Door Industry Journal - Summer 2016

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk building hardware 109 THE door industry journal summer 2016 ASSA CLIQ AT TWYCROSS ZOO Twycross Zoo has purchased ASSA’s CLIQ™ Remote system through distributors, Rossells Locksmiths. Based in Atherstone, Leicestershire, Twycross Zoo is a registered charity, renowned as an internationally important primate conservation centre and has a wide variety of monkeys and all four types of great ape, including the UK’s only group of bonobos. Rossells Locksmiths worked closely with the site development team at the zoo to explore a key management solution. ASSA’s CLIQ™ Remote system was selected and installed on the gibbon habitat, providing a simple and intelligent electromechanical locking system to improve security and access. The CLIQ™ Remote system allows only those with the necessary authority and training to obtain access to animal enclosures. ASSA’s CLIQ™ Remote has the functionality to create time defined user keys, allowing access for a specified period of time. This is a useful feature for vets and zookeepers who may need to access the enclosures outside normal opening hours. Chris Bowles, Director at Rossells Locksmiths, said: “We installed ASSA’s CLIQ™ cylinders at Twycross Zoo to upgrade the zoo’s previous masterkey suite, ASSA’s CLIQ™ Remote system has allowed the zoo to operate more efficiently.” Claire Oldham, Director of Discovery and Learning at Twycross Zoo, said: “We were looking for a modern key management system. ASSA’s CLIQ™ Remote solution enables us to have secure control over our keys. We have plans to install ASSA’s CLIQ™ solution across the whole zoo, as we redevelop the site.” A copied or lost key is an immediate security issue in any organisation, ASSA’s CLIQ™ Remote system allows administrators to grant access, or to block lost or stolen keys remotely and conveniently at the zoo, reducing the risk of keys falling into the wrong hands. For further information on the full range of CLIQ™ products from ASSA, please visit http://www.assa.co.uk PEGASUS DEVELOPMENTS REALLY FLY WITH DAD MAILBOXES Banks of stylish DAD mailboxes with programmable digital locks and special RAL colour finishes are providing residents of Pegasus Life retirement apartments with a secure, easy-to-use and chic mail retrieval and postage system. The DAD 2030-series secure mailboxes were specified for the Pegasus Life developments at Bude in Cornwall and Woodbridge in Suffolk. They were chosen by the interior design firm, Woods Bagot, for their stylish looks to fit in with the complexes’ modern, comfortable lobby design schemes. The architectural ironmongers on the projects, Aspex UK, have worked closely with Pegasus Life and the designers on a number of projects and built the mailboxes into banks on site to suit the lobby configuration. A deeper box with a red letter flap was also incorporated for residents to post outgoing mail. Residents at Pegasus Life developments place great emphasis on the security and safety of their surroundings so the DAD mailboxes were selected for their robust build and built-in security features. The Digilock digital locks were chosen for ease-of-use and the ability to reconfigure the locks for new users. The 2030 mailbox from DAD is its best-selling free-standing box with a front delivery and retrieval mechanism for mail up to A4 size. Manufactured by DAD at their own factory in electro-galvanized steel, the 2030 mailboxes are a secure option with integrated access control, anti-arson device, and a high quality security locks. Little touches like a letter flap with a sound reducing device make the 2030 DAD mailbox a safe, high quality and practical option. They comply with Secured by Design and Royal Mail requirements. DAD has been designing and manufacturing steel security products since 1872 and was the first letterboxes and post boxes manufacturer in Europe, now with over 1.5 million units produced every year at its factories in France and Germany. With 700 employees worldwide and a turnover of over £60 million, they manufacture an extensive range which includes fire-rated and anti-arson postboxes, free standing post boxes, wall-mounted and through-the-wall boxes for residential and commercial applications. DAD has opened its offices in the UK in 1996. © Lucy Ray