Sandton Emperor

State-of-the-art security at Sandton Emperor apartment building
   

Sandton Emperor

The Emperor is a residential apartment complex in the Sandton CBD, Johannesburg, South Africa. There are 102 apartments including 24 penthouses, and six private lifts opening directly inside its residents’ apartments. The apartment complex is the first of its kind in Johannesburg. The complex offers, among other things, private basement parking, a fitness and health spa, several dinner occasions, a lobby, carwash, and laundry service. Needless to say, this is a high profile, luxurious complex offering desirable living accommodations.

Pre-existing situation & UTCFS’s role

In view of the high profile of the Sandton Emperor apartment building, the management sought a security company that could deliver very specific features. It was deemed necessary to monitor access into and out of the building. In addition to monitoring restricted areas, there are six private lifts that provide residents access directly into their own apartments. By using finger-print recognition, the lifts “know” to take residents either to their own floor, or to their own penthouse apartments.

UTCFS’s solution

The Sandton Emperor apartment building has been provided with UTCFS’s ATS based access control system. Together with its integrator, Sitronix Pty, UTCFS was able to ensure the privacy of all inhabitants of the 102 apartments and 24 penthouses. This privacy has been realised by linking the access control system to the buildings staircase and elevators. Every inhabitant of the building owns a unique key card which grants them access to only the areas that are designated to them. As a result, when presenting the key card to a reader in one of the building’s elevators, this elevator will take inhabitants to their respective floors. Additionally, restricted areas of the building, for example maintenance areas, are only accessible to authorised staff. With this solution, UTCFS was able to provide all inhabitants with a security application that delivers the advantageous features that the Sandton Emperor apartment building requires.