Integrating with Access Control for Excellent User-Experiences

Landmark London Development is a state-of-the-art office building in the heart of the City of London. It is working as the new European Headquarters for an international financial organisation. The 10-storey office building was the largest fitout in 2019, housing up to 6000 staff members with more than one million square feet of space. What’s more, this unique building offers a variety of amenities to its users, including an auditorium and conference centre, a health centre, a nursery and playcentre, a fully equipped gym, therapy rooms for sports massages and resting rooms. 

Challenge

Due to the large scale of this project, the client needed to secure several entrances to the building. These include the main reception, a gym and childcare centre, a cycle parking entrance, and a contractor’s entrance. While preventing unauthorised access to the building was crucial, the solution needed to complement the architectural intent and provide the smooth flow of authorised users passing through the prestigious building.  

Solution

Meesons worked closely with the project team over a 5-year period, including the trialling of demonstration units at one of the existing offices. After thoroughly analysing its needs, 17 lanes of EasyGate Elite dual-wing speed gates were chose. These were to cross the two main entrances to facilitate many daily transits. The design of the Elite Speed Gates with stainless steel construction and slim cabinet made this the ideal solution in terms of aesthetics.

At the client’s request, overriding the speed gates to allow free passage of VIP guests is an added feature. Also, integration of remote key fobs for on-site concierge security. In addition, Meesons worked closely with the client and IDEMIA (MorphoWave) to design the bespoke tower to house the compact contactless biometric reader. Moreover, installing forty-eight biometric towers on all speed gates created a consistent look across the different entrances. Each comes with a QR reader as an alternative method of authentication. 

In order to secure the cycle parking entrance, Meesons provided the perfect solution: the FPJ140 2HP Bike Portal. Its spacious design ensures a comfortable transit for bike users. This ensures only those authorised can gain access to the cycle parking. To cope with a high number of staff using the cycle parking area, 3 Bike Portals are a necessary entrance solution for this project. Alongside this, a surrounding glaze infill forms a secure line for the entrance.

Additionally, two wide-access EasyGate SG 1000 Speed Gates lanes control employee access to the gym and childcare centre. An EasyTouch control panel allows staff at the Wellness Centre to override the Speed Gates when required.

Furthermore, the contractor’s entrance requires an unguarded access solution. A Full Height Turnstile and dual-wing Pass Gate was installed, ensuring only registered contractors could gain access. For the duration of the project, Meesons worked closely with the client to ensure the entrance control solutions were configured to their exact specifications to meet their security needs.

Results

Due to the scale of the project and with a large number of contractors working on site the installation was phased in line with the overall program of works. London Landmark Development has been left with a range of innovative security products. They provide optimum security that is easily navigated by building users.  Furthermore, support is now provided with an out-of-hours service contract to ensure the units continue to operate with optimum efficiency.

Project Facts

• Client
  Landmark London Development
• Sector
  Finance & Banking
• Location
  City of London
• Area
  One million SQ FT
• Product
  EasyGate Elite
  EasyGate SG SR
  FPJ140 2HP Bike Portal
  Rexon ERA3 Full Height Turnstile