Meesons Security Lpcb - BRE Group
Meesons uses LPCB certification to improve its secure turnstiles
Overview
Meesons has worked with LPCB to certify its turnstile products, which provide security from break-ins at the perimeter of a site. The products have been tested to give peace of mind to customers and specifiers. The process has helped Meesons to create a solution which is robust, functional and aesthetically pleasing.
About
Meesons is a leading provider of physical entrance control solutions with a track record of exceeding customers’ expectations and delivering quality security systems to highly demanding environments.
Challenges
There is an increasing need to provide a level of delay to burglars, criminals, terrorists, or others who are prepared to use force to gain access on the perimeter of a site. Specifiers now require high levels of protection from the perimeter to the building façade and through to internal zones.
Meesons is a leading provider of physical entrance control and anti-tailgating solutions. It first commissioned testing and certification from BRE in 2018, but its ambition didn’t stop there. Meesons has worked closely with LPCB since then to raise the level of security available to specifiers, providing peace of mind that a security product offers a reliable delay and means of detection required to protect against intrusion.
It began the development of its Fortis range of high-security, 4-wing rotor, bi-directional turnstiles in 2019. The overall objective was to create a full-height pedestrian access solution to meet the requirements of the LPS 1175 standard, whilst maintaining a very open feel when approaching and transiting through the turnstile.
Solutions
Meesons wanted a robust solution to resist the threat from a mob attack on the perimeter fence line and approached LPCB to discuss their certification requirement in July 2019. The thorough testing schedule began in February 2020, with the final test in November 2020.
Prior experience with LPCB testing allowed Meesons to focus on the key areas of the product, to create a highly robust and functional, yet aesthetically pleasing solution. Commenting on the launch of the Fortis range, Martin Washby, Technical Services Manager at Meesons, said “We started the Fortis development with the objective of creating a full-height pedestrian access solution to meet the requirements of the LPS 1175 standard, whilst maintaining a very open feel when approaching and transiting through the turnstile. Rather than taking an existing turnstile and adding further structure to meet the attack testing, such as cladding and paddles arms, we tried to make the product as aesthetically pleasing as possible while still maintaining its functionality”.
Benefits
Meeson was impressed with the testing programme undertaken by BRE’s test engineers, who are renowned for their forced entry capabilities. One of the challenges of making buildings safe and secure is selecting and installing security products that do what they claim, and LPCB certification offers third-party verification that a product performs as expected. All LPCB certified products are listed in the Red Book, the primary reference of security products and services across the world.
Next steps
Meesons plans to expand its range of LPS 1175 approved security solutions as a competitive advantage.
It has developed LPS 1175 certified solutions from the perimeter to the building façade and through to internal zones. More specifiers are requesting LPS 1175 certified systems and they no longer have to compromise on the levels of forced entry protection they require for their entrance systems.