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1. New Leisure World facility set to be built in Bridlington

   6 January 2014 4:50 pm Leave a Comment

   BAM Construction has managed to secure the contract for building a new Leisure World facility in Bridlington, after plans were officially approved by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

   According to a news report in the local media on this topic, the facility will include a six-lane, 25m swimming pool, a smaller learner pool, a freeform pool with water features, two water slides and swimming spectator seating for 150.

   Furthermore, it will also sport a changing village, and a health suite with a steam room, sauna, jacuzzi, showers and foot spa. There will be a 70-station fitness studio, an exercise studio, a spinning studio and spaces for dance and yoga classes.

   Additionally, sports fans will benefit from a six-court sports hall, two squash courts and a feature climbing wall. The building will also include a café with access for both centre users and non-users.

   John Phillips, construction director for BAM Construction, said: "We’ll bring a local team to this project together with our reputation for quality and our considerate approach. It’s an exciting project – the leisure sector often has unique buildings that need an eye for quality and a collaborative, problem-solving culture like ours.

   "We will also try to deliver economic benefits for the area, involving local firms as much as possible. It’s our second major leisure project in the region, with Huddersfield Sports Centre under construction and three projects in Hull."

   Installing a brand-new access control system is really a must for the any leisure facility and this is specifically where Access Control UK could really put its experience to very good use.

   If you’d like to find out more about the range of solutions supplied by Access Control UK, both in terms of hardware (smart card readers, biometric readers, turnstiles, etc.) and software (access rights management software solutions, etc.), just contact us, we’ll be more than happy to answer any queries you might have.

2. Balfour Beatty manages to complete the £2.4m Winter Ward at Basildon University Hospital

   16 December 2013 2:25 pm Leave a Comment

   Construction group Balfour Beatty has managed to complete a £2.4m Winter Ward for the Basildon University Hospital in Essex for the Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a news report in the local media has revealed.

   The ProCure 21+ National Framework project features will provide 28 new beds and has been specifically designed in order to boost capacity for emergency patients during the winter period and also includes a nurses’ station and bathrooms.

   The building was designed and manufactured in eight weeks and includes 33 modular units and it then took one further week for the modular building components to be placed on site by crane, significantly reducing the overall project programme.

   Through the ProCure 21+ National Framework, Balfour Beatty has also delivered development works on the Accident and Emergency Department, Fracture Clinic and the Endoscopy Department at the hospital.

   Given the specific nature of the activity being carried out within the ward, installing an advanced access control system to regulate access or integrating the new building with the hospital’s existing one is certainly a must.

   Access Control UK employs a variety of access control technologies in order to create advanced solutions, enable users to exert solid, reliable and accurate control over the access to specific premises or zones.

   If you’d like to find out more about the range of solutions supplied by Access Control UK, both in terms of hardware (smart card readers, biometric readers, turnstiles, etc.) and software (access rights management software solutions, etc.), just contact us, we’ll be more than happy to answer any queries you might have.

3. Enhance your company’s security with the help of a smart card-based access control system

   13 December 2013 2:49 pm Leave a Comment

   Despite of the leaps ahead recorded over the past decades in access control technologies, the truth of the matter is that quite a lot of companies continue to use traditional physical keys to control access to their premises.

   The most dangerous issue when using keys is the fact that physical keys can be easily copied at the local hardware store, making it easy for unauthorized copies to be made and used to obtain access to a locked office or storage room, without proper authorization.

   Additionally, when a key is lost or stolen, it may require changing out the locks to ensure that unauthorized personnel don’t have easy access to the company’s property, which generates a monetary cost, as well as wasted time and effort to mitigate the risk.

   However, if a smart-card access control system is implemented, it can be easily updated to ensure that keycard no longer has access to the facilities. In an instance where employees are given unique access codes, if a code is lost or a team member leaves the company, the system can be easily updated to remove that code. One of the greatest benefits of an access control system is the ability to not only control who has access to various sections of a company’s facilities, but also to keep access logs, so the business can monitor activity.

   Access Control UK employs a variety of access control technologies in order to create advanced solutions, enable users to exert solid, reliable and accurate control over the access to specific premises or zones.

   If you’d like to find out more about the range of solutions supplied by Access Control UK, both in terms of hardware (smart card readers, biometric readers, turnstiles, etc.) and software (access rights management software solutions, etc.), just contact us, we’ll be more than happy to answer any queries you might have.

4. Kier Construction wins bid to build a new technical training college for the Ministry of Defence

   10 December 2013 12:11 pm Leave a Comment

   Working through a 50:50 joint venture with Balfour Beatty, Kier Construction has managed to secure a contract for building and delivering the MoD’s new Defence College of Technical Training at the former RAF Lyneham airbase in Wiltshire, a recent news report has revealed.

