Civetta Aparments
Dan Norton, our CTO and Director of Design recently had an opportunity to spend quality personal time reflecting on his 30+ years with Absco Solutions. While he loves Absco Solutions, our customers, our team, and the services we provide – he has decided to search for a new passion.
Washington Learning Source (WLS) is a statewide program that provides a source to choose products and services that create economic efficiencies for subscribers. Absco Solutions has been a part of the Security Division of the WLS program since 2013.
The Honeywell Farenhyt System offers flexible, turnkey solutions for emergency communications, carbon monoxide (CO) and fire detection.
Absco Solutions, Inc. announces partnership with Verkada, Inc. to provide industry leading hybrid cloud turn-key solution. With hybrid cloud technology, there are no trade-offs in reliability and flexibility.
Washington
This is a letter regarding the Corona-virus (COVID-19) and its potential impact on current and current and future projects…
All Absco Offices
Please read this COVID-19 notice before entering the premises.
I’m sitting in my home office during the COVID pandemic, when my computer connection comes to a grinding halt. One son informs me that Netflix is timing out and the other tells me his Oculus isn’t connecting to the WiFi. The cause of our computer issues all too clear. My internet bandwidth needs to be upgraded.
The same can be true with an organization’s video surveillance system.
We at Absco Solutions have a deep desire to serve your life-safety and security needs while using those resources to aid you in better running your organization. However, sometimes we assume we know what you want and act on that information without understanding what you really need. Well intentioned action is not the same as providing another their desired outcome. We want to be effective listeners and deliver you the products, services, and solutions you desire.
These days everyone is asking what tools and technologies are available to support safe workplace environments. In this article, we pulled together some of the questions you asked with some of the solutions our vendor partners are offering. Some of these solutions are COVID specific, but many could be valuable tools that may increase efficiencies for your business moving forward.
Training is an essential part of effectively and efficiently using any system installed for the safety and security of your organization. However, training on how to program your new or existing system is only half of the equation; understanding the purpose for the system(s) and what it is designed to do is of even greater importance.
There are several new building codes which require newly constructed structures and, depending on your location, existing structures as well to meet minimum “Emergency Radio” signal strength for emergency responders.
Within the life-safety and security disciplines there has been a push to combine systems into a central access point. Many organizations have a central location in which these items consolidate- a security office, control center or security operations center…
As the COVID-19 situation has evolved so have our facility procedures. We share with you what we have learned, hoping to save you and your team some effort in reopening and operating your facilities in the weeks and months ahead.
When organizations think about using the cloud they often think of accessing file share services like OneDrive or other productivity tools like OneNote. However, enterprise cloud adoption goes beyond these services. The cloud provides for the subscription-based economy to meet a whole variety of enterprise needs, including security.
The CARES Act fixed a portion of the tax code which may provide you budget from work we did for you in the past and save cost on work we do this year and next.
Master plans, designing the correct solution and planning proactively for the future are all topics discussed in previous Absco blogs. One component that is often used in this process is the Basis of Design (BOD)*. Basis of Design serves to capture many aspects beyond what you might find in specifications or design drawings.
Failure of old building systems and services can result in lost productivity, personal injury, long-term health impacts, loss of a secure space, exposure to unsafe environments, damage to the building up to loss of life as well as the loss of the building itself. Many of the systems and sensors that monitor mechanical systems, power, building integrity and presence of water, gas and unsafe environments can be integrated with other systems for reporting.
Honeywell & Benzhor Group
Absco Solutions had the opportunity to partner up with Honeywell and Benzhor Group to create a fantastic case study about a retrofit BDA installation project at Machias Elementary School.
Puget Sound Business Journal
My grandfather taught me long ago that if I build a levee too short and a city floods, then I’ve wasted my whole investment. But if I build it…
About Money Radio
Erick joined Mike and Sara on About Money Radio to talk about strategic planning and making your facilities security needs are strong and implemented correctly to act in the case of an emergency situation. Erick speaks from 19:55 – 33:30.
ASIS International
A good master security plan helps you spec and budget for that seven-foot flood with an eight-foot levee. And ultimately, a good plan leads to a good security system.