01
CCTV & video
High-resolution surveillance designed to the project, commissioned against the plan and recorded on a system you can audit.
4K UHD coverage · Analytics & tracking · Audited retention
02 · Access controlThe right people.
The right people.
The right doors.
Card, mobile and biometric access across every door, gate and lift — with a permission map you actually understand and an audit trail you can rely on.
Design · Supply · Install · Integrate · Maintain
Overview
Permissions, people, doors and vehicles — designed as one map.
Access control decides who may go where, and when. Done well, it is invisible: a resident's phone opens the compound gate, a contractor's card works on the plant room only during the shift, a lost credential is cancelled in seconds rather than a locksmith being called.
The design work is in the permission map. We sit with the operator, the facilities team and the architect to define zones, schedules and roles before a single reader is chosen. Then we select credentials and readers to suit each door — from a villa gate to a hospital pharmacy — and controllers that keep working if the network does not.
Every event is logged: who, where, when, and whether the door was opened, forced or held. That record is what turns a set of locks into a security system.
- Credentials
- Card, mobile, PIN, biometric
- Doors & gates
- From one villa to a whole compound
- Audit
- Every event, time-stamped
At a glance
What we deliver
Capabilities, not a catalogue.
- 01
Credential management
Issue, suspend and cancel cards, mobile credentials and biometrics from one place.
- 02
Zoned permissions
Roles and schedules that mirror how the building is actually used.
- 03
Biometric & facial identification
Fingerprint, face and palm where the risk or the convenience justifies it.
- 04
Anti-passback & occupancy
Stop a credential being passed back through the gate; know who is inside.
- 05
Door monitoring
Forced, held-open and tamper events raised as alarms, not buried in a log.
- 06
Lift & floor control
Credentials that decide which floors a person can select.
- 07
Visitor management
Pre-registered guests, temporary credentials and an exit that closes the loop.
- 08
Vehicle access & ANPR
Plates and tags as credentials for gates and car parks.
- 09
Lockdown & emergency release
Secure a building in one action; release doors on a fire signal.
- 10
Time & attendance
Where required, the same events feed HR and payroll systems.
- 11
Integration-ready
Open protocols to CCTV, intercom, intrusion, barriers and building management.
- 12
Audit & reporting
Searchable event history and scheduled reports for compliance.
Typologies
The building blocks we design with.
Every project is composed from a small number of well-understood parts. These are the ones that matter for this discipline.
Credentials & readers
RFID cards & fobs
Encrypted formats for everyday use.
Mobile credentials
Phone-based access over Bluetooth or NFC.
PIN keypads
Alone, or as a second factor with a card.
Fingerprint readers
Fast, contact-based identification.
Facial recognition
Touchless identification at walking speed.
Palm & multimodal readers
Where higher assurance is required.
Vehicle tags & ANPR
Long-range identification at gates.
Doors & hardware
Door controllers
Make the decision locally; keep working offline.
Electric strikes
Retrofit-friendly release for existing doors.
Magnetic locks
Holding force for glass doors and controlled routes.
Electrified mortise locks
Integrated into the door leaf for a clean finish.
Request-to-exit devices
Buttons, sensors and break-glass units.
Door position sensors
Know whether the door actually closed.
Management
Access management software
The permission map, live and historical.
Visitor management
Pre-registration, badges and hosts.
Integration servers
Links to CCTV, intercom, BMS and HR.
Turnstiles & barriers
Physical enforcement at the perimeter — see solution 09.
How it works
From the edge to the operator.
Controllers hold the permission set locally, so a network fault never leaves a door in the wrong state. The central platform manages, monitors and records.
- 01
Credential
Card, phone or biometric presented at the door
- 02
Reader
Reads and encrypts the credential
- 03
Controller
Decides locally against the permission set
- 04
Permission database
Roles, schedules and zones managed centrally
- 05
Door / gate
Lock releases; door position is monitored
- 06
Event log
Every decision recorded for audit
Works as one system
10+ solutions, designed as one system.
Safe & Sound carries every discipline, so this system is designed from day one to talk to the others on the project.
CCTV
Every access event can call up the camera at that door; forced-door alarms bring live video to the operator.
Intercom
A visitor calls, the resident sees them, and the same system releases the gate.
Turnstiles & barriers
Readers and ANPR drive the physical hardware at the perimeter.
Fire alarm
Designated doors release automatically on a fire signal, and the release is logged.
Intrusion detection
Arming and disarming by credential, so the alarm follows the last person out.
Building & hotel systems
Room, floor and lift permissions aligned with BMS and PMS where specified.
A typical sequence
A contractor arrives for a night shift
- 01
Their mobile credential is valid only for the plant room, 22:00 to 06:00.
- 02
The reader accepts it; the controller releases the door and logs the entry.
- 03
The door is held open too long — the operator receives an alert with the camera view.
- 04
At 06:00 the credential expires; no one has to remember to collect a card.
Applications
Where it earns its place.
Access control carries the most weight in buildings with many people and many rules: corporate towers, compounds with thousands of residents, hospitals with restricted wards, factories with hazard zones, and hotels where back-of-house must stay back-of-house.
- Corporate buildings
- Residential compounds
- Hotels & resorts
- Government
- Healthcare
- Factories & industrial
- Schools & universities
- Petroleum & energy
Technologies we work with
Selected manufacturers.
A deliberately narrow stack, supplied through authorised channels only. The final selection is made per project, against the specification and the budget.
For access control we work with Suprema and ZKTeco readers and controllers, Honeywell and Bosch platforms where the project specifies them, and Hikvision and Dahua for integrated video-and-access deployments.
Our approach
One partner. Every step.
01
Design
Door-by-door schedule, permission map and zone plan, credential strategy, reader and lock selection for each door type, fire-release coordination, and network and power design.
02
Supply
Readers, controllers, locks and credentials from authorised channels, serial-registered, with credential formats agreed before ordering.
03
Install & integrate
Door hardware fitted with the joinery contractor, controllers commissioned door by door, the permission map loaded and tested with the operator, and integrations proven with CCTV, intercom and fire.
04
Document
Door schedule, as-built drawings, credential register, administrator and operator training, and a plan for credential renewal and hardware lifecycle.
05
Maintain
Scheduled testing of every door, lock and release path, software updates, database housekeeping and a report that lists what was checked.
Maintenance
Installed today.
Supported tomorrow.
Trusted for years.
We stay involved after handover. Every system leaves us with a maintenance path, a named point of contact and a report you can read.
Locks wear, door closers drift, credentials accumulate and software moves on. The audit trail is only trustworthy if the hardware underneath it is.
See the three maintenance tiers- Preventive visits: reader, lock and door-position tests on every door
- Fire-release and emergency-exit path testing
- Credential database housekeeping and role review with the client
- Software and firmware updates, tested before rollout
- Battery and power-supply checks on controllers
- Fault response under the contracted tier
- Replacement planning for locks, readers and controllers
Works better together
Related solutions.
Systems that are designed alongside this one on most projects.
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