Guildford College is the largest further and highest education college in the Surrey area, with approximately 3000 students and offers courses at all levels. Success rates are higher than national benchmarks with many students operating with the local community on a regular basis.
Controlled and secure access is a high priority for the Estates and Facilities team, who sought the advice of K.B.O Fire & Security to undertake a comprehensive security overview. K.B.O Fire & Security offered a number of innovative ideas to ensure complete security and a smooth operating system throughout the College site.
The resulting master key suite was designed and installed using Mul-T-Lock’s high security MTL400 patent protected solution, which combines advanced technologies with enhanced key copy control and maximum resistance to all forms of lock manipulation.
Sandra Searle, Facilities Customer Services Manager at Guildford College, said: “The college is committed to offering staff and students a vibrant, happy and nurturing learning environment.
“So that we can do this as safely as possible, we ensure the security systems, right from the entrance to the College and throughout the site, are all maintained to a high level.
“K.B.O Fire & Security worked with us to produce a bespoke Mul-T-Lock master key suite that could enable total key management control.
“We are particularly impressed with the advanced protection capability as it means as a team, we can maintain a single key to open all doors as required and maintain differential access to rooms between staff, visitors and students.”
“Here a master key system was the best choice, and using Mul-T-Lock enabled total patented key control to keep the college, and all who attend safe and secure.”
Lance Harding Locksmith, K.B.O Fire & Security
With up to 90 cylinders installed in a scalable design, the master key suite system was installed quickly and efficiently to ensure minimal disruption to learning timetables.
Lance Harding of K.B.O Fire & Security added: “With Guildford College, we like to consider ourselves as part of this team, where we can really understand the bespoke requirements.
“The benefit of working in this way is allowing for the flexibility of access, including accounting for the large number of part- and full-time students alongside the wider community who all use the facilities.
“Here a master key system was the best choice, and using Mul-T-Lock enabled total patented key control to keep the college, and all who attend safe and secure.”
Tom Hyslop, Mul-T-Lock Regional Sales Manager concluded: “By working with the College and K.B.O Fire & Security early in the specification process, the right level of protection could be designed into the master key suite, choosing MTL400 to make sure staff and students can work and learn in a safe and secure environment.
“It also meant installation could be planned carefully around learning timetables. And now, staff can focus and maintain their high standards for the benefit of all who attend with total peace of mind security.
Exceptional value to businesses of all sizes
The MTL™400 patented platform provides enhanced security at a price your customers can afford.
It combines advanced telescopic pinning technology with a special patented cut and special, high-grade components to enable scalable and modular capabilities. Smartly designed to last, deter and enhance protection, the MTL™400 offers higher resistance to breakins, intrusions by bumping, drilling and picking.
Features & benefits
- Patented key protection until 2033 for guaranteed legal protection against unauthorised key duplication
- Hundreds of possible unique combinations for convenience and enhanced security
- Wide range of cylinder and padlock types and sizes to fit every application
- Scalable and modular capabilities
- Quick and easy to pin and assemble, using the same key machine and pinning kits as Mul-T-Lock’s previous patented platforms
- Bespoke key inserts to promote your business
- Comes with a unique magnetic card and patented protected keys to provide enhanced key copy control
MTL™400 offers a variety of keying options together with a master keying hierarchy for different locking products and environments. Assign various levels of access for different key holders. MTL™400 offers high levels of master key capabilities.
MTL™400 capabilities include - keyed alike - access multiple doors with a single key; emergency operated - with keys inserted and rotated on opposite sides, enabling both sides to be permanently operational; 3 in 1- instantly change a lock’s combination up to 2 times by simply turning a key and Break Secure - designed to snap off when attacked, leaving the main portion of the cylinder intact and fully functioning.