   The new college will provide training facilities in one location for all three Armed Forces – the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force – for the first time in the UK.

   The scheme will provide single living accommodation for more than 1,100 trainees, purpose-built teaching facilities and a large outdoor training area. It also includes a public museum and a new home for the Army’s Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME).

   Given the nature of the building and its future use, installing a solid and reliable access control system might be a very good idea, and this is specifically where Access Control UK could put its extensive experience to very good use.

   Access Control UK employs a variety of access control technologies, including here RFID, to create advanced solutions, enable users to exert solid, reliable and accurate control over the access to specific premises or zones.

   If you’d like to find out more about the range of solutions supplied by Access Control UK, both in terms of hardware (smart card readers, biometric readers, turnstiles, etc.) and software (access rights management software solutions, etc.), just contact us, we’ll be more than happy to answer any queries you might have.

5. Skanska selected as preferred bidder for building Papworth Hospital

   3 December 2013 3:07 pm Leave a Comment

   Following a very rigorous bidding process that involved two different consortia, construction services company Skanska has managed to secure the contract for building the new Papworth Hospital when it relocates to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, a recent media news report has revealed.

   Project Director Ken Brewer said: "While the two bids were both very comprehensive the assessment of the bids followed a very robust process which resulted in the selection of the consortium led by Skanska."

   Given the nature of the building and its future use, installing a solid and reliable access control system might be a very good idea, and this is specifically where Access Control UK could put its extensive experience to very good use.

   Access Control UK employs a variety of access control technologies, including here RFID, to create advanced solutions, enable users to exert solid, reliable and accurate control over the access to specific premises or zones.

   If you’d like to find out more about the range of solutions supplied by Access Control UK, both in terms of hardware (smart card readers, biometric readers, turnstiles, etc.) and software (access rights management software solutions, etc.), just contact us, we’ll be more than happy to answer any queries you might have.

6. Harlow hospital to get new £2.8m ward

   28 November 2013 2:49 pm Leave a Comment

   The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow is set to get a new £2.8m ward that will be built close to the Accident and Emergency Department and will provide 20 extra beds, a news report in the local media has revealed.

   Furthermore, construction will include 60 extra places at the Linkway multi-storey car park.

   Melanie Walker, trust chief executive, said: "It will be business as usual in the hospital throughout the construction period and this extra investment in bed availability will help us improve the care of all of our patients.

   "I would ask everyone to bear with us, particularly during the initial construction phase, and we will do all we can to minimise parking disruption."

   Given the nature of the building and its future use, installing a solid and reliable access control system might be a very good idea, and this is specifically where Access Control UK could put its extensive experience to very good use.

   Access Control UK employs a variety of access control technologies, including here RFID, to create advanced solutions, enable users to exert solid, reliable and accurate control over the access to specific premises or zones.

   If you’d like to find out more about the range of solutions supplied by Access Control UK, both in terms of hardware (smart card readers, biometric readers, turnstiles, etc.) and software (access rights management software solutions, etc.), just contact us, we’ll be more than happy to answer any queries you might have.

7. US trash collection company to reward customers who recycle

   25 November 2013 12:58 pm Leave a Comment

   An US-based provider of recycling and garbage-collection services has implemented a very innovative reward scheme, based around the use of an advanced RFID system, a news report has revealed.

   Sanico, the company in question, has implemented a solution consisting of passive ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID tags affixed to recycling canisters, a reader on each of its recyclables collection trucks, and an onboard computer that interprets read data and then forwards that information to a server.

   The company collects recyclable refuse from 15,000 residences across New Jersey, and, when collecting recyclables, it separates paper from the bottles and cans, and then delivers the materials to buyers. This practice differs from the single-stream recycling model, used in many communities, by which all paper, plastic and glass are commingled during the collection process and are sold to at a single location, known as an intermediate process facility (IPF) which sorts the various materials.

   The company decided that, by implementing the aforementioned system and rewarding customers for their efforts to separate their recyclable waste, they would manage to both reduce the bills for waste disposal (even by a tiny bit) and raise their profits – recycling paper is the only truly profitable part for the company.

   And, sure enough, the RFID-based bins have been offered to around 5,000 of the company’s 15,000 customers, about 2,000 of whom have signed on to the RFID-based recycling program to date.

   Access Control UK employs a variety of access control technologies, including here RFID, to create advanced solutions, enable users to exert solid, reliable and accurate control over the access to specific premises or zones.

