Beware: I’m on my “your door hardware specification is SUPER important, please stop neglecting it!” soapbox again. I can’t stress the importance of an adequately specified schedule enough – as seen in prior posts here, here, and here. That being said, I understand you don’t always have time to do a thorough breakdown of every component […]
Read moreThe issue of restroom vagrancy is popping up far too often for us to ignore. Even though we discussed urban bathroom lock solutions last year, the vagrants and drug users seem to be hitting the streets and finding our restrooms again. Many establishments, particularly restaurants, need to provide restroom access to their customers, but in […]
Read moreIt’s tradeshow season, which means our sales team is working more from their laptops on Delta’s WiFi than from the office on their way to meet with some of you – our wonderful readers! As is true for any tradeshow jaunt, we get A LOT of….. interesting questions while we’re on the road. In an […]
Read moreOur on-call Technical Service Representatives (TSRs) regularly receive 5 AM calls from frantic store openers who just broke their key in the front door lock. I’d be pretty frantic too – aside from not wanting to sit in the cold waiting for a technician to come to my rescue, no store access equals lost sales […]
Read moreIf you gave a child a big bag of cookies then told them not to eat one and walked away, chances are they would gobble down a cookie faster than Takeru Kobayashi consumes a hotdog in the Nathan’s Hotdog Eating Contest. After all, you’d never know if one was missing. The same goes for your […]
Read moreThink fast! What’s the difference between galvanized and galvanneal steel? (No googling!) Let’s be honest – unless you’re intimately familiar with doors you have no idea. In fact, I vaguely remember being chastised by one of our resident AHCs for using these terms interchangeably when I first joined the team. That was a fast lesson […]
Read moreThere are, generally, two types of problems – those that occur so regularly you can rattle off the answer rather quickly, and although there are some derivatives that require additional thought, they are generally solved rather quickly. Then there are those that make you go hmmmmmmmm, I have no idea how to approach that. That’s when the brainstorming […]
Read moreReading through various industry publications, I’ve noticed a disturbing increase in reports of organized retail crime (ORC). This unfortunate trend was confirmed by a survey performed by the NRF which revealed that in 2012, organized retail crime was the highest it has been in 7 years. Nine out of every ten retailers were affected by […]
Read moreHow much time and money could you save by getting it right the first time? Your door schedule is the foundation of your facilities’ physical security – failure to get it right has a host of negative impacts – your bottom line, your schedule, and perhaps the most valuable, your time. From national chains employing […]
Read moreIt doesn’t take much perusing through the various facilities and construction magazines to notice that going green is becoming more and more important in the industry. From green products to green practices, organizations are becoming increasingly aware of their environmental footprint on their community. For years, the environmental impact of ‘big business’ seemed insurmountable, ranging […]
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