data centers are some of the most critical infrastructure of our modern era. A breach would be devastating. Learn how security entrances can help protect data centers by controlling physical access.
Four Elements of Security Entrance Safety that Directly Impact Your ROI
November 7, 2018
Safety. This vital component of the security entrance selection process is often missing from the conversation upfront. A failure to consider the safety features of security entrances could quickly and tragically undermine the effectiveness and success of the entire project, negatively affecting your ROI.
Meeting modern trends in multifamily construction
October 17, 2018
As demographics and preferences across multifamily shift, AIA partner Kawneer explores how architects are adjusting their exterior designs.
3 Functions of an Entrance System
August 31, 2018
Entrance systems are one of the most important areas in a building... they make the first impression. Every safe entryway needs to have these three essential elements:
Aesthetics: When Looks and Beauty Matter for Security Entrances
August 15, 2018
Google the term “best looking offices” and you’ll find no shortage of results, with photos of interiors featuring beautiful design, materials, light and color. But do office space aesthetics actually have an effect on companies and their people? And how do aesthetics fit into the equation when it comes to how secure an office space is?
Art in Motion by Ethereal Light Installation Artist Spencer Finch
June 9, 2018
When entering the new Segerstedthuset building at the Uppsala University in Sweden – guests, students and employees alike are cheerfully greeted by a colourful revolving door. This unique door is an art installation by renowned American artist Spencer Finch (http://www.spencerfinch.com/) and is aptly named ‘The Colour Wheel’. The artist is best known for installations that visualise his experience of the nature of light, colour, memory.
Regulatory compliance: how a lack of clarity around the entry leads to fines
April 13, 2018
Many organizations spend a great deal of time and financial resources in making the entrances to their buildings artistic and beautiful, with designs and materials that inspire awe. They may work with an architect, engineer, or building contractor and ensure compliance to NFPA safety and fire guidelines regarding egress, along with the desire for user convenience and an overall aesthetic design. Often, they select standard swinging doors to make it more convenient for employees, visitors and vendors to enter. For security, they employ security officers to stand guard.
How are mantrap portals designed to mitigate physical security risk?
March 12, 2018
Organizations around the globe are looking for ways to reduce the risk of unauthorized entry due to tailgating and piggybacking. If not addressed appropriately, that risk can quickly turn into a liability, costing a company added time and expense, a bruised reputation and even the removal of members of the leadership team.
Entrances & entryways - making an impact
March 2, 2018
First impressions are important, and the same holds true for building entrances. Whether you're welcoming potential customers, trying to calm worried patients, or hosting teachers and students, their initial interaction with the space can set the overall mood and tenor of their experience.
Portable security booths
February 22, 2018
If you need to secure multiple gates or entrances, it is essential to have a security booth, guard house or parking booth you can position and use immediately. Par-Kut portable security booths are perfect for guarding multiple entrances and gates. These security booths are easily moved from one place to another. So you can have these guard booths ready to use as soon as they are deployed or installed.
Why access control systems will never be enough to protect your premises
January 11, 2018
Security systems have long been in the business of risk mitigation. In addition to controlling potentially perilous situations as they occur and dealing with them safely and efficiently, a security system and its operators need to be able to identify problem areas and use the systems at their disposal to prevent issues, when possible, before they even occur. A major source of risk for any facility—large or small, new or established—are the entrances and exits. Every facility has at least one entrance and an access control system alone cannot effectively mitigate the risk of unauthorized entry. Many buildings will have a number of different areas in their floorplan that require varying levels of security at the entrances to that area, even if it’s as simple as locking an office before the weekend.
Art Gallery of Ontario enjoys more space and comfort with BoonAssist TQ revolving door entrance
November 28, 2017
Due to space constraints during remodeling, the Art Gallery of Ontario opted for a revolving door at the front entrance.
Kawneer Project Profile: Heifer International World Headquarters
November 2, 2017
When Heifer needed a larger HQ that remained true to the earth's resources, we helped them create one.
Attractive Bulletproof Barrier Design
October 27, 2017
Modern. Clean lines. High Visibility. Upscale. Bulletproof. Which one of these doesn’t belong? While there is a strong perception that beauty and security cannot go hand-in-hand, attractive bulletproof barriers are totally possible.
Andamar Lifestyle Center uses revolving doors to combat wind, air infiltration
October 25, 2017
The challenge: heat, humidity and sea breezes infiltrating the building. The solution: revolving doors.
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