By Alan Hyder
A gated community in Surbiton, Surrey, is the first in the UK to specify biometrics throughout.
The mixed residential and commercial development in Alpha Road, Surbiton is the first gated community in the UK to replace keys, swipe cards and fobs with biometric fingerprint entry access and security.
The system was installed by the Chiswick office of UKB International Ltd.
The development has nine luxury apartments and four separate air conditioned offices on two floors.
Developer Housemartins Ltd has specified biometric locks as the finishing touch to the prestigious gated complex.
Ian Martin, a partner in Housemartins said the luxurious block offers a high specification “which is perfectly complemented by the elegance and security of biometric locks.
“Owners can access their homes or offices by simply swiping their finger over a reader. Guests can be temporarily registered then quickly de-registered. Traditionally, a development of this size would require over thirty keys. At Alpha Road there are none”.
The biometric locks scan a fingerprint and convert patterns into data which is encrypted and stored for future comparison. No actual fingerprint is stored and no data is shared with third parties.
Director of UKB International, Joy Phillips said: “Our biometric locks are offered as an option by a number of UK volume home builders, but Alpha Road is the first new build mixed use gated community to plan a biometric solution from the drawing board.
“Property owners at Alpha Road will be using the only key that cannot be lost, stolen, forged or hacked – their own fingerprint”.
* UKB International Ltd is a leading supplier of fingerprint entry security systems, membership systems and time & attendance systems with offices in Glasgow, Newcastle upon Tyne, Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, NW & SW London, Thames Valley, Swansea, Bournemouth and Dubai.
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