A case study of a new medical centre, and its electronic access control.
The Lion Medical Centre will provide GP services for 26,000 patients in Stourbridge, and will include an enhanced nursing suite, minor operations theatre, physio gym and rehabilitation area, a small lecture theatre and an on-site pharmacy.
The multimillion-pound development, comprising the old foundry governed by English Heritage and a modernistic extension, has been supplied with ASSA ABLOY Security Solutions products including ASSA’s SMARTair wireless access control. SMARTair allows proximity access control using wire-free door units, which will help to manage footfall around the centre, while keeping installation time and upheaval to a minimum, it is claimed.
Other ASSA ABLOY products have been used in the project, including ASSA’s patented P600 masterkey cylinders; which the makers say can handle complex masterkey systems on one key profile, suitable it is claimed for tailoring the security between the different areas within the facility.
ASSA ABLOY cam-motion DC500 door closers have also been installed, enabling doors to be opened by the young, the elderly or those with a disability, to help meet the Equality Act (EA), specifically BS8300 and Approved Document M of The Building Regulations.
Graham Sunderland of Abacus Architects, said: “ASSA’s SMARTair complements the contemporary style of the modern build and is competitively priced. There was no need to install complicated software, making for an efficient installation process, and allowing the project to progress quickly.”
And Allan Thomson, Specification Director for ASSA ABLOY UK, said: “Just as the old foundry building is transitioning from the old to the new, ASSA has been transitioning from its traditional mechanical locking roots, and evolving our extensive offering of electronic solutions, with innovative products like SMARTair. This is a great story about the old meeting the new, both for the Lion Medical Centre and for ASSA ABLOY.”
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