Shopping For Commercial Grade Gate Locks no comments
Business owners have a hard enough time trying to keep employees safe while at work and their assets from the hands of thieves off the streets. The best solution to prevent unauthorized foot traffic on your commercial property is the installation of electronically controlled gate locks that work exclusively on steel or metal pedestrian gates. Security guards cannot be everywhere at once on your property, and this will aide them in filtering out unwanted salespersons, and the occasional thug looking to get his or her hands on something of value to steal. The investment is a drop in the bucket compared to the value and extra safety it will provide your facility.
There is a wide array of gate-locks available for business grade use, and can be installed at the time of a new fencing system being erected, or added on to your current passages for foot traffic at the perimeter. There are systems so advance now that they can be remotely operated via an Internet browser, and or a cellular phone that has access to Web appliances. They will in general cost about three times as much as a keypad system, but in case of an emergency you can remotely allow the police or a vendor pass through without having to travel back to your business in the middle of the night.
Securitron is one maker of such automated gate locking systems, and offers a complete unit for as little as seven hundred dollars. They also sell optional remote door locks to work off the same arrangement. Essentially, you could guide, and allow a person access to certain parts of your business property while sitting in your easy chair at home relaxing with your family. These locks will fit most average pedestrian type gates, but some may need physical modification with a torch, or grinder to provide the most secure fitment, and professional looking installation.
This system will also offer greater control of access codes, and the ability to review the codes that were used to access any part of your property that is restricted by these locks. The reports are invaluable, when a breach occurs in the middle of the night, and someone’s access code was used instead of a forced entry. This will allow the police a greater base of information when questioning suspects that may even work for your company presently. The addition of DVR based CCTV camera systems and this secure remote locking system will keep track and make positive ID of anyone passing through access points at anytime.
The author is an electronics engineer with years of experience instaling gate locks and home security alarms; automation and systematization for residence, commerce and industry.