The key to control
May 1st 2009

Bristol Water has become the latest utility company to choose access management specialist Traka to provide its key control systems.

Installing the Traka system has given Bristol Water full audit capability of all its critical keys, many of which are used to secure reservoirs and water treatment works.

“We had a situation where everyone was carrying around bunches of keys and we recognised that this was not acceptable in an organisation which is part of the critical National Infrastructure,” says Martin Harvey, of Bristol Water.

With overall responsibility for everything from padlocks on perimeter fences through to risk assessments and security contracts.

Having realised the degree of control and management information the Traka system could offer, Bristol Water ran a successful three-month trial. Board approval was sought and quickly granted to install a further 22 systems across the entire company. The whole project was completed in just three months.

All the Traka cabinets installed are networked to a central management point and provide full accountability for all critical key transactions. Key management for the 178 staff who use keys is now locally deployed from regional hub locations, meaning less travelling time for staff accessing keys to different locations.

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