SALTO locks down ExCeL London
 The
capital’s premier exhibition venue ExCeL London is pushing ahead
with an ambitious upgrade programme, installing advanced electronic
access control technology from SALTO Systems to improve their
on-site security control.
Located just five minutes from London City Airport and close to
Canary Wharf and the Docklands Light Railway, ExCeL London is the
capital’s largest conference and exhibition centre offering an
impressive 90,000m² of display space. It is home to 8 out of 10 of
London’s top trade shows, including the British International Motor
Show and the London Boat Show, and will also be the host venue for
Martial Arts, Boxing, Table Tennis and Paralympics events of the
London 2012 Olympic Games.
“ExCeL London is a huge site with thousands of doors and staff,
contractors and visitors needing access to certain areas and levels,
so controlling security and who is entitled to go where and when is
crucial” comments Will Bosworth of AFS Security, ExCeL London’s
Preferred Security Partner and SALTO’s Authorised Service Centre for
the area.
“Originally fitted with traditional mechanical locks and keys when
the venue first opened in 2001, these have now proved to be
something of a liability as the venue has grown and its share of the
international exhibition market has increased. Greater staff numbers
have also led to an increasing number of control issues, with so
many keys having to be carried around on bunches that security was
becoming ever more difficult to manage.
Not only were the keys cumbersome to carry, but they were also time
consuming and expensive to replace when lost – not to mention the
potential security implications – and given that it was also
impossible to obtain any sort of audit information, showing which
keys had opened which doors and when, it was decided mechanical
locking had had its day. It was time to retro-fit a more
state-of-the-art solution to lock down the venue” continues
Bosworth.
So far, as part of a rolling programme of door upgrades, 363
smartcard electronic locks have been fitted across site replacing
mechanical or pin code locks in the Main Boulevard, Management
Suite, the Security Control Room, the Platinum Suite, Service
Subways, IT Rooms, Gallery Rooms, Plant Rooms, and even External
Portakabins.
Of these 90% are SALTO Comfort smartcard electronic locks, with the
remaining 10% being Comfort security smartcard locks. All are
finished in satin stainless steel.
These locks are specifically designed for use with internal and
external doors, and are approved to withstand fire for 1 hour.
Simple and quick to install, power is supplied via 3 AAA batteries
good for up to 45,000 openings. Each lock can support up to 64,000
users, more than enough for ExCeL London’s needs, and they also
feature anti-vandal protection to safeguard their electronics,
housed in the inner backplate, on the inside of the door.
So far only one of the retro-fitted doors is on line, with the
remainder operating off line but there are plans to change this to a
fully on line operation in line with ExCeL London’s plans to
streamline staff access into the venue by putting update points on
strategically sited main access points. All staff will then have to
validate their cards at these points as they arrive for work with
cards having to be re-validated every 24 hours to continue operating
and ensure their access rights are retained.
David Meech, Security Manager at ExCeL London, says: “Linking our
new electronic locks to our computer network has bought much greater
flexibility to our access control. The benefits of this are
particularly applicable to temporary events, such as our exhibitions
and conferences where access rights must be changed before, during
and after the event. This is a constant task where we have to keep
reprogramming locks to suit show schedules, for instance programming
the particular exhibition organiser’s office so that access is
permitted only during the period of that exhibition.
One aspect of this reprogramming can be a real headache,
particularly during a large, busy show, and that’s when we’ve got
lots of contractors coming on site to build up their exhibition
stands. To better control this whole process therefore we’re looking
at using SALTO to totally control hall access via the main shutter
doors – ensuring contractors can only access the halls through these
points and then only for a time limited period, with further access
into the building denied.
Once the event is over, access rights to the doors can be cancelled
and the shutters simply reprogrammed for the next event. This means
we would have far fewer doors to programme and it should give us
unparalleled security and control during the whole build up process
and is something that would not have been possible with our previous
security arrangements.”
Simon Willetts, Director of Operations at ExCeL London, concludes
“SALTO gives us the all the benefits of a centrally controlled
security system and absolutely meets all our needs for access
control. Its audit trail facility is particularly useful and is used
daily and with Phase 2 of ExCeL under construction and due for
completion in 2010, adding 35,000 sq ft of new exhibition space and
facilities, it is a product we will be installing a lot more of.”
Email:
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