SECURITY
Make a good choice Iain Entwistle, Product Marketing Manager at Meesons A.I. Ltd, looks at the steps that can be taken to create a safe and secure campus
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oing away to university is an exciting time for students, but also a worrying one for parents. Being in a new city, meeting new people are all the things that you expect, whilst at the same time reminding them that everyone needs to be vigilant against thieves and other criminal activity. Ensuring safety is always going to be the main priority for each year’s new intake, which is why more universities are investing in campus security. With hundreds or even thousands of students on campus the challenge of keeping everyone safe can appear
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daunting. However, greater choice when it comes to physical security barriers means it is possible to choose a range of solutions; lower security for manned areas, through to higher security for laboratories, data centres and 24/7 unmanned areas. Security Revolving Doors Student accommodation buildings are a good place to begin deploying physical security barriers. Most students now own a laptop, phone and tablet, which are always going to attract the attention of thieves. Stopping them gaining access into
the building is the aim here and Security Revolving Doors at the entrances are highly effective at doing this. Mind you, criminals are prepared to use physical force to get inside and so the Security Revolving Door needs to meet Document Q and Secured by Design. These are widely recognised standards, for example, Document Q forms part of the building regulations for England covering the security of dwellings and SBD is a police force preferred specification and is regularly chosen by architects and specifiers. It is only relatively recently that revolving doors have achieved SBD status.
