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HOPPE offers a Helping Hand to make CE Marking
On CE marking, Andy Matthews, of HOPPE’s comments: “Traditionally, a specifier has had a choice between a complete kit of components from a single source for assembly as a tailormade doorset on site; or a door assembly comprising individual components for on-site assembly. From 1 July, while this did not change, it did become an offence to put a construction product into the market without a CE Mark if it’s covered by a hEn (Harmonised European Standard). “This means that any door assembly, completed on site, comprising of components from more than one source cannot be CE Marked as it is not covered by a harmonised standard. This rule applies even if those component parts are themselves individually CE Marked. “When it comes to compliance for external emergency exit door use, ask for a CE marked lockset to BS EN 179, and a Declaration of Performance (DoP) from your supplier. Even more simply, just select the ARRONE AR915 escape lock with one of our compatible HOPPE or ARRONE lever handles and AR228 spindle supplied as standard for your complete CE Marked Lockset.
‘Ask for a CE marked lockset to BS EN 179, and a Declaration of Performance (DoP) from your supplier’
www.hoppe.co.uk or call 01902 484 400.
HYPER U OPTS FOR ACT ACCESS CONTROL
French retail chain Hyper U is using an access control solution from ACT at one of its largest stores, a 20,000-square-metre property with 200 full-time personnel at the western town of Savenay in the Loire Estuary. The integrator is 2ACOM who has installed the equipment in two phases after the end-user found the ACT solution to be robust, reliable and with the functionality needed to both secure the site and improve logistics by reporting on staff activity.
‘Hyper U wanted to control and log movement of staff’
Hyper U wanted to control and log movement of staff around the shop floor, office block, delivery areas, car parks, lifts, stock rooms and
perimeter. The client also needed a hierarchical rights management system so that staff would only access certain groups of doors associated with their job function and at appropriate times of day according to their shift. Hyper U found the flexibility they needed in ACT’s door stations, door controllers, readers and ACTWin software. The door security also ensures that prospective thieves remain on the shop-floor and are
denied entry to areas where high-value items are stored. It should be noted that French supermarket retailers make extensive use of the concession system whereby there is a gallery of ‘boutique’ suppliers of items such as smart phones and tablet computers operating under the same roof. The ACT units cover 60 doors and the equipment is working in conjunction with intruder alarms, CCTV and perimeter intrusion protection.
New SIA licence application service with Post Office
The Security Industry Authority is developing a new and easier way for individual applicants to apply for their SIA licence. An agreement has been signed with the Post Office to launch the new service. The service, to be introduced this autumn, will make applying for a new SIA licence easier and cheaper; applicants will no longer need to routinely send in documents and a photograph, which can be costly and inconvenient. Applicants first log on to the SIA online portal and complete their application, they are then told which identity and other documents to take to the Post Office. The Post Office will check the online application details against the applicant’s documentation and immediately return the documents to the applicant. The Post Office will take a digital photograph of the applicant, an electronic version of the applicant’s signature, and payment of the application fee. The applicant will not be charged by the Post Office for using the service. The applicant’s photograph and signature are sent to the SIA electronically by the Post Office. The SIA will add them to the application information already received and continue with its checks, just as it does today. The new service will be available alongside existing methods of applying for a licence until early in 2014 when it will replace the paper application form as the way to apply for a new licence.
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