Regulations

Are you aware of the regulations that affect your business now or will do in the future? WEEE? ROHS? Working at Heights? Battery Disposal?

Work at Height Regulations 2005
Regulations apply to all work at height where there is a risk of a fall (April 2005)
Installation & Isolation of mains power
The installation of mains power is limited to suitably qualified & experienced personnel

EU Directives coming into force from 1st July 2006
Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive
Aims to minimise the impacts of electrical and electronic equipment on the environment during their life times and when they become waste
ROHS - Recycle of Hazardous Substances Directive
Will ban the placing on the EU market of new electrical & electronic equipment containing more than set levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) & polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants from 1st July 2006.
Disposal of Batteries Directive drafted 18th July 2005
Aims to maximise the separate collection & recycling of spent batteries & accumulators.
Reduce the disposal of batteries & accumulators. Directive to be adopted by mid 2006.

Further considerations affecting access control installations
Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)
Employer has the duty to make 'reasonable adjustments' to make sure that an employee is not disadvantaged by their employment arrangements or by any physical feature of the workplace
Adoption of structured cable systems
Design of new buildings
Adoption of multifunction smart cards for access control

As a manufacturer, we are aware of these, and we have built immunity into our design philosophy. Want to know more? Contact your Account Executive

Industry News

IP Survey

Physical security over IP networks is coming in 2006, claims a survey of IT Directors conducted by Comunica, an IT service provider. The survey shows that out of 100 major companies, 64% have already adopted or plan to adopt physical security over IP. This will enable companies to monitor and control applications and devices all from a web interface. Within the financial sector 31% have implemented the technology already and a further 38% planning to do so this year.

A quarter of the IT Directors from the retail, distribution and transport sector were positive about physical security over IP with a quarter who have already adopted it and a further 52% expecting to do so in the next 12 months.
A quarter of large companies have adopted security over IP with a further 48% planning to implement it this year.

Rick Marshall, Managing Director of Comunica said: "There are many advantages to controlling physical security over IP, including cost reduction resulting from being able to use one network for all the security systems and devices. Also control will be improved and simplified by being able to manage all the security devices on a single platform. The investment in IP based security will also be future proofed as it will also allow other systems such as lifts, lighting, energy and other building management systems to be managed over the IP network as they become IP based."

A third of the IT directors surveyed said that as a result of being able to control physical security systems over IP (such as CCTV, access control, and card readers), this area will become their responsibility instead of the facilities or operations departments.

Rick Marshall concluded, "As IP based devices proliferate, the trend of physical security being controlled by the IT department is a logical step, as this department is already responsible for IT security. Many of the objections to the adoption of security over IP are a result of a need to educate both employees and mangers about the benefits and cost savings that can be achieved."

Source: http://www.comunicaplc.co.uk

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