by Liz Karson | Mar 2, 2022 | Slide Gate Operators
ECI installed this slide gate operator for an apartment complex on south Blue Island street in Chicago in 2020. Nice/HySecurity supplied the SlideSmart™ HD215 (large black chassis case on lower right) pictured above. These sliding gate operators are specifically...
by Liz Karson | Feb 23, 2022 | Automatic Barrier Gates
ECI offers turnkey installations that can minimize your total investment costs while also minimizing the time you must spend coordinating with multiple vendors. These photos show parts of a construction sequence for an office and warehouse in Vernon Hills, Il. Shown...
by Liz Karson | Feb 16, 2022 | Parking Access and Revenue Control Systems
This is the employee entrance to the Loyola Medical Center parking Deck B off 3rd Avenue in Maywood. This extensive WPS Parking Access and Revenue Control System (PARCS) was installed by ECI in 2019 for Loyola. The ground-level single access lane to the parking garage...
by Liz Karson | Feb 9, 2022 | Automatic Barrier Gates
Pictured above is part of a project ECI did for the Chicago Housing Authority. We installed a series of Elka barrier gates and vehicle detection loops in the complex. The barrier gates controlled vehicle access and egress from the property. Shown above is a dual lane...
by Liz Karson | Feb 2, 2022 | Turnstile Barrier Gate
Last year ECI furnished and installed the two new Alvarado turnstiles shown above for TC Industries. This was part of new security precautions at their plant in Crystal Lake. The turnstiles allow access and egress from the lot and are made part of the perimeter...
by Liz Karson | Jan 24, 2022 | Slide Gate Operators
ECI supplied and installed this Doorking slide gate operator at the dock gate of the University of Chicago’s Rubenstein Building. The gate operator is shown in the center of the image above on a concrete pad. A Vehicle detection loop senses a vehicle as it...
by Liz Karson | Oct 1, 2021 | Counter Terrorism
Earlier this year I wrote an article “A Different Slant On Counter Terrorism Barriers In England”. In the story I discussed a novel way Coventry, a city in central England, brought some beauty to its anti-terrosim efforts. A pair of abstract artists were...
by Liz Karson | Sep 28, 2021 | Security Bollards
Earlier this month I wrote a follow up piece entitled “K Rated High Security Fencing Replaces Chicago Locks Cyclone”. In it I discussed our installation of about 450 feet of K-12 Rated fencing supplied by Ameristar / Assa Abloy. The fencing replaced the...
by Liz Karson | Sep 23, 2021 | Parking Access and Revenue Control Systems
I have been writing about the extensive WPS Parking Access and Revenue Control System (PARCS) we installed at Loyola’s Medical Center in Maywood, IL in 2019. Today I want to discuss the equipment at the entrance to deck parking at lot B for staff and additional...
by Liz Karson | Sep 21, 2021 | Crash and Grab
I received one alert last week about two recent crash and grabs. The first one happened (again) in New Zealand and the other in the UK. I read “Liquor store owner in Hamilton wakes to second ram raid this year” as reported by Stuff first. The disturbing aspect of this...
