Security of access to industrial, logistics and data facilities is a growing issue in New Zealand as the country moves to 24/7 trading cycles and criminals target activity hotspots for theft, commercial data penetration and trafficking of illegal goods and substances.V

Global entry solutions leader Boon Edam says the full gamut of industrial production, warehousing, data, distribution and export facilities (including port, road, rail and air facilities) need to be increasingly aware of site security as industry in Australasia follows global trends toward 24/7 responsiveness to world markets.

Boon Edam – which works throughout New Zealand in partnership with leading access control specialists, HTS Group – says good business risk management practices mean local companies should now ensure that industry facilities are prepared for new security issues arising from the expanding flow of visits to company facilities at different times of the day and night. 

HTS Managing Director Noel Maharaj says that, as 24/7 business practices expand, more people need access at different times to sensitive areas of company operations, including goods handling, data centres, dispatch, financial and proprietary information across facilities that may be working multiple shifts. 

In response to the need to provide high security even at times when security staff are scarce, Boon Edam’s latest Turnlock, Lifeline, Tourlock and Circlelock ranges of security entrance products are designed for areas ranging from outdoor company perimeters, through to building entrances and sensitive interior areas.  

Its latest products also cover top security facilities, such as data and financial centres, where the highest level of entrance tailgating protection is achieved using the latest in camera detection systems to help prevent unwanted physical access by visitors tagging along behind authorized personnel. 

HTS partner the Managing Director of Boon Edam Australia Managing Director Michael Fisher, says business owners frequently and rightly focus on online threats to data facilities, “but there is also another more forgotten dimension to cyber security – and that is protection of physical facilities from unwanted visitors, including industrial intelligence thieves and even sometimes disgruntled former employees,” says Fisher.

Boon Edam globally provides entrance security for scores of Fortune 500 companies, as well as banks, data centres, legislatures, government agencies, resource development sites, airports, hospitals and educational and scientific facilities subject to unwanted attention. HTS Group partners Boon Edam in providing security access technologies to these industries while also providing a complete design, system integration, installation and maintenance package to the transportation, traffic engineering and parking industries in Australia and New Zealand. 

The latest version of Boon Edam’s Tourlock 180+90 revolving door system is designed for access hotspots such as the entrances to company HQs and data and financial centres that might be subject to physical penetration from people seeking to penetrate or damage data facilities vital to trading companies 

“This latest Tourlock 180+90 system is a 24/7 solution offering high volume capabilities (20 people each way per door a minute) proven by some of the world’s largest companies and government agencies. It is a superbly flexible, non-intrusive way to control physical access and prevent problems arising from unauthorised access to sensitive facilities and areas. It is also an outstandingly cost-effective and reliable way to overcome the problems inherent in expensive manned security systems,” said Fisher. 

In addition to the latest BoonConnect software to configure the system to individual users’ needs, the system can be specified to include StereoVision “time of flight” camera systems which create extremely accurate 3D images of the person in the door to determine whether they are alone. StereoVision is even capable of discerning between a person and a briefcase or bag. 

Case study 

Boon Edam installed Turnlock 100 full height turnstiles at a multipurpose Pacific Rim shipping terminal (which cannot be named for security reasons) as part of a large-scale physical security plan to protect one of the largest marine terminals in the region from criminal activity. A.P. Moller Maersk was awarded management of this particular terminal for a period of 30 years. At that time, all entry control and registration activities were performed manually by security staff, which detracted from the effectiveness of procedures and controls. 

As part of a continuous improvement program, the terminal invested in new access control equipment designed to modernise visitor and employee application processing and auditing standards for objectivity and efficiency. 

The terminal selected Boon Edam’s Turnlock full height turnstiles to achieve these objectives, for their robust barrier construction and ability to efficiently control the flow of visitors and staff to the facility, who are recorded also via security cameras during entry.

In addition to the full height turnstiles, the terminal installed biometric access control systems, electronic barriers for vehicle access, a module to manage visitors, software to register and control personnel access with capabilities such as automatic locks and anti-passback capabilities (a user can only exit if his/her access has been logged in the system), among others. The system operates 24/7/365 in order to service the high level of traffic.

“The product families involved – which have been proven globally with distribution extending over 27 countries – are engineered to provide a cost-efficient way to regulate access to a facility without having to employ an army of security people or to construct facilities that look like a fortress,” says Fisher. 

“This is particularly true of businesses such as logistics facilities that are part of globally fast-moving industries that have to be able to provide immediate access to people who are entitled to have it – but to exclude unwanted visitors posing threats to physical and cyber security,” he says.

Boon Edam security solutions are designed to blend security with corporate aesthetics to provide individually engineered, world-class entry solutions. The company already has more than 100 installations in Australasia of its architectural revolving doors and security entrance systems.

Product families suitable for Australasian industrial and logistics facilities include: 

Turnlock 100 Robust Perimeter Security Solution 

The Turnlock 100 is a stainless steel, full-height turnstile that is extremely suitable for outside use. Its rugged construction ensures trouble-free and dependable operation. The choice between three or four door wings allows users to adapt to the specific requirements concerning capacity, user comfort and security for individual buildings. 

The advantage of full height turnstiles is that they offer a high level of security with high reliability. Although most often these characteristics are required for outside perimeter security, there are also applications within a building in which a full height turnstile would be well suited. 

Full-Height Turnlock 200 for Indoor Use 

Where the rugged design of most full-height turnstiles is an obstacle to indoor use, the Turnlock 200 combines the simple and reliable operation of a full-height turnstile with an attractive and transparent design. 

The Turnlock 200 consists of an anodised aluminium frame with three or four door wings constructed from narrow polycarbonate panels. These are designed to harmonise with aesthetic company interiors while still delivering strength and purpose. 

Tourlock High Security Revolving Door 

Some buildings and entries can only be accessible to authorised users; any possible unauthorised access is strictly prohibited. In these instances, the Tourlock high security revolving door can offer an attractive and effective solution. Rotation of the Tourlock can only begin after an authorisation signal from an access control system, such as a card reader or biometrics reader which may use retinal, fingerprint or facial recognition technology. 

The Tourlock High Security Revolving door provides a weather seal when used on the outer fac ade of buildings, creating an ‘always open, always closed’ effect for environmental control and more efficient HVAC use. It has all the advantages of a traditional revolving door, with the added advantages of a high security door system.

Tourlock can be integrated with a variety of different security systems that accurately detect and prevent any form of piggybacking or tailgating by which unauthorised people seek to gain entry at the same time as other people. 

Tourlock 180 Simultaneous Bi-Directional Traffic Control 

The Tourlock 180+ 90 is an automated four wing version of the Tourlock system. It is the most advanced high security revolving door in the Boon Edam product range and allows for users to enter and leave the building at the same time. The level of security offered by the Tourlock 180+90 can be adapted to individual requirements, using the latest advanced StereoVision 2 technology, which merges two types of sensing technologies, optical and near infrared light, to monitor the compartment of a security revolving door or portal.

This new and highly advanced system can accurately tell the difference between two people and one person holding a box or luggage to minimise false rejections. 

The near-infrared light sensor is not affected by sunlight or reflections, which eliminates any environmental impairment of the system at locations near the exterior of buildings.

Users can also choose different levels of physical protection against intruder or armed threats with high degrees of bullet resistance available.  

Details, Noel Maharaj Ph: 09 634 7128, E-mail nmaharaj@htsgroup.co.nz
www.htsgroup.co.nz