At the Design Museum in Kensington, PROTEC2 CLIQ electromechanical cylinders are securing doors within the building as part of a security system to protect the west London site’s high value exhibits.
The Design Museum of 10,000 square metres has 100 staff at any time in the building’s three galleries, restaurant, café and events space. The museum opened to the public in November 2016 and required a new master key system within the schedule. The museum’s construction company recommended Abloy for the specification.
Abloy were asked to specify two options – a solely mechanical solution and PROTEC2 CLIQ, an electro-mechanical solution. PROTEC2 CLIQ is described by the phsyical security product firm as an access control system based on mechanical disc cylinders with encrypted electronic locking and identification.
CLIQ was selected over the mechanical option as this gave the museum more flexibility to change access, while eliminating the need to change cylinders. As contractors on site every day, the security staff were having to escort visitors; which was proving time consuming.
The CLIQ software was installed in the control room and the cylinders secured doors, allowing access only to areas that personnel were authorised to enter. This gave the flexibility to change access without jeopardising security. For example, if a master key was lost on a mechanical system they would have had to replace cylinders as well as keys which would have been costly, but CLIQ eliminated this risk.
Abloy worked with the architect and construction company for details of door sizes and quantities and also highlighted compliance requirements to ensure the installation met British Standards.
Brian Reeves, Head of Facilities at the Design Museum, said: “We felt that a traditional cylinder locking system wouldn’t work for us, because if keys were lost we’d have to replace the whole suite. By using CLIQ we can just replace the lost key, or cancel access. The system also allows us to audit access, giving us more granular control over the building. Any company that has a complex structure with different access requirements or a high turnover of staff would definitely benefit from the CLIQ system.”
Lisa O’Flynn, CNI Account Manager at Abloy UK, added: “CLIQ gives the Design Museum extra functionality over a mechanical system. As well as being able to change access rights, the system offers audit trails, and can be integrated with other cloud-based solutions for control via one central management programme.”
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