by Liz Karson | Mar 1, 2024 | Automatic Barrier Gates
Last year ECI returned to the Oakbrook Club, a residential gated community in Oakbrook, IL. We replaced two obsolete barrier gates with new Magnetic Automation Barrier Gates (pictured above). The left lane is access for visitors who are greeted by a guard. The right...
by Liz Karson | Jan 5, 2024 | Automatic Barrier Gates
Earlier this year, ECI was tasked with solving an unusual security issue at an office building in Schaumburg, IL. As described in a previous article, trespassers were entering the property after hours and using the driveway for unauthorized activities. To secure the...
by Liz Karson | Dec 22, 2023 | Automatic Barrier Gates
ECI was called out to a new eight-story office building in Schaumburg, IL just about three years ago. At that time, I wrote about our work at “Vehicle Access Control Remedied At Schaumburg Parking Garage.” We reconfigured the previous installation of automatic barrier...
by Liz Karson | Sep 14, 2023 | Automatic Barrier Gates
Late last year ECI completed an extensive project at the Edward Hines Jr. Veterans Administration Hospital in Hines, IL as a subcontractor. (The hospital is located just north of the Brookfield Zoo if you are not familiar with it.) We updated much of the equipment we...
by Liz Karson | Sep 7, 2023 | Automatic Barrier Gates
ECI was recently called out to replace two barrier gate operators for a gated residential community near Rockford, Illinois. Two replacement DKS® DoorKing® 1601 barrier gate operators are shown in the image above. There is a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)...
by Liz Karson | Aug 9, 2023 | Automatic Barrier Gates
Just last month ECI completed its portion of a project for the Oak Park (IL) Recreation Center. We were called in to furnish and install two barrier gates for their parking facility. We acted as a subcontractor. The image above shows the egress gate from the parking...