At Everton FC’s fan store, across the road from Goodison Park, the Premier League club’s home, MEC has installed two door stations for the back door (pictured), to secure the retail premises. The units connect to the stock room and separate office, allowing deliveries, visitors and staff alike to gain access.
The installation replaced a previous wall-mounted audio-only intercom, which had security shortcomings. With a large retail space and outside yard and back door open to the street, this was a concern, so there was a clear need for something more substantial that could be operated and answered in a more remote way, without having to go downstairs every time.
Two VL-V554 door stations from Panasonic connect to two main monitors, one each for the office and the stock room, alongside a wireless sub-monitor that sits in the stock room office. With both locations upstairs, far from earshot of the back door, the new system saves time as staff no longer have to go downstairs to let people in as they were having to do before.
In the Everton office, a VL-MWD501 main monitor station is mounted next to a desk, so staff only need look across to see who’s calling from where they’re seated. The project came about after MEC’s work for Everton in the Community, a centre near Goodison Park that does outreach. MEC installed CCTV and access control in the centre and has developed a good relationship with the club’s stadium manager.
