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Security that fits your building

A truck yard and a childcare centre’s front door need very different things. Find your building type to see the work we usually do there and the systems involved.

HID long-range UHF vehicle gate reader mounted on a high-visibility orange pedestal between steel bollards at a fenced logistics yard in Vaughan, ON.
HID long-range vehicle reader on a pedestal at a fenced logistics yard — Vaughan, ON.
Hanwha Vision Wisenet indoor dome camera installed at the ceiling line of a commercial office corridor in Richmond Hill, ON.
Hanwha Vision interior dome camera at a commercial corridor — Richmond Hill, ON.

Offices and retail

Tenant floors, storefronts and stock rooms, usually inside a building that already has a security standard.

Typical work

  • Card access on suite entrances, server rooms and back doors, matched to the base-building platform
  • Storefront doors with electric strikes or deadlatches, exit devices, door contacts and request-to-exit
  • Cameras on entrances, stock rooms and cash areas, aimed and set up with you
  • Intrusion alarms with keypads and panic buttons, with monitoring available through a monitoring partner
  • Certified Cat6 for cameras, access points and the office network

Systems involved: Access control, Video surveillance, Intrusion alarms, Intercom & entry, Structured cabling

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Dual-height gooseneck pedestal at a truck gate entrance with Aiphone IP video intercom stations at car and tractor-trailer height in Mississauga, ON.
Dual-height truck & car gate pedestal with Aiphone video intercom stations — Mississauga, ON.

Warehouses and industrial sites

Large footprints, yards, docks and gates, with long runs between buildings and out to the fence line.

Typical work

  • Exterior and yard cameras on the building and on light poles, fed by fibre where copper won't reach
  • Vehicle gates with long-range readers, pedestrian gates and gate intercoms
  • Dock doors with a camera, a viewing monitor and a hold-up button at each
  • Rigid and threaded conduit for exterior and trunk runs
  • Network closets, switches, racks and backup power for the security network

Systems involved: Video surveillance, Access control, Gates & vehicle access, Intercom & entry, Structured cabling, Fibre optics

Worked example: Securing an industrial unit with a yard: a worked example

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Avigilon 270-degree multi-sensor camera mounted under a glazed automotive dealership canopy in Toronto, ON.
Avigilon multi-sensor camera at a dealership building corner — Toronto, ON.

Automotive dealerships

Showrooms, service bays and lots, often built to a full engineered drawing set.

Typical work

  • Access control on single, double, glass and roll-up doors, with exit devices and emergency egress
  • Corner, recessed, wall and pendant cameras inside, and 360° cameras over the lot
  • Intrusion zones with 360° motion detectors and keypads
  • Exterior installation planned around weather, site access and lift requirements
  • Installs built to the drawings: pathway, door and camera schedules, and IDF elevations

Systems involved: Access control, Video surveillance, Intrusion alarms, Structured cabling

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Aiphone IP video intercom station mounted on a vestibule wall above an accessible door button and HID card reader in North York, ON.
Aiphone vestibule video intercom, HID reader and accessible push button — North York, ON.

Multi-residential buildings

Condo corporations and apartment buildings: the whole building, from the lobby to the garage.

Typical work

  • Stairwell cameras on every floor, fed by conduit run up the stairwells
  • Individual suite alarm control, with a separate alarm area for each unit
  • Telephone entry and IP video intercoms at the lobby, with remote door release
  • Access control on lobbies, garages, amenity rooms and service doors
  • Garage gates and barrier arms

Systems involved: Video surveillance, Intrusion alarms, Intercom & entry, Access control, Gates & vehicle access

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Two ICT Protege door controllers in a finger-duct enclosure with printed cable labels at every reader and lock termination for a multi-tenant office building in Mississauga, ON.
ICT Protege controllers in wire duct, every door's wiring labelled — Mississauga, ON.

Healthcare logistics and institutional

Distribution centres and institutional buildings where who can reach which room matters.

Typical work

  • Access control on stock rooms, receiving and staff-only doors, with access-event records for the doors being controlled
  • Cameras on docks, entrances and storage areas
  • Door hardware and fire alarm interface requirements reviewed with the responsible specialist
  • Intercoms at receiving and staff entrances
  • Takeovers of existing and mixed-brand systems

Systems involved: Access control, Video surveillance, Intercom & entry, Intrusion alarms

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HID smart-card reader installed beside a barrier-free accessible door operator push button at a commercial facility in Oakville, ON.
HID card reader integrated with an accessible door operator button — Oakville, ON.

Childcare centres

Small sites where the front door matters most, often several centres run by one operator.

Typical work

  • Cameras on entrances, halls and outdoor play areas
  • A video intercom at the front door, so staff see who is there before letting them in
  • Fob entry for staff
  • The same setup at every centre, so each one works the same way

Systems involved: Video surveillance, Intercom & entry, Access control

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If it’s commercial, industrial, institutional or multi-residential, we can probably help. Tell us what it is and what you need.

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