This meant only one or two doors being changed over at any one time in the gradual 6-8 week installation.
Gas and electricity supplier, Scottish Power, chose BSB Electronics’ Progeny P3.net access control system to update the existing 15 year old system.
Some 2,500 staff use the building daily and there are multi-site users who have access. This meant 3,200 cards had to be programmed.
Scottish Power’s facilities account manager, Edith Barrowman, and Stuart Maxwell from Pointer worked closely with BSB Electronics’ Progeny support team to make sure it went smoothly.
One of the main challenges was having to keep the existing system ‘live’ with only one or two doors being changed over at any one time. At the outset, this seemed daunting.
But, said Maxwell, there were very few problems during the changeover “thanks to weekly progress meetings to plan the week ahead and review the previous week’s work.
“Due to good planning, effective teamwork and ease of installing the Progeny system, we found that the issues we envisaged never actually transpired. Pointer’s experience of installing the Progeny kit also helped make the project run smoothly.”
Barrowman said “Keeping to the plan and getting everything done at first fix were also key elements helping to make it a smooth transition from one system to another.
“Good communicating with staff was also essential to the success of this complicated installation. We were delighted with the level of cooperation we obtained during the change over when staff needed two access cards.”
She said the Progeny SQL server software was “very user friendly” in managing the cancellation and issuing of proximity cards.
Progeny 2052 HID proximity reader and proximity cards were used for the installation which is integrated with intruder and fire alarms. Existing locks, request-to-exit and emergency break glass were retained. About 30 access levels were used.
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