A Step-By-Step Guide to Building Security in 2023

Here you can explore the different ways to ensure your property is safe through a range of different systems.

What Building Security entails

Making a building safe and secure decreases the likelihood that your property will fall victim to acts of crime or other potentially harmful events occurring. Building security is not just reactive, it’s proactive too, as deterrents are often installed to warn potential violators, for instance, that there are systems in place to protect this building. As a Property Manager, building security should never be ignored, even when you think it’s unlikely that anything adverse will occur.

The importance of Building Security

Everything within a building, including physical objects, the people within the building, and any intellectual property (e.g. customer information for companies), is at risk if the building isn’t protected. The threats posed should be a consideration for building managers too as the rates of property crimes are often high in large cities, for instance.

As a Housing Association, or a Property Manager, building security and that of your tenants can be one of your biggest concerns. So let’s take a look at the key things to remember when assessing your building’s security.

Get to know the types of security within a building

The following four categories are included in the types of security systems that can be installed at a property:

• Access control – An array of systems fall under access control. Essentially, access control protects the unpermitted entrance to a building and any devices or facilities not intended for public use. Intratone has a range of great options for bringing access control into your property, including coded keypads and hands-free proximity readers. Access control aids to keep intruders at arm’s reach, as vandal-resistant intercoms and unclonable fobs serve as a first line of defense for Property Managers, allowing you to protect from afar. 
• Security personnel – These are the people who physically safeguard the building through different methods, like monitoring activity at access points, viewing security cameras, and organising patrol teams. 
• Intrusion detection – Usually automated, intrusion detection alerts people if something out of the ordinary is happening through alarms or phone calls, or takes automatic steps to prevent further harm e.g. closing shutters upon detection. Putting quality access control into a building can be a great way of minimising the need for intrusion detection, as the entrance is made more secure.

Keeping a building secure

Letting your guard down when it comes to your building’s security makes you more vulnerable to harm. This is why regularly evaluating the security installations you have, training personnel to understand safety and security better, and assessing potential future risks are all vital to remaining unharmed.

Most importantly as a Property Manager perhaps, is that an SBD (Secured by Design) approach is taken by Intratone in their building security, ensuring that your property is safe-guarded by the UK police framework and therefore, more likely to protect your building.

Contact our team today and discover how we could revolutionise your building’s security through access control. 

Preventative security measures, like ensuring you have a secure method of access control for your building, can make a world of difference when it comes to the safety of your property and tenants. Interested in preventative security measures and a part of the residential market?