by Liz Karson | Jul 22, 2022 | Automatic Swing Gates
Earlier this year ECI was called in to increase security at this Chicago location. Part of the extensive project was the installation of these two replacement swing barrier gates. Byan Systems, Inc. supplied the continuous duty barrier gate operator. The operator...
by Liz Karson | Jul 14, 2022 | Automated Slide Gates
Earlier this year ECI was called to automate a gate guarding access to a records storage and digital imaging center in Cicero, Il. Shown above is the LiftMaster SL585 Industrial Slide Gate Operator we furnished. We also provided the installation, concrete pad it was...
by Michael Yublosky | Jul 7, 2022 | Telephone Access Control
Last week I wrote about motorizing four new swing gates for a residence in a south suburban Chicago location. Today I want to discuss how the owners control and allow access to their property when the gates are closed. Shown above in the left foreground is an Ascent...
by Liz Karson | Jun 30, 2022 | Automatic Swing Gates
Last year ECI was called in to motorize four new gates for a residence in a south suburban Chicago location. The image above shows one of the gates (left facing the street) with a Viking Access Systems G-5 Swing Gate Operator installed on the lower edge of this...
by Liz Karson | Jun 23, 2022 | Automatic Barrier Gates
Last week we wrote about our installing two Gibraltar crash-rated wedge barriers for a newly developed Chicago parking lot. ECI also installed three crashed-rated barrier gates as part of the installation. The customer supplied all of the equipment. Shown above are...
by Liz Karson | Jun 16, 2022 | Wedge Vehicle Barriers
Last year ECI was called in to install some heavy-duty vehicle parking access control devices for a parking lot under development on Chicago’s south side. This was an installation only project where the customer supplied all of the equipment. Pictured above are...
by Liz Karson | Jun 8, 2022 | Automatic Barrier Gates
Last week I wrote to you that ECI installed three DKS® DoorKing® Swing Gate operators for an Illinois company in a southwest Chicago suburb. All of the equipment was supplied by the customer. We installed the operators and interface wiring and also tested to ensure...
by Liz Karson | Jun 1, 2022 | Swing Gate Operators
ECI was contracted to install three DKS® DoorKing® Swing Gate operators for an Illinois company located southwest of Chicago last month. The customer supplied all of the equipment which we installed along with the interface wiring and testing of the vehicle detector...
by Liz Karson | May 26, 2022 | Automatic Barrier Gates
I first wrote about work ECI did for Tootsie Roll in Chicago on this blog almost five years ago. The article was titled “Protecting Tootsie Roll Employee Parking Facility in Chicago”. In the article I discussed an initial security project we completed approximately 10...
by Liz Karson | May 19, 2022 | Turnstile Barrier Gate
Earlier this year ECI installed the tandem turnstiles shown above in a near west Chicago suburban location. These are also frequently referred to as turnstile doors since they are full height. Think of turnstiles as revolving doors except access is limited to...
