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HOW A NEW FARM PARK ACHIEVED THE
RIGHT WASHROOMS FOR ITS VISITORS
When Lower Drayton Farm in Sta ordshire was
planning its farm park attraction, Play@ Lower
Drayton Farm, getting the washrooms right was
an important project.
The UK’s newest farm park attraction, set on a 750-
acre working farm, has a wide range of facilities and
welcomed over 8,000 visitors in its first six weeks.
Owner, Richard Bower, worked with washroom
service provider, Elis, to ensure that the washrooms
would be suitable for visitors, with child-friendly,
quiet hand dryers and gentle soap that kills bacteria,
important requirements.
Elis provides a cost e ective, nationwide
washroom service. It installs and supplies a wide
range of products and then carries out regular,
scheduled product supply and service visits to help
businesses achieve high levels of hygiene.
Richard Bower of Play@ Lower Drayton Farm
comments: “Elis invested a great deal of time
to understand our business and the product
specification we wanted. The team o ered technical
advice on the product range to help ensure it
hygiene, urinal services, air freshening and water
management products, including no-touch options
and free-standing hand sanitiser stations.
Elis also o ers some of the latest technology
to maximise hygiene, including the Biozone air
purification system, proven to kill bacteria and
viruses, disinfecting the air and surfaces and
eliminating malodours, and Dyson hand dryers, with
no-germ HEPA filter and antimicrobial coating.
The Elis range is developed using environmentally
friendly materials and has gained numerous
accreditations. Elis can also help businesses
reduce their washroom water usage and has been
recognised by the Carbon Trust for reductions in
water usage and CO emissions.
Elis o ers flexible contract terms and delivers its
nationwide service from its service centres across
England, Scotland and Wales, with customers
allocated their own customer service team.
Elis also supplies and launders workwear, linen
and mats for businesses of all sizes throughout
the UK.
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generated the customer experience that was
important to us.
“We want to run our business in a way which
reflects our values, using sustainable products and
avoiding landfill, and the Elis washroom service has
helped with this. The team were also flexible with
the contract start date and commercial terms to
ensure our service was ready when we welcomed
guests.”
The Elis washroom service includes hand
cleansing and sanitising, hand drying, toilet
tissue, baby changing, nappy disposal, feminine
www.elis.com 0800 616691
MANNED GUARDING AT A FRACTION OF
THE COST: STANLEY SECURITY LAUNCHES
REMOTE GUARD
STANLEY Security has extended
its range of remote services with
the introduction of Remote Guard.
Remote Guard uses a clever
combination of CCTV, access control,
intercoms and remote monitoring
to take over the duties of security
guards, all at a fraction of the cost.
At the heart of Remote Guard is STANLEY Security’s Category 2 NSI Gold
Standard BS5979 accredited monitoring centre, where highly trained
professional operatives use electronic security systems on customers’ sites to
remotely conduct security guard tasks such as visitor validation, vehicle access
and area lockdowns. CCTV cameras enable operatives to identify and validate
incoming vehicles. Intercom and cameras with 2-way audio provide e ective
communication with drivers and enable any instructions to be clearly delivered.
Access control is used to unlock doors, gates and barriers.
Wherever possible, existing on-site security equipment is used by Remote
Guard to make it highly cost-e ective and sustainable, although this will depend
on the age and sophistication of that equipment. A STANLEY Security technician
is sent to site to assess whether existing equipment is compatible. Where new
equipment is required, cameras with Wi-Fi connectivity are used and connection
to the remote monitoring centre is via secure IP (Internet) connectivity.
Depending on the set-up of the system, configuration and testing can be
completed within a week, for a fast turnaround.
www.stanleysecurity.co.uk/services/monitoring
NEW COVID-19 MANAGEMENT FEATURES FOR
ENTROWATCH ACCESS CONTROL
The latest version of EntroWatch includes several new features to help make
buildings COVID-19 Secure. EntroWatch is the award-winning access control
so ware for Entro series door controllers and contactless card readers and
keypads. The new COVID-19 management features include occupancy
management, temperature & mask screening and contact tracing.
Occupancy management can be used to manage social distancing and prevent
overcrowding in an EntroWatch controlled building. Occupancy levels can be set
for rooms whose doors have access control readers.
The temperature & mask screening feature makes use of compatible camera
technologies placed strategically within a building. As people pass one of these
cameras, they are screened for temperature and whether they are wearing a
mask or not. Based on threshold levels and settings, a person is either allowed
to enter or exit an EntroWatch access controlled door or not. A snapshot of their
temperature is stored in EntroWatch.
Contact tracing is an enhanced report within EntroWatch 3.1 based on the
access control principle of Who, Where and When. The report can be used to
track and trace people within a building.
The Entro series utilises the native BACnet/IP protocol; the open
communications standard for the
building automation industry. Using
BACnet provides the opportunity
to integrate the Entro series into an
intelligent building management
system, for population and movement
data for analytics and rule-based
energy usage.
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