Abloy UK has supplied South Staffs Water (SSW) with a bespoke Protec2 Cliq electromechanical security system for 91 of its operational sites. SSW supplies high quality drinking water to approximately 1.3m people and 35,000 commercial customers over 1,500 square km. The SSW clean water sites include treatment works, reservoirs, pumping stations, boosters, and water towers.
The installation of the Protec2 Cliq system, which was completed by Lincoln Security, comprised of 600 padlocks, 392 cylinders, 200 user keys and four desktop programmers. In addition, 10 wall programming devices were strategically placed at offices and depots throughout the SSW geographical area to allow key holders to re validate when required.
The locking systems are now fully operational, securing and maintaining the safety of equipment – such as pumps and telemetry units – operational apparatus, chemicals, and potable water within reservoirs. There is also scope for the system to be expanded to fulfill additional security and site access requirements, as they are needed.
Abloy’s Protec2 Cliq cylinder system was chosen because it is specially designed to provide the highest level of security for the most sensitive areas; it offers a patented disc controller structure that requires a moving element in the key.
Protec2 Cliq also possesses key and key blank patent protection to prevent systems from becoming compromised through the unauthorised duplication of keys. The patent, according to Abloy, which lasts until 2031, is one of the longest in the industry and covers the entire range.
In a Protec2 Cliq locking system, different products can be keyed into the same master key system meaning all products can be operated with just a single key, simplifying the locking system and key management. In addition, there are 1.97 billion different key combinations providing the possibility to create extensive master key systems that fulfill the clients’ exact specifications.
Kate Wilkes, Resilience and Security Manager at South Staffs Water, said: “We chose the Abloy Protec2 Cliq system because of the versatility and flexibility it offers – our employees can use just one key for every site they need to gain access to.
“Individuals that only need to access certain assets can have a particular level of key and other employees can have a higher level where required”
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