SMARTair enhances security at luxury car dealership H.R. Owen

Challenge

H.R. Owen is a dealership specialising in the sale, service and repair of luxury and sports cars. It has a diverse portfolio of high-end brands, including Lamborghini, Bentley, Aston Martin, Rolls Royce and Lotus. Based primarily in London, the company expanded its operations with a new facility in Hatfield to accommodate its growing business. As with all of H.R. Owen’s premises, this new showroom required high security due to the nature of its vehicle offering.

Key requirements

• A scalable solution which would meet requirements for security, flexibility and aesthetics – now and in the future
• A single system to protect a wide range of openings including glass doors, fire doors and parking barriers
• Reliable devices which blend seamlessly to meet customer expectations of high-end interior design

Solution

“During the planning stages with H.R. Owen and the architects, it was clear that ASSA ABLOY’s SMARTair solution was the only real choice for the site,” says Matthew Taylor, Operations Director at Knightsbridge Security, who installed the system.

Among more than 100 devices installed throughout the facility, SMARTair Wall Readers and SMARTair i-max Escutcheons were selected for their sleek aesthetics and versatility. SMARTair devices are wireless, and therefore fast and costeffective to fit. With no need for extensive cabling, devices are quickly deployed, minimizing onsite disruption. Another benefit of choosing wireless, the reach of H.R. Owen’s solution can be easily extended or reconfigured anytime, protectingth eir investment for the long term.

SMARTair is convenient to operate. The facility can manage access remotely, ensuring access rights can be monitored or amended in real time in response to any potential threat.

H.R. Owen also chose SMARTair’s mobile access solution Openow^®: staff use their smartphones as credentials instead of physical cards. This boosts both security – fewer lost credentials – and sustainability performance by cutting single-use plastics. Openow’s Parking Mode feature enables drivers to unlock barriers using mobile credentials from 3m–5m away. They don’t need to get out of the car, cutting the risk of theft or unauthorized access.