Located in the Seine Valley in France, door, despite the existence of a a Dény subsidiary renowned for over the town of Igoville provides its 1800 dedicated cabinet with a numbering 300 years of decorative locksmithing. inhabitants with numerous buildings system. Furthermore, as mayor of (town hall, school complex, library, Igoville, Nathalie Breemeersch was CONTROLLING THE PERIMETER OF assembly room, creche, etc.) also responsible for drawing up BUILDINGS WITH AUTONOMOUS regularly used by various local the town’s statutory emergency ACCESS CONTROL services, suppliers and civic response plan (Le plan communal In order to protect access to municipal associations. These are all municipal de sauvegarde (PCS)) and had to be buildings, Optimal Lock Mifare® facilities that need to be secured and able to access any room immediately electronic cylinders have been for which the management of keys at any time. installed on the main external can quickly become a real headache. entrances and linked to Dény’s Logyca A challenge that Natalie Breemeersch, For a year, the municipal team access control software. Thanks to this, elected mayor of the town in June searched hard to find an answer: the key management team, consisting 2020, and her municipal team “A universal key that opens everything, of three people from the town hall, soon discovered. almost magical,” explains the mayor can freely issue badges to authorised with a smile. persons for entry/exit at set times. To remedy the situation, the local In the event of a problem, they can authority called on the expertise of After consulting several companies, quickly deactivate them and check Dény Security, which, in addition to Dény Security was soon the clear the event history. assisting with the design of their choice. In addition to offering the com- master key system, offered them a plete package, from access control to hybrid solution combining mechanical management software, and electronic access control. it was the quality of support they provided that finally convinced them. SIMPLIFIED KEY MANAGEMENT Dény helped define the design specifi- DÉNY OPTIMAL LOCK MIFARE® AND INCREASEDSECURITY. cations and master key system, so that Like all municipalities, Igoville has an entire solution was created to meet several buildings with main external Igoville’s precise needs. Another advantage of this solution access points and internal rooms that for the town has been the speed and were locked in the usual way. This As part of their service, Dény also sup- simplicity in replacing the old locks. multiplied the number of keys that plied decorative hardware to replace The new locks are totally self- had to be maintained. Although lost the historic locks of the Igoville town contained and, because they are or unreturned keys were a security hall, a beautiful château built in the battery-powered, do not require any issue, the main difficulty was often in 18th century. These fittings (pictured cabling to be run to the door. identifying the right key for the right left) were created by Maison Fontaine, Best of DOM | 59