by Liz Karson | Dec 3, 2019 | Electrical Contractors
This past July I wrote about a Doorking telephone entry system we installed for a gated residential community in Fox Lake, IL. The article was titled “Telephone Entry System | Access Control for Gated Community”. Telephone entry systems are an integral...
by Liz Karson | Nov 29, 2019 | Parking Access and Revenue Control Systems
We installed these WPS Parking Solutions’ pay on foot terminals in deck A of Loyola University’s multi-level parking garage in Chicago. This is a small part of an extensive parking access and revenue control (PARCS) system. That system also includes...
by Liz Karson | Nov 21, 2019 | Turnstile Barrier Gate
This video from Alvarado explains the four operational modes of an optical turnstile barrier as it provides user safety and building security. Optical devices are installed to sense movement through the passageway and track (count) movement. These optical devices are...
by Liz Karson | Nov 19, 2019 | Counter Terrorism
Just this past September we wrote about the City of York in England considering the installation of anti-terrorist devices in “York England Considering New Security Bollards For Safety”. Just last week I read two stories about the progress across the pond...
by Liz Karson | Nov 14, 2019 | Crash and Grab
Last week I read some news about two supermarket chains in England combating ram raids in an article entitled “Waitrose plans new ram-raid-proof ATM at Abingdon”. Since 2017 the county of Oxfordshire in southern England has experienced more than 15 ram...
by Liz Karson | Nov 5, 2019 | Security Bollards
A Grayslake man drove his Ford pickup truck into a building housing the Antioch Chamber of Commerce early Saturday morning. I first saw the news story in a Daily Herald print article this past weekend. Then I found an online Tribune article. But I thought the Lake...
by Liz Karson | Oct 31, 2019 | Turnstile Barrier Gate
Just earlier this month I wrote about a new turnstile installation we did: “Indoor Full Height Turnstile For Romeoville FedEx Freight”. BoonEdam manufactures this particular line of TurnLock turnstiles. I found their instructional end user video (above) online and...
by Liz Karson | Oct 29, 2019 | Vehicle Gate Maintenance
I do not know about you, but the threat of several inches of snow accumulation for Halloween this Thursday along with plunging temperatures gives me the shivers. Brrrrr! Let’s have some empathy with those trick or treaters in their skimpy costumes. According to...
by Liz Karson | Oct 24, 2019 | Vertical Pivot Lift Gates
We first reported on these new vertical pivot lift gates for Midways Airport’s FAA Tower area here in late September at “Vertical Pivot Lift Gates For FAA Tower At Midway Airport”. Here is the video we promised at that time which shows the...
by Liz Karson | Oct 22, 2019 | Security Bollards
We have been monitoring updates since an SUV rammed through the Sears entryway at the Woodfield Mall shopping Center in Schaumburg, IL drove through the mall and plowed into a store. As previously reported, our own Chuck Duda was quoted in a Daily Herald follow up...
