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29/11/2011

Security System Installed To New Gardyne Campus

keyULTRA™ masterkey system from UNION has been installed throughout a new campus at Dundee College.

Part backed by the Scottish Funding Council, the newly opened Gardyne campus is an impressive purpose built learning facility, featuring lecture theatres, break-out and dining spaces and open learning decks.

At over 18,000m2, the £48million development has allowed Dundee College, one of Scotland’s largest colleges, to consolidate its resources and offer an improved service for students.

Over 400 of UNION’s keyULTRA™ masterkey cylinders were supplied by Lock Shop & Security Services Ltd, a Dundee-based locksmith, providing optimum key control, improved accessibility and increased physical security.

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The system has an extended patent, lasting till 2028, based on its DuraPIN™ technology, preventing the unauthorised copying of keys on the high street, providing the college with complete key control and permitting access to authorised personnel only.

Billy Grace, Property Services Manager at Dundee College, said: “New college facilities contain a lot of high value equipment, and whilst this is great for the students it can be a security nightmare. Add to that the turnover of people with building or specific area access, and finding a security system to cope can prove to be difficult.

“The system we were originally prepared to use could not offer us the same combination of key control and physical security. We are so impressed with keyULTRA™’s features and the added peace of mind that it provides, we are also specifying the system on our next development at the Kingsway campus.”

(GK)

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