Access Control & Door Entry

Access control is the quiet workhorse of a secure building. Done well, staff barely notice it: the door opens when they present a fob, locks behind them, and the office never has to change the locks again when someone leaves. Done badly, it is a daily irritation and a fire risk.

We fit Paxton systems, from a single controlled door to a whole site with dozens of doors and hundreds of users. That covers proximity readers and fobs, keypads, video and audio door entry, maglocks and electric strikes, request to exit buttons and break glass units. Every locked door on an escape route is chosen and wired so it releases on the fire alarm or a loss of power, and we check that with you against the building’s fire strategy before anything goes on the wall.

Because we also fit CCTV, the two work together: a door event and the camera covering that door line up in one place, which is the first thing anyone wants when something has gone missing.

In care homes, access control is as much about safeguarding as security: keeping residents who may wander safe behind controlled doors while staff move freely. In offices and multi-tenant buildings it is about who can reach which floor and when. Either way the design starts with a walk round and a conversation, not a catalogue.