Major Dutch building materials retailer, Witzand recently designed a new head office in Almelo, and has deployed a combination of Smartair devices — wireless, battery-powered escutcheons, cylinders and wall readers — to ensure that security at the new building meets the demands of a busy mixed-use environment.
The new building has been designed with openness in mind, to stock and display a wide range of the company’s products, including a specialist woodwork department. The new premises also needed a brand new access control system and the combination of Smartair devices now allows authorised employees to use offices and warehouse spaces they need, whilst shoppers can only access the retail areas of this new Witzand superstore.
With Smartair wireless access control, Witzand facility managers tailor the precise security levels they need for different areas of the building. It’s easy to manage and amend access rights for every site user, to ensure authorised employees come and go freely, while everyone else is kept out.
The Almelo installation runs via an Update on Card system, which is ideal for premises with medium to high daily user traffic. With Update on Card management, administrators can set time-limited access rights and order audit trails when needed. Strategically located wall updaters provide a link between the software and the Smartair-protected doors.
It’s easy even for non-specialists to manage a SMARTair™ installation with the bundled, full featured TS1000 admin software. Witzand’s new flagship building was awarded a score of 56.6% by the Dutch BREEAM sustainability certification programme.
