by Liz Karson | Apr 17, 2018 | Automatic Barrier Gates
I found a recent article published by Fabnewz in India. It discussed barrier gates and is titled “Gate Barriers: The Benefits You Must Know”. Initially I dismissed the article as elementary but some aspect remained top of mind. I later revisited it and found some...
by Liz Karson | Apr 12, 2018 | Parking Access and Revenue Control Systems
I have written a series of articles describing WPS hardware over the past several months. When finished, the sum of the components described will constitute a complete parking access and revenue control system (PARCS). Printed validation passes are part of that...
by Liz Karson | Apr 10, 2018 | Security Bollards
Just last Saturday a man drove a van into a crowd of people in Munster, Germany. He killed two while another 20 were also injured. This does not appear to be an act of terrorism. This incident happened as Munster was planning to install security bollards before a...
by Liz Karson | Mar 22, 2018 | Automatic Barrier Gates, Electrical Contractors
We previously wrote a blog article “Oak Brook Club Alerts Residents of Mail at Barrier Gates” about a challenge presented to ECI at the Oak Brook Club in Oak Brook, Illinois. There were two barrier gates installed which were each operated manually. One was for...
by Liz Karson | Mar 15, 2018 | Security Bollards
We at ECI have, of course, written about perimeter security bollards on several occasions. As pictured above, bollards are strong posts meant to stop vehicles from entering secure areas. The ones shown in the image are manually removed and reinstalled. Other security...
by Liz Karson | Mar 13, 2018 | Automatic Barrier Gates
This request recently came to the ECI desk through the Internet from a combined manufacturing and office location in a near north Chicago suburb. The company is located very close to a school. It seems that parents enjoyed using the company’s parking spaces as...
by Liz Karson | Mar 8, 2018 | Automatic Barrier Gates
Here is a very interesting case study where ECI solved a pressing problem for the Oak Brook Club in Oak Brook, IL. This is an example of a gated residential community where entrances are typically controlled or guarded to prevent unauthorized entry. The above photo...
by Liz Karson | Mar 1, 2018 | Parking Access and Revenue Control Systems
Pictured above is a shelter with three Pay on Foot terminals recently installed as part of UIC’s (University of Illinois Chicago) extensive parking access and revenue control system (PARCS) on Chicago’s near west side. The two pay on foot terminals shown...
by Liz Karson | Feb 26, 2018 | Wedge Vehicle Barriers
Last Friday, February 23, 2018 the U.S. Secret Service Tweeted the following at 2:29 PM: “BREAKING: An individual driving a passenger vehicle struck a security barrier near the White House at 17th & E.” At 2:32 PM they Tweeted again: “UPDATE: The...
by Liz Karson | Feb 22, 2018 | Automatic Swing Gates
I previously wrote about entrapment zones as a checkpoint in maintaining vehicle gate barriers. In this article I want to visually show and discuss some common entrapment areas for swing barrier gates that need detection. Entrapment, when referring to vehicle gate...
