Access control and CCTV – Reaseheath College

Reaseheath College, Cheshire, worked with a BSIA member to improve its limited number of access control systems and CCTV cameras to enhance their security arrangement to be able to monitor their huge site for any potential problems as well as enabling out of hours access to certain areas of the campus.

Reaseheath College caters for 1000 full time and 6000 part time students and is set amongst 500 acres of farms, woodland and sporting facilities including its own golf course. The college offers a range of courses and new facilities are constantly being developed to keep pace with its continuing expansion.
A driving factor in the need to improve security came from National Minimum Care Standard that the college is required to adhere to to ensure they are competent in their duty of care.

“We’ve been very happy with the system previously provided by the BSIA member,” says John Basford, Assistant Student Services Manager of the college. “However, we wanted to expand and upgrade to the most up to date system available. This was achieved through the use of an integrated electronic security system providing the flexibility and reliability required of an educational institution.”

After consideration of the 500 acre site, cameras were installed within the college to ensure important access areas and rooms containing valuable equipment were monitored. Additional cameras were installed externally to monitor the activity of students and staff on site during the day, and to record any unusual activity out of hours.

In order to control and monitor the movement of people around specific areas of the site and to provide cost effective integration between the access control and CCTV elements of the security system, it was recommended that the college maximise on its original security investment whilst also enhancing the overall functionality of the system by upgrading and migrating to an integrated security management system.

- John Basford, Assistant Student Services Manager, Reaseheath College

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