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King’s College London tightens security across vast estate


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ING'S College London, based in the centre of London, is spread across four Thames-side campuses with


another in Denmark Hill in south London. The buildings comprise a mixture of scientific areas such as laboratories, as well as classrooms, auditoriums, offices, social space and catering areas. The university has 29,600 students (including more than 11,700 postgraduates) from some 150 countries and over 8,000 employees, in addition to a variety of visiting lecturers and academics, scientists, members of the public, and corporate users, all fluctuating between its numerous facilities. The sheer scale of the university has


dictated the need for a flexible and truly scalable access control system. The total campus area is 411,004 sqm including over 100 buildings and 3,600 doors, which leads to roughly a million door movements per month. To deal with the issue, King’s College has


seen an evolution in its security capabilities. Replacing the variety of access control products used simultaneously to manage the college’s security, in 2005 the Gallagher system was selected as the access control platform of choice for the


entire college. Key to the requirement was a standardised system, which could operate college-wide and be scaled to include new builds, and thus Gallagher’s comprehensive security suite was chosen. That year, Gallagher’s access control


products were installed and swiftly integrated with King’s College’s existing systems including staff and student databases, and sources for cardholder information. The technology also integrates with the college’s enterprise identity management system, called FIM, which provides daily updates on joiners, movers and leavers to allow for accurate decision-making by the Security team. Additionally, Gallagher products work alongside SITS, the College’s student management system, to provide rapid updates of new students so that individual ID cards can be issued once the registration process is complete. Being based in the heart of the City, the


threat of terrorism has become a concern for KCL especially in more recent times where previous attacks have taken place extremely close to KCL buildings. With thousands of students and employees to protect, the need to adopt the latest security features is essential in order to


keep all areas, in particular student accommodation, high security labs and research facilities, secure. Using a robust system such as Gallagher, which is continuingly updated, allows KCL to protect against the changing threat landscape. Gallagher has developed readers which


can now be accessed via a mobile phone through its Mobile Connect app. KCL have invested in this new technology but it is still early days. Using mobile technology will not only allow students and staff to access designated areas but they will also be able to control lighting, visitor access and more. Features will also be added making the system adaptable to future requirements. Nick O’Donnell, Value Creating Real


Estate & Facilities Executive at KCL, said: “Gallagher has enabled us to report information from across King’s in a single source and use that information to highlight maintenance, operator, staff and student user issues. Indeed, the significant decrease in alarm figures would not have been possible without the reporting abilities of a single system”.


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