by Liz Karson | Aug 13, 2020 | Automatic Barrier Gates
Some years ago ECI did work at the Carillon Club in Naperville, Illinois. At that time we installed barrier gates at the main entrance as well as at the back entrance and exit lanes. Earlier this year we came back to install the above shown dual barrier gates on the...
by Liz Karson | Aug 11, 2020 | Low Speed Vehicle Crashes
Just two days ago, on Sunday, August 9th, I was alerted to about another low-speed vehicle crash in this area. The driver lost control of a vehicle and smashed into a building as reported above by Wheeling Fire Department Battalion Chief Mark Menzel. The unidentified...
by Liz Karson | Aug 6, 2020 | Security Bollards
Just last week I authored a story about barriers entitled “Removable Crash Rated Bollards Installed Chicago Day School”. We installed the security bollards to prevent vehicular access to the athletic field at the Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School. Here’s a...
by Liz Karson | Aug 4, 2020 | Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
At ECI we supply and install Rosslare Security access control systems which includes readers, controllers, credentials as well as access control software. While browsing through YouTube I did find this interesting video from Rosslare in India. It visually explains...
by Liz Karson | Jul 30, 2020 | Security Bollards
Earlier this month ECI completed the installation of two custom furnished removable crash rated bollards shown above. The location was for a soccer field at the Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School on north Broadway in Chicago’s Lake View area. The goal here was...
by Liz Karson | Jul 28, 2020 | Crash and Grab
I’ve shared many vivid videos of crash and grabs, or ram raids, with you in the past. Here is a collection of video clips from England which were captured with various closed-circuit television systems, smartphones and even body cams. It is worth watching to...
by Liz Karson | Jul 23, 2020 | Automatic Barrier Gates
Just last week I wrote about work ECI did for Loyola University Medical Center which is located in Maywood, IL. I detailed the equipment for vehicular access to lot #2 and employee parking. In addition, we also installed a WPS Magnetic Automation “Parking Pro” barrier...
by Liz Karson | Jul 21, 2020 | Counter Terrorism
I read a rather disturbing article which was published last Thursday in Just Security. It was entitled: “Vehicle Ramming: The Evolution of a Terrorist Tactic Inside the US”. The article stated that according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
by Liz Karson | Jul 16, 2020 | Parking Access and Revenue Control Systems
We installed the above barrier gate at the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Illinois. It is one of several such gates within a campus-wide Parking Access and Revenue Control System (PARCS). The one pictured is at the access lane to the employee lot #2. The...
by Liz Karson | Jul 14, 2020 | Automatic Barrier Gates
You’ve read about many barrier gate applications on this blog in the past. We have shown different types of barrier gates, along with their (gate) operators, as they are used to control access in numerous residential, industrial and commercial applications....
