Access Control Install for an Edmonton Business

The Brief

An Edmonton business was running its premises on traditional keys and had been quietly paying for it. Two staff had left in the previous year, one not on great terms, and each time the honest fix had been a locksmith and a fresh set of keys for every door. There was no record of who came and went, the cleaning crew effectively had a key to everything, and the owner wanted the building to lock itself overnight without anyone having to remember to do it. They asked for something that would end the re-keying cycle and give them a clear picture of who had access to what.

What We Did

• Site walk and scope: Walked every door in scope, confirmed which needed an electric strike and which suited a maglock, and identified a dry, serviceable spot for the central controller.
• Controller and backup power: Mounted the access controller on a dedicated circuit with a battery backup sized to the door count, so a short power blip never leaves the doors in an unplanned state.
• Readers and keypads: Fob readers on the main staff entrances and a backlit metal keypad on a secondary door, all exterior units rated well below minus 30 for Edmonton winters.
• Door hardware: Electric strikes and a maglock fitted, with request-to-exit and door-position sensing so the system always knows the true state of every door.
• Schedules and credentials: Built access groups with the owner, set the building to auto-lock overnight, and gave the cleaning crew a credential limited to the lobby on their two scheduled evenings only.
• Handover and inspection: Walked the owner through adding and removing people and pulling a door log themselves. Electrical work done to the Canadian Electrical Code, inspection coordinated and attended.

The Result

The re-keying problem is gone. When someone leaves now, their credential is deactivated from a laptop in seconds and that is the end of it. The building locks itself every night, the cleaners can only get into the area they are supposed to be in, and every door event is timestamped if a question ever comes up. The owner manages the whole thing themselves without needing a callout for routine changes.

Job Duration: Two days on site across the door count, with credentials and schedules built on the second day. Inspection the following week.

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