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or commercial units within the specific building. Finally, there will be a grandmaster key that will operate any lock across any of the 32 buildings.
Steve May from Elite Architectural Ironmongery explained: “The goal is to make the key control hierarchy as simple and convenient as possible for the building owner, allowing maintenance teams to quickly identify which master key they need and providing a grandmaster key as an added secure access measure.
“Our fully Guild of Architectural Ironmongery qualified staff attended site meetings to discuss the locking strategy and scrutinise the architectural drawings during the build phase. By understanding the general arrangement plans, door schedules, door elevations and specifications, we were able to develop a full specification, allocating each door to a keyed alike group and/or master key.”
The specification process involved understanding the door schedule to ensure the size and type of each lock is correct. Elite also had to ensure that that any offsetting requirements for installation of the locks were factored into the design process. A master chart was then devised for each building and Elite was able to pass this information to Locking Systems for design and manufacture of the locks.
Precision manufacturing The buildings are being constructed in a phased project and the locks are being manufactured at Locking Systems’ Gateshead factory for installation aligned to the build programme. The design process needed to be carried out for all locks, keys and master keys as a single project, however, to ensure the keyed alike groups and master keying solutions incorporate every lock included in the schedule for correct and accurate installation by the multiple contractors.
The Locking Systems team inputted the information from Elite’s specification into the company’s highly advanced software system to produce a detailed design and production schedule.
General Manager of Locking Systems, Bill Murray explained: “The software accurately designs each lock and its unique key, while ensuring that the lock can also be opened by the relevant master keys in the hierarchy. Achieving this across 32 buildings with a grandmaster key is extremely complex but our experience means that we have the in-house capabilities to achieve a multi-tiered hierarchy like this.”
All locks manufactured by Locking Systems to Elite’s requirements meet all the necessary European/ ANSI standards, comply with rigorous fire ratings and are suitable for installation in PAS24 doorsets, ensuring peace of mind for the developer and the tenant. Each lock is supplied with a key patented to 2032, which further enhances security because it prevents duplicate keys from being cut by anyone other than UAP.
With a wide variety of joinery subcontractors installing the locks across multiple buildings, accuracy of lock and
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key manufacture are critical to the success of the project. Locking Systems manufacturing process includes hand- pinning of every lock to ensure that it will open smoothly with its bespoke key and with the keyed alike group key, building master key and grandmaster key. The precision of hand-pinning also delivers a smooth operation throughout the lifespan of each lock.
Murray added: “Manufacturing the keys and lock cylinders by machine provides the consistency and accuracy needed for the project but we believe the precision required for the pins can only be achieved by hand. Every detail of every lock and key for the project is now securely stored on our database, ensuring we can provide reliable information for any future maintenance, refurbishment or retrofitting requirements.”
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