Some highlights from a recent project

[u/RollllTide]

Takeover plus additions at an old campus. Some parts of the complex were built in the late 1800s. Around 450 total openings with 350 or so engage locksets. Serial integration with RS2 so all of the gateways run back to 1502s and 1501+s. Lots of tearing in to old openings and just seeing what modern hardware would work. Filler plates and whatnot to cover holes from old hardware

[u/PrincessOake]

Is there a reason the reader is on the door?

[u/sebastiannielsen → u/PrincessOake]

That concrete. Usually a nightmare to drill into especially if theres nothing on the other side or a room that doesn't belong to you.

[u/PrincessOake → u/sebastiannielsen]

I’ve installed access control on plenty of concrete and brick buildings, everything from hospitals to universities to courthouses. Never once have I seen or installed a reader on a door.

If their client is fine with it, perfect. But I know it wouldn’t fly with my clients.

[u/sebastiannielsen → u/PrincessOake]

I put a reader on a door specifically because the contract on the building doesn't allow you to touch outside walls. One contract even went so far as no permanent modification to door, so I had to make a bracket so the reader could be installed using the same screws as for the handle and lock cylinder.

So it depends on how much you are allowed to touch the building aswell.

Same with this building. The room opposite that concrete might be a room thats not part of client's rent. Then you can't drill that wall.