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FACILITY SECURITY
GEORGIA SOUTHERN ENSURES SWIFT,
SECURE ACCESS AT RECREATION CENTER
Authorized access for thousands of daily users using an integrated solution By Jessica Davis
Georgia Southern University was looking for a way to ensure the safety of thousands of daily users at their state-of-the-art Recreation Activity Center (RAC) by making sure only members of the facility were able to gain access to the building.
One key challenge for the installation was to allow for very fast verification of members while implementing a robust basic turn- stile for simple entry control. A Boon Edam Trilock 60 tripod turn- stile met the need, and was integrated with an Iris ID IrisAccess solution to minimize entry delays and complexity for students, fac- ulty and staff.
EXPANDING NEEDS
The RAC at Georgia Southern serves as the center of campus life, wel- coming more than 5,000 students each day. Originally opened in 1998 with 80,000 square feet, the facility was expanded in 2006 to its present size of 215,000 square feet. The expansion achieved LEED certification,
the first building to do so at Georgia Southern, which reflected the university’s culture of sustainability. Among the many amenities at the RAC are an aquatics center with a 25-meter swimming pool, eight indoor basketball courts, group fitness studios, a rock climbing wall and an 18,000-square-foot fitness center.
The newly renovated RAC deployed waist-high turnstiles and gates as a means to control access for the increased number of visitors each day. By design, tripod turnstiles can be activated by an access control system such as a card reader, biometric device or external control panel. The access control system can be integrated directly into the turnstile or in a separate pedestal, reception or security desk. Once the user has been authorized to pass, the tripod mechanism will unlock allowing the user to push through.
The RAC installed the Boon Edam Trilock 60 Medium Capacity Tripod Turnstile, which is easily capable of handling high volume and abusive conditions. The turnstile’s design makes it simple to construct a multiple lane set-up.
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