by Liz Karson | Aug 9, 2018 | Automatic Barrier Gates
Last year ECI installed new barrier gates for Lutheran General Hospital (now part of Advocate Health Care) in Park Ridge, IL. The hospital added some floors to their parking garage which included nested parking for physicians. Nested parking is an exclusive,...
by Liz Karson | Aug 7, 2018 | Perimeter Vehicle Control
ECI specializes in perimeter vehicle control which is an important aspect of overall the outdoor perimeter security. Although dated an article “The 5 D’s of Outdoor Perimeter Security” that appeared in Security Magazine in 2012 is still relevant to many areas of ECI...
by Liz Karson | Aug 2, 2018 | Residential Gated Community
Earlier this week I wrote about repair work and new installations ECI did for the Village Green of Lincolnshire in 1917. Village Green is a residential gated community in Chicago’s northwest suburban area. I also want to to mention ECI also installed an...
by Liz Karson | Jul 31, 2018 | Residential Gated Community
In late 2017 ECI was called to Village Green of Lincolnshire, a small gated community in Chicago’s northwest suburbs. They were planning to replace their existing swing gates, electrical infrastructure, loops and concrete with new. We were asked to be part of the...
by Liz Karson | Jul 24, 2018 | Security Bollards
Earlier this year I shared this story with you “K12 Security Bollards for the Social Security Administration”. ECI installed five 880 pound crash rated removable anti-terrorist security bollards (by others) at the SSA building in Chicago. You see three of these...
by Liz Karson | Jul 19, 2018 | Counter Terrorism
Last year IFSC Global ran an article called “How evolving terror tactics have driven advances in perimeter security”. I found several interesting points made in the article. These included: 1. The increase in vehicular terrorist attacks using cars and...
by Liz Karson | Jul 17, 2018 | Security Bollards
This past January I wrote a blog article “NYC Investing Millions To Install Anti Terrorist Bollards”. New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced at that time the city would spend $50 million to install security bollards in popular spots within its five boroughs....
by Liz Karson | Jul 12, 2018 | Wedge Vehicle Barriers
In previous articles I wrote about the many means used here in the U.S. and offered by ECI to prevent vehicles from unauthorized perimeter access. In 2017 I wrote about crash gates and wedge vehicle barriers as well as the gate operators used to control them. These...
by Liz Karson | Jul 10, 2018 | Counter Terrorism
I was searching the Internet the other day and just happened to Google the term “anti terrorism perimeter security control.” The top result brought me to a British site named Counter Terror Business that is published by PSi Ltd. This is a specialty publication...
by Liz Karson | Jul 5, 2018 | Vertical Pivot Lift Gates
I wrote about “Vertical Lift Gates Provide Many Benefits | Several Options” about six weeks ago. Among the many benefits are speed of operation, high security applications, low maintenance and repairs as well as reliability in Chicago’s snowy...
