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Automatic Barrier Gates Replace Damaged Equipment at UIC Lot

by Liz Karson | Dec 8, 2022 | Automatic Barrier Gates

Earlier this year most of the parking access control equipment and conduit at parking lot 9 at the University of Illinois – Chicago Campus was destroyed by a vehicle. An image of the replacement equipment is shown above. The image shows two new automatic barrier gates...

Replacement Barrier Gates For Crest Hill Adult Community

by Liz Karson | Dec 1, 2022 | Automatic Barrier Gates

About 14 years ago ECI installed four automatic barrier gates for Carillon Lakes, in Crest Hill, IL. Earlier this year we were called in to replace those barrier gates. The development was built in the early 2000’s and is an active adult 55+ community in a...

Attention To Detail For The Newly Installed Barrier Gates

by Liz Karson | Nov 22, 2022 | Automatic Barrier Gates

Over the past several weeks I wrote about work ECI did in a near northwest Chicago suburban parking garage. I’ve commented many times on this blog before about how proud we are at ECI of our attention to detail and how important that attention is to us. I want...

Automatic Barrier Gates For Parking Garage Reversible Lane

by Michael Yublosky | Nov 17, 2022 | Automatic Barrier Gates

I have been writing over the last several weeks about work ECI recently completed at a parking garage in a near northwest Chicago suburban location. Today we’ll look at a second lane that was made reversible to allow either access or egress depending on the time...

New Automatic Barrier Gate Inside Garage For Reversible Lane

by Liz Karson | Nov 10, 2022 | Automatic Barrier Gates

Last week I wrote to you about “Single Access Lane Made Reversible With New Barrier Gates”. This was a follow up on an article “New Automatic Barrier Gates For Multi-Level Parking Garage”. Today I want to share some information about the new access equipment we...

Single Access Lane Made Reversible With New Barrier Gates

by Liz Karson | Nov 4, 2022 | Automatic Barrier Gates

Earlier this year I wrote in this blog “New Automatic Barrier Gates For Multi-Level Parking Garage”. I described our work at dual access and egress lanes for a multi-level parking garage in a near northwest Chicago suburb in the article. We replaced some old automatic...

Turnstiles Regulate The Traffic Flow Exiting This Warehouse

by Liz Karson | Oct 27, 2022 | Turnstile Barrier Gate

Last week I wrote about a near west Chicago suburban location where ECI installed three full height turnstiles, a.k.a. turnstile doors, to control access to a warehouse. Shown above are waist height turnstiles and filler railings that are used to regulate the flow of...

These Full Height Turnstiles Control Access To The Warehouse

by Liz Karson | Oct 20, 2022 | Turnstile Barrier Gate

ECI furnished and installed three full height turnstiles, or turnstile doors, in a near west Chicago suburban location. Two are shown in the image above. The equipment was furnished by Boon Edam. Turnstiles are actually revolving doors and can be continuously...

Magnetic Automatic Barrier Gates Control Access And Egress

by Liz Karson | Oct 13, 2022 | Automatic Barrier Gates

ECI was called out to this suburban location west of Chicago that needed some updating and expansion to the access parking control system. We removed some aging and obsolete barrier gates and replaced them with new updated and more efficient barrier gates. We also...

New Slide Gate Operators For Saint Mary’s Lot In Chicago

by Liz Karson | Oct 6, 2022 | Slide Gate Operators

ECI was called to Saint Mary’s Hospital on Chicago’s near west side. Management wanted to secure the facility since the neighbors were parking their vehicles in the hospital’s parking lot at night. Then in the morning staff and patients did not have...
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