University Campuses

Colleges and universities are somewhat unique in their access requirements, since they are made out of different schools, each having its own specific needs to secure its assets. This poses many challenges in the process of designing an automated parking and access control system for them.

Safety and security is the second most important question in the mind of a parent while selecting a University. The smallest breach makes headlines and causes a lot of grief all around. Good security offers peace of mind to the students as well as parents.

Designing an efficient and cost effective automated access and parking system for university campuses goes a long way in projecting an image of a safe and secure environment.

The mission of the universities is to provide adequate campus security as well as safe, adequate and accessible parking to students, faculty, staff and visitors of the university.

The handbook should prove to be an important benchmark in addressing these real issues in many ways.

The purpose of this manual is to familiarize with the various options available to administrators, managers and developers to fulfill the mission of the university with respect to security.

Deliberate attempt to defeat security is a serious problem. But an equally painful problem is random and arbitrary vandalism. Anything exposed is likely to be damaged or destroyed, simply on principle. Even the day to day handling is likely to be much less careful than in other applications. Therefore, it is essential to develop a system that would handle all the peculiar problems of security and safety on campus.

As the demand for security in university dormitories & other facilities and convenience in parking from end users increases day by day, manufacturers of these industries use increasingly sophisticated technology to meet this demand.

A perfect solution may differ from one university to other, depending upon the needs and requirements of its project. In order to provide a perfect/complete solution, it is evident that you need to understand the layout, structure and requirements of various user groups in as much detail as possible beforehand.

Some college/university campuses are larger than a small town so they have all the problems of a bustling community with a large array of users.

One of the most important requirements for having a smoothly running system is to choose a correctly designed one at the outset. A poorly designed system could be a major cause of many post installation problems, which may cost your organization a lot of time, labor and money.

Handling a population of students poses special problems. Security is only as good as the users who want to help make it happen. This is unfortunately not the case with students.

Keep in mind, even with 99.99% reliability, a university with forty thousand students will see four major problems every day.