TAFE Qld Gold Coast opens door to smart access control
TAFE Qld Gold Coast, a vocational education and training (VET) organization in Queensland, Australia, has installed 167 smart locks from SALTO Systems to handle their electronic security and access control requirements.
The College recently completed a $7 million refurbishment programme at its Southport campus (one of the College’s four campuses the others being at Ashmore, Coolangatta and Coomera) part of which has seen improvements to its infrastructure within the academic and administrative areas. Of these, one of the prime requirements was the need to eliminate problems with key control caused by using an old mechanical keying system.
Hayden Flett, SALTO Systems Business Development Manager, says “One of the main problems with building management when doors are secured by conventional mechanical locks is key control.
The SALTO Virtual Network (SVN) revolutionises the problems associated with key control as it eliminates the need to replace locks if key security is breached due to the loss or theft of keys. It allows keys and locks to be updated, restricted or deleted remotely and is widely used in educational establishments worldwide
As the TAFE Qld Gold Coast campus at Coomera had SALTO installed from new during its construction four years ago, when the Southport campus came to being refurbished it was again SALTO that was selected.”
Flett continues “The local dealer FRANKsecure carried out the installation, fitting offline escutcheons and panic bars to a mix of classrooms, offices, entry doors and boom gates and these, together with lift call functions, are now all controlled by SALTO smart access.
The customer loves the fact that no hard cabling was needed and that each standalone door provides feedback for proactive maintenance purposes. Besides access control they also use their new smart keys for library services, photocopying as well as student ID and one key can be used at multiple campuses.”
Hillcrest Christian College upgrades to SALTO
One of the greatest challenges for any education establishment is balancing the need to provide an open learning environment whilst ensuring the campus is safe and secure for both pupils and staff at all times.
Good security plays a vital part in this so to ensure theirs was up to the task Hillcrest Christian College an independent Christian school located in Reedy Creek, on Australia’s Gold Coast, has replaced and upgraded their mechanical locking system with the latest electronic access control technology from SALTO Systems.
The school has approximately 1150 students enrolled each semester, both Australian and International, from Prep to Year 12. It is also a member of the CSA (Christian Schools Organization), which defines the school as a locally governed and not-for-profit organization.
Bret O’Neill from local SALTO dealer FRANKsecure says “We’ve been looking after security at the school for more than 25 years. When they mentioned upgrading from their old mechanical keying system we recommended SALTO as our experience with it over a number of years is that it is very reliable.
It provides the school with a standalone battery operated access control solution without having to hard wire. It also enables them to set up or restrict access at will and they can cancel fobs instantly due to loss or theft without having to re-key doors as with their old style locks.
We’ve now upgraded 40 doors on-site including administration entry doors, staff rooms, classrooms, gymnasium, theatre and the science lab with online and offline electronic escutcheons. We’ve also fitted specialist electronic panic bars to emergency exit doors at the school.”
Ken Middleton, from the Hillcrest Christian College Maintenance Department, comments “What we’ve found useful with SALTO is that it enables us to integrate the time table program for teachers with room access to ensure only the room allocated can be accessed.
It was easy to install, not requiring expensive cabling to each door, which is much more cost effective. We like the fact that we can set a level of security as to who has access to the facilities and that it provides us with feedback on the status of each door for proactive maintenance purposes.”
SALTO secure Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club
Marinas can be a magnet for thieves thanks to the combination of high value boats and expensive navigation equipment all located in one convenient location. That’s why robust security in such an environment is crucial and it’s a subject Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club takes seriously.
Located at Wickham, NSW Australia the all-weather, deep water working port of Newcastle, Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club includes a floating marina of 180 berths, shipyard and maintenance facilities, a commercial centre and licensed yacht club.
When they wanted to upgrade from their old magstripe system they took advice from local SALTO dealer Newcastle Locksmiths & Security and went for the latest in standalone technology.
Manager, Scott Talle, comments “We’ve installed SALTO access control onto 9 doors including marina gates that give admittance to the boats, marina shower /toilet doors, club doors and trolley bay gates. At the gates the offline controllers give the club a big plus in the ability to collect an audit trail without having to run cabling. And with around 2,500 users, this gives the club the option to cancel user access rights at will if required then have the cancelled users contact administration to discuss their access rights with them.”
This is achieved via SALTO’s Virtual Network (SVN) in which all user-related access information is stored on ID credentials which act as carriers. These are secure and encrypted and the exchange of information between the carrier and the offline security element is a two-way communication.
A lost or stolen carrier is written onto the carrier and transmitted in no time to the offline element. A carrier that is listed as lost or stolen is deleted immediately when it is presented at an offline reader which has been informed about the loss.
Ben Herington, Marina and Assets Manager at Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club, says “We’re pleased with the technical ability of our SALTO security solution and its ability to give us important and accurate audit trail data.”
