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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...