Rialto Court offers contemporary student apartments for student at Durham University and Teesside University in Middleborough.

When Mezzino took ownership of the property, each apartment was secured via a master key system, but with the annual turnover of tenants, keys were becoming difficult to manage.

Newark & Sherwood Locksmiths suggested SMARTair as a complete access control unit that could work from existing programming and be quickly fitted to each apartment to ensure instant security.

With SMARTair, after the initial programming, cards or fobs can be easily added or removed at a central point as and when required.

Time zones can also be set and an audit trail is available from the handle or user card to make sure personnel access to a guest room is monitored for extra security.

74 apartments were fitted with SMARTair. “We are so pleased with the result we are already looking to adopt the access control system for the other student accommodation properties we manage nationwide”, said James McGrath, Mezzino Co-Founder and Director.