Vehicle and Pedestrian Access Controls Systems

Pedestrian Access Controls

The two main types of pedestrian access controls are either gates or turnstiles.

Pedestrian access gates are usually single leaf and hinged in design, however, sliding pedestrian gates are also available. All are manufactured to suit the client’s specific site requirements and can be either manual or automatic. Manual gates can be self closing, with both the manual and automatic system being able to have a ‘panic latch’ fitted, making it a MoE (means of escape) route. In an emergency, automated pedestrian access gates can be set to either fail secure or fail safe. Automated pedestrian gates are compatible with the full range of access control systems and either design will suit any situation where pedestrian access management is required.

Full height turnstiles offer secure, efficient pedestrian traffic management both in and around the site’s perimeter. Turnstiles can be manufactured to suit the client’s specific functional requirements, for example, the turnstile is to allow two way access. There are also ranges available that have been SEAP rated, thus making them suitable for high or maximum security sites. In an emergency situation, the turnstiles can be set to either fail secure or fail safe. The fail safe option will allow free access or exit, while the fail secure option will not allow passage in either direction.

Vehicle Access Controls

Vehicle access controls come in many forms, including numerous styles of gates, road blockers, arm barriers and anti ram bollards. All these systems bring different characteristics and levels of security to a site, with a number of the gates and road blockers being PAS 68 crash rated for high security establishments and the arm barriers and bollards delivering a more aesthetic, but in some cases equally formidable, form of vehicle barrier.

Access Control Systems

Access control systems control who, when and where people enter a premise’s. These systems can help you protect employees, visitors, property and sensitive information by only allowing personnel authorised to enter that area, enter. These systems can be integrated with software to produce an alarm output if an unauthorised access attempt is made, and this in turn can be integrated into a CCTV monitoring system, to allow the real time surveillance of the site that generated the alarm.

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