Access control Denver, Colorado
Connected access across doors, gates and elevators.
Cloud-managed access with audit trails the property manager will use. Credentials issued and revoked from a phone, visitors let in from anywhere, and every event beside its camera clip.
What we install
Readers, locks, intercom and gates, programmed as one system
Mobile and card readers at every controlled door
Entries, amenity rooms, stairs and back-of-house doors on schedules that match how the building runs. Electric strikes and maglocks coordinated with the door hardware supplier so the first day works.
Video intercom and smart locks
A video intercom at the entry that residents answer from a phone, package room access for carriers, and unit smart locks on the same credential as the front door.
Gates, plate readers and floor control
Vehicle gates that open for registered plates and windshield tags, pedestrian gates with resident self-service, and elevator readers that take each resident to their own floor.
Works with
Engineered alongside everything else in the building.
The reader event sits beside the camera clip. The intercom rides the network we installed. The gate opens for the plate the camera read. Access is designed with surveillance, network and alarm as one drawing set, so each piece knows about the others.
- PlatformsBrivo, ProdataKey, ButterflyMX
- How it worksFrom your phone, anywhere
- SupportManaged services plan
LV-5.1 Door and camera schedule
Sample sheet. Every project gets its own drawing set.
Which platform fits
Three platforms we install, chosen by how the building runs.
For portfolios and buildings with a front desk
Brivo fits owners and managers who run more than one property from one login. Cloud administration, a mobile credential that works at every site, and audit reports a property manager will actually open.
We lean toward Brivo when the building has staff, a visitor policy and an IT department that wants a platform with published integrations.
For buildings that want simple hardware and a clean app
ProdataKey runs on wireless or PoE door controllers that install cleanly in existing buildings, with a cloud app residents and staff pick up without training.
We lean toward PDK for mid-size multifamily, office and salon suites, and for takeovers where the wiring to each door is already in the wall.
For multifamily entries, package rooms and residents
ButterflyMX is the video intercom residents know. Visitors call a phone, carriers get a package room code, and the same app opens the garage and the amenity doors.
We pair ButterflyMX with Brivo or PDK on larger properties, or let it carry the whole building when the door count is modest.
What drives cost
What moves the number on an access control proposal.
Door count and hardware. Each controlled opening needs a reader, a lock or strike, a door position switch and a request-to-exit device. The lock type set by the architect and the door hardware supplier drives more of the cost than the reader.
Existing wiring. A building with conduit and cable to each door is a controller swap. A building with nothing in the wall is a cabling project first, so we survey every opening before we price.
Elevators and gates. Elevator floor control requires an interface with the elevator contractor and travelling cable capacity. Vehicle gates need loops, safety edges and a reader at the right height for a driver.
Credentials. Mobile credentials, cards and fobs carry different per-user and annual costs. We show the first-year and the ongoing figure separately so the owner sees both.
Integration. Tying access to the cameras, the intercom and the alarm takes programming time on each platform. It is the part of the job that makes the system feel like one system.
Cloud licensing. Every platform here carries an annual fee per door or per user. It is listed on its own line in the proposal and renews through the managed services plan.
What the building department and insurer expect
Egress, elevators and the fire alarm interface.
Access control locks a door against entry, never against exit. Every controlled door we install releases on the egress side with a request-to-exit device or free-turning hardware, and the drawings show the lock type on every opening so the building department can read the egress path.
Doors with electrified locks on the exit path release on a fire alarm signal. We coordinate the interface with the fire alarm contractor and the elevator contractor during design, and the relay and wiring appear on the riser diagram before rough-in.
Insurers and lenders increasingly ask for audit trails at entries and amenity spaces. The platforms we install keep an event log for every credential, and we set the retention to match the lease or policy before turnover.
Questions
Questions we get on every project
Can residents use their phone instead of a fob?
Yes. Every platform we install issues a mobile credential, and fobs or cards remain available for residents and staff who prefer them.
Can you take over an existing access control system?
Usually. We survey the door wiring, the controllers and the lock hardware, then propose either a controller swap on the existing cable or a new install where the wiring falls short.
Who manages the credentials after turnover?
The property manager, from the platform app, with training from us at turnover. Our managed services plan handles the administration if the property prefers.
Does the intercom work with the access system?
Yes. The video intercom and the door controllers share a credential, so a resident uses one app for visitors, the entry, the garage and the amenity doors.
What happens when the internet goes down?
The controllers keep every credential locally and keep opening doors. Events sync to the cloud when the connection returns, and the network we install carries a cellular backup where the property wants one.