Access Control
Keys…. OR Card Access Control?
This is a choice every property owner or manager must make!
Consider some facts:
KEYS
- Easily copied and probably by the wrong people
- Can be used 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Cannot track who unlocked the door
- If lost, expensive to re-key locks and issue new keys
- Former tenants and employees often keep their keys
ACCESS CARDS
- Cannot be copied or duplicated
- Track who entered what door at exactly what time
- Access is determined by you; who can enter what door, on what days, at what time
- Premise doors can be locked automatically after work hours
- Alarm can be set for doors left propped open
- Allows egress doors that can prevent entry but never prevent exiting
- Lock mechanisms are stronger than conventional locks
- Can be installed into new construction or existing buildings