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The facility averages three daily flight operations by Atlantic Southeast Airlines and more than 30,000 GA operations annually. After the mandate's enactment, Patti Clark, Ph.D., executive director and airport manager, spent several months searching for new access control and ID equipment. "Our GA clientele tended to direct their anger at the messenger instead of the message, and many threatened to take their business to other airports," Clark says. While the challenge seemed insurmountable at the onset for the 800-acre airport, creative ideas from an access control/security provider combined with cutting-edge wireless technology helped make the security retrofit affordable and fast track the installation to avoid TSA fines.

Wireless Access Control Retrofit Cuts Cost of TSA Security Mandate

When a recent Transportation Security Administration (TSA) mandate introduced new requirements for activity monitoring and identifying General Aviation (GA) personnel with unescorted airport access, Valdosta Regional Airport (VLD) found itself in an underfunded race against time to retrofit its access control/security system.

Like most Class-3 airports, VLD was not only underfunded, but its GA clientele was infuriated at TSA's December 2008 mandate, Security Directive (SD) 1542-08G, which is directed mainly toward GA areas at commercial service airports. After eight years of successful post-9/11 security measures for commercial aviation, the TSA is now tightening security in other airport areas such as GA with mandatory background checks and ID media issuances to all pilot and personnel with unescorted access to airport operations areas.

All Photos Courtesy of Matrix Systems, Dayton, Ohio

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Osgoode Properties, located in the Canadian capital, Ottawa, has installed Brivo Systems' ACS WebService in a number of its buildings around the city. Double Vision, a provider of advanced Digital Security Solutions and services, introduced the Brivo technology to Osgoode and is overseeing the ongoing installation of this advanced, IP-based access control system.

Ottawa Property Management Company Relies on Brivo for Access Control

Ottawa, Canada-based Osgoode Properties chose installed Brivo Systems' ACS WebService for its access control needs. So far, Osgoode Property has installed ACS WebService in nine buildings covering 75 doors and managing access for 3,600 users.

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Designed by architect Robert A. M. Stern, The Mansion on Peachtree combines a 127-room, 42-story hotel with 45 residences in downtown Atlanta. The developers and owners of The Mansion turned to Richard Lee, the integrated systems consultant for Operational Security Systems, to design an access control and security system to protect condo owners, hotel guests and Mansion staff, as well as allow mobility throughout the premises. Lee chose an integrated approach that included AMAG Technology's Symmetry Professional Security Management System integrated with a complete video system. The system includes a self-serve visitor management system for condo owners to allow guests entry.

Atlanta Luxury Hotel's Access Control Solution

Designed by architect Robert A. M. Stern, The Mansion on Peachtree combines a 127-room, 42-story hotel with 45 residences in downtown Atlanta. The developers and owners of The Mansion turned to Richard Lee, the integrated systems consultant for Operational Security Systems, to design an access control and security system to protect condo owners, hotel guests and Mansion staff, as well as allow mobility throughout the premises. Lee chose an integrated approach that included AMAG Technology's Symmetry Professional Security Management System integrated with a complete video system. The system includes a self-serve visitor management system for condo owners to allow guests entry. Source: AMAG Technology.

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Tags: AMAG Technology , Badging Stations, Biometrics, Finger Readers, ID Cards

"A biometric hand reader provides single point entry, a true one-to-one match," says Bill McGee, manager of the Bulldog Bucks office, Blackboard Transaction System, UGA card services. "It calls for two types of verification, the person's ID number and their hand. Importantly, the units can be calibrated to adjust the sensitivity of the hand reads. We want ours to be very accurate, assuring only the right person can enter. Solely, the owner of the card bearing the ID number and the person himself/herself are authorized to enter our doors. With over 8.5 million transactions per year, we're proving that that hand readers are durable."

Biometric Hand Readers at the University of Georgia

The University of Georgia uses hand readers for an access-control system to provide a safe, secure campus. The school wanted to verify students entering residence halls and athletic facilities and to limit dining-hall access to students who paid for a meal plan. The university began installing hand readers as early as 1990 and has been updating the system, as the need arises. The university uses Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies' Schlage HandKey hand reader. Today, there are 59 HandKey readers in active service on campus, used in the dining rooms, Ramsey Recreation Center and residence halls. Photos are courtesy of Ingersoll Rand/Schlage.

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