Twycross Zoo extends ASSA CLIQ Remote to new facility

Hotel, Sport & Leisure Thu, Oct 3, 2019 2:13 PM

The award-winning conservation charity Twycross Zoo has extended its ASSA CLIQ Remote system from the ASSA ABLOY Door Hardware & Access Control Group, to help manage safety and security at the site’s new £3.5 million Chimpanzee Eden facility.

The new multi-storey habitat has been designed to replicate a wild environment, providing outstanding facilities for animal welfare, research, education and visitors. Covering 1,160 square metres, ASSA CLIQ Remote has been selected to help control who can access the three-storey building, providing a full audit trail for assured peace of mind.

Based in Atherstone, Warwickshire, Twycross Zoo has worked closely with installer Rossells Locksmiths since 2016, when the ASSA CLIQ Remote system was specified for the zoo’s Gibbon Forest habitat. Its success over the past few years ensured it was the logical choice when considering how the zoo’s cutting-edge new chimpanzee development would be secured.

The system has also recently been extended to a new tiger habitat at the zoo, housing two critically endangered Sumatran tigers, named Jahly and Sialang. These will live in a new state-of-the-art, multi-million pound habitat, which – at 3,000 m2 – is one of the largest purpose-built Sumatran tiger habitats in the UK.

Providing an easy-to-use electromechanical locking system, the ASSA CLIQ Remote solution uses high-end micro-electronics and programmable keys and cylinders to offer Twycross Zoo flexible control over access rights.

The zoo can programme and update each key remotely, removing or granting access privileges for the key holder in real time. This ensures only those with the necessary access rights can enter an area, eliminating the security risks associated with lost or stolen keys.

Neil Dorman, Curator – Conservation Programmes and Planning at Twycross Zoo, explains: “With more than 500,000 people visiting the zoo every year, security and safety is of paramount importance. We were so pleased with the level of security and peace of mind that ASSA CLIQ Remote has provided in our Gibbon Forest, it was an easy decision to choose to extend the system to our new Chimpanzee Eden facility and Sumatran tiger development.

“The system’s flexibility makes it the ideal security solution for us. Only keepers that have been permitted access can enter these sites, and we can control the period of time when those keys are active. If there’s a concern about one of the keys, we are able to take it off the system immediately and de-activate it.

“As such, while the security element of the system has been really important, it’s been the flexibility of the technology that has really benefitted us. It has given us the opportunity to build a security and access control system that’s really bespoke to our needs.

“Twycross Zoo has a range of exciting projects lined up and we would certainly be looking to extend the ASSA CLIQ Remote system to other new developments in the future.”

Simon Wilson, National Sales Manager for ASSA CLIQ Remote at the ASSA ABLOY Door Hardware & Access Control Group, adds: “Twycross Zoo is an internationally important primate conservation centre, and we are very pleased that the organisation has chosen to extend ASSA CLIQ Remote’s remit to now cover not only the Gibbon Forest, but the innovative new Chimpanzee Eden facility as well. The fact that the system now covers the new Sumatran tiger habitat too, is further testament to its success.

“The system can recordwho has accessed an area and when, as well as create time-defined user keys. This allows the zoo’s keepers to access the facility for only a certain period of time, which is so important for safety and security reasons.

“ASSA CLIQ Remote is an affordable and award-winning technology, and ideally suited to help meet any modern organisation’s access control and security needs.”

Featured News

Specification news
Keylite provides bespoke roof windows for landmark...

Keylite Roof Windows (Keylite) aided with the major restoration of the five-star...

Read More >>

Specification news
Fulham FC Riverside Stand – London

Designed by architects Populous, the new Riverside Stand at Craven Cottage has...

Read More >>

BUILDING PRODUCT LIBRARY - LATEST BROCHURES

REVO.Prime TSA 325 NT Brochure

REVO.Prime TSA 325 N...
By GEZE UK Ltd

Download Now >>

Natural ventilation strategy for Sunderland SEND school Brochure

Natural ventilation...
By Passivent

Download Now >>

Squash Court Flooring Brochure

Squash Court Floorin...
By Junckers Limited

Download Now >>

Junckers Acoustics Floor System Brochure

Junckers Acoustics F...
By Junckers Limited

Download Now >>

BUILDING PRODUCT DIRECTORY - LATEST PRODUCTS

Ei1025 Environmental Sensor
Ei1025 Environmental Sensor

Discreet and secure, the Ei1025 Environmental Sensor can be placed throughout a property to monitor...

Read More >>

Ei1000G SmartLINK Gateway
Ei1000G SmartLINK Gateway

The Gateway and Cloud portal use Aico’s SmartLINK technology to bring together data from all...

Read More >>

Ei3030 Multi-Sensor Fire and Carbon Monoxide Alarm
Ei3030 Multi-Sensor Fire and Carbon Monoxide Alarm

The Ei3030 is a multi-sensor Fire & Carbon Monoxide (CO) Alarm. Containing our proven and dependable...

Read More >>

CONSTRUCTION VIDEOS - LATEST VIDEOS

Forma aluminium column casings for Winchester College
Forma aluminium column casings for Winchester College

In progressive and dynamic business sectors, such as construction, it’s natural to be forward...

Watch Now >>

Decorative metal bulkheads & column casings for Tesco Extra, Birmingham
Decorative metal bulkheads & column casings for Tesco Extra, Birmingham

Decorative aluminium horizontal bulkheads more than 100 metres long have been supplied and installed...

Watch Now >>

Vecta building linings for the perfect finish
Vecta building linings for the perfect finish

More than 150 sq.m of Vecta aluminium wall lining and a feature bulkhead have been manufactured and...

Watch Now >>