by Liz Karson | Nov 29, 2018 | Parking Access and Revenue Control Systems
Persistent Market Research will publish a new report this coming January on the global market centering on a subject dear to our hearts at ECI – parking access and revenue control systems. The report is titled “Parking Management Market: Global Industry Analysis...
by Liz Karson | Nov 27, 2018 | Counter Terrorism
I stumbled across an article from Schools Week, a publication registered in England and Wales with primary offices in London. It was published just yesterday and it is entitled “Schools told to consider lockdown protocols to counter terrorist attacks”. The...
by Liz Karson | Nov 22, 2018 | Security Bollards
Perimeter security bollards and street bollards serve an important purpose. Bollards can help to direct traffic but more importantly they help to protect people from injury and protect property from damage from vehicles. It doesn’t matter whether the use...
by Liz Karson | Nov 20, 2018 | Crash and Grab
Earlier this month I wrote about using vehicles to crash through storefronts in an article entitled “Bollards Help Stop Vehicles From Crashing Into Buildings”.These incidents are commonly referred to as ram raids or crash and grab. The first portion of the video...
by Liz Karson | Nov 15, 2018 | Wedge Vehicle Barriers
Last month I wrote an article “Wedge Barriers Keep Cars In This Facility to Prevent Theft”. Cars were being stolen from a remote parking facility near Chicago. After installing concrete barriers and fencing, management turned to ECI for the final key to help prevent...
by Liz Karson | Nov 8, 2018 | Parking Access and Revenue Control Systems
I have written several articles about the extensive work ECI did on the parking access revenue and control system (PARCS) for the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Pictured above are dual side by side exit lanes from another parking garage on campus. Notice the...
by Liz Karson | Nov 6, 2018 | Security Bollards
The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported last month that several communities in that region are considering installing security bollards to protect pedestrians in beach front areas frequented by citizens and tourists. Miami Beach and Hollywood are two of the areas...
by Liz Karson | Nov 1, 2018 | Security Bollards
The Storefront Safety Council is a volunteer organization formed in 2011. Its stated purpose is to “reduce the number of vehicle-into-building crashes”. The organization claims most of these crashed are preventable accidents that kill or injure Americans as...
by Liz Karson | Oct 30, 2018 | Automatic Barrier Gates
Last month we wrote about installing Solar Powered Vehicle Barrier Gates For Triton College Field in River Grove. As part of the same project ECI was called upon to replace existing barrier gates for an executive lot and add vehicle detector loops. Pictured above is...
by Liz Karson | Oct 16, 2018 | Counter Terrorism
The Hampshire Chronicle reported: “Work on replacing Winchester High Street’s anti-terrorism barriers set to be carried out”. The work installing new permanent barriers was scheduled to began this week and should be completed in early November. This should be in...