   If you’d like to find out more about the range of solutions supplied by Access Control UK, both in terms of hardware (smart card readers, biometric readers, turnstiles, etc.) and software (access rights management software solutions, etc.), just contact us, we’ll be more than happy to answer any queries you might have.

8. New high-tech Corby Technical School opens for students

   22 November 2013 12:55 pm Leave a Comment

   Students and staff at the Corby Technical School have just moved to a new multi-million-pound school building, a brand new report in the local media informs us.

   The £6m new school building features multiple classrooms, science laboratories, design technology workshops, IT suites, music technology and art and design studios, library, theatre, sports hall and dedicated dining room.

   The two-storey school is part of the Brooke Weston Trust and shares many of the design features of the trust’s other schools. For example, doors will be kept unlocked except for in rooms where confidential records or exam information is stored.

   Furthermore, the new building uses an advanced access control and restriction system, featuring elegant turnstiles and a swipe card system for access control.

   Additional smart features implemented throughout the school include a cashless catering system, as well as display screens located throughout the building to communicate key information to students and staff.

   Access Control UK employs a variety of access control technologies, including here RFID, to create advanced solutions, enable users to exert solid, reliable and accurate control over the access to specific premises or zones.

   If you’d like to find out more about the range of solutions supplied by Access Control UK, both in terms of hardware (smart card readers, biometric readers, turnstiles, etc.) and software (access rights management software solutions, etc.), just contact us, we’ll be more than happy to answer any queries you might have.

9. New alliance created to promote open standard for securing transactions based on wireless technology and biometrics

   18 November 2013 12:28 pm Leave a Comment

   A new industry alliance whose main purpose is to promote the development of an open standard for securing transactions based on wireless technology and biometrics has been established, a news report in the media has revealed.

   The Alliance is made up of 24 numerous influential companies from the retail, banking, payment provider, and IT communities whose common goal is to create a payment mechanism that merges wireless technology, a personal device and biometrics.

   The topics addressed by the new Alliance will include EMV-based face-to-face payments and cash withdrawals, online authentication and face-to-face payments for mobile wallets.

   The Alliance has six main goals, namely to seek members from all areas of the payments ecosystem; to evangelize and educate the wider payments and consumer communities on the standard and other areas of authentication; to promote and encourage the development of products using the standard; to license manufacturers of products that use the standard; to drive evolution of the specifications to fill requirements of the market and to build an interoperability strategy including tests and certification processes for the standard.

   Jean-Pierre Viboud, Chairman of the Natural Security Alliance, commented: “The Alliance was formed to provide a collaborative space for all professionals who are interested in biometrics and new payment systems to share and develop ideas for an open standard.”

   Access Control UK employs a variety of access control technologies, including here RFID, to create advanced solutions, enable users to exert solid, reliable and accurate control over the access to specific premises or zones.

   If you’d like to find out more about the range of solutions supplied by Access Control UK, both in terms of hardware (smart card readers, biometric time and attendance readers, turnstiles, etc.) and software (access rights management software solutions, etc.), just contact us, we’ll be more than happy to answer any queries you might have.

10. University of Leicester to build testing and analysis centre at the MIRA Technology Park

    14 November 2013 2:37 pm Leave a Comment

    The University of Leicester is set to create a testing and analysis centre for the automotive, aerospace and space industries within the MIRA Technology Park at the enterprise zone site near Hinckley, a news report in the local media has revealed.

    The new scheme represents a £2.5m investment, supported by the government’s Regional Growth Fund and the European Regional Development Fund, and is delivered in partnership with Polytec.

    The Advanced Structural Dynamics Evaluation Centre (ASDEC) will be the university’s first off-campus, industry-facing commercial facility and will be available for use from mid-2014. It will enable the university to offer the UK’s first commercially available 3D laser structural dynamics vibration testing and analysis centre that works using three robot-mounted laser scanners which make non-contact vibration measurements of a surface, measuring anything from small components to whole vehicles.

    Professor Kevin Schürer from the University of Leicester added: "We are very excited about the launch of ASDEC, and the support it will offer UK industry by advancing research and technical development.

    "Our investment in ASDEC will enable companies to realise valuable time and cost savings by providing facilities – and expertise – that will allow them to conduct research and bring products to market much faster than previously possible."

    Quite obviously, considering the type of activity set to be carried out on the premises, installing a very solid and reliable access control system on the site is really a must, and this is specifically where Access Control UK could lend a helping hand.

    If you’d like to find out more about the range of solutions supplied by Access Control UK, both in terms of hardware (smart card readers, biometric readers, turnstiles, etc.) and software (access rights management software solutions, etc.), just contact us, we’ll be more than happy to answer any queries you might have.