A contract to provide electronic access control equipment to the University of St Andrews has gone to SALTO Systems.
Refurbishment work on New Hall is underway and Spanish-based manufacturer SALTO Systems, with local partner Aspex Scotland, have been awarded the contract to supply and install fully integrated access control for 720 stand-alone locks on the student bedrooms, using one smart RFID card. Completed in 1993, New Hall is situated on North Haugh between the Science Buildings and Andrew Melville Hall. Built on four floors with lift access to all levels, it provides catered and self-catering accommodation for undergraduate students. It comprises 496 single and 25 shared rooms, all with en-suite facilities – private shower and toilet and for entrant students accommodation is on a catered basis. SALTO XS4 units are being retro-fitted onto existing locks to provide a wire-free networked electronic locking solution. These enable the key cards and locks to be updated, restricted or deleted remotely and provide the residence manager with full control over who can access what, where and when on a 24/7 basis.
Jane McConville, Residence Manager at New Hall, says: “Robust security that is reliable and dependable is key in a campus housing environment, especially where many of the students are living away from home for the first time. We required a proven, future proof access control system that could create a keyless building now but also grow to handle our future requirements too. With SALTO’s expertise in providing integrated solutions specifically for the further education sector, we no longer have the worry or cost of changing lock cylinders, but now have the ability to cancel out cards from the system if staff or students loose or do not return them. This enables us to maintain high levels of security ensuring the University of St Andrews, and New Hall specifically, provides a secure and accessible environment for all its users.”
