What Services Do Locksmiths Offer Businesses?
Many business owners or managers will only ever contact a locksmith because they need a new key to be cut or because an employee has left their keys inside and the locks need to be drilled out to regain access. However, qualified locksmiths provide a range of different services for businesses premises that go far beyond these run-of-the-mill tasks. Indeed, some locksmiths specialise in commercial work and rarely undertake residential jobs at all. What sort of services can you expect from a locksmith for your enterprise?
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Security Upgrades
If you have been the victim of a break-in at your business premises, then you will often ask yourself what you could have done to prevent the crime in the first place. So often, the answer is to have upgraded your locks. Most business premises are secured with nothing much more than a conventional tumbler lock that you might find in any residence in Australia today. And yet, businesses often have much more to lose following a burglary than homeowners. Your locksmiths will be able to advise you on which locks will help to beef up security at night when no one is present. This may include more robust window locks, for example. Furthermore, you may find that multi-point locking mechanisms are better for your business since these secure entrance doors at multiple points around the frame make them much harder to force open.
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Access Control Systems
In addition to improving the security of your current locks, professional locksmiths will be able to tell you what sort of access control technology might suit your business operations. Typically, this will involve doing away with keys altogether. Many modern businesses often now rely on swipe card entry systems. These have the benefit over conventional keys insofar as access rights can be rescinded electronically if a card is lost or stolen. Moreover, employees can be easily restricted in certain areas of your business premises while having full access rights in others. This offers a great deal of flexibility as well as superior security.
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Commercial Safes
Most businesses of any size have important documents they need to store even if petty cash requirements are often quite low these days. Qualified locksmiths will have the expertise to advise you about which sort of safe will provide the necessary storage capacity for your enterprise. You should also be able to find out which locations on your premises provide the best environments for a safe to be situated. After all, you don't want everyone knowing where your safe is located.
