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Safety deposit centre vault
case study from Phoenix Safe
» » THE CUSTOMER HAD ASKED US TO
provide a Safety Deposit Centre to fulfil
the needs of his potential clients in the
Leicestershire area. From the very start
of the project it was obvious that the
customer was aware of the potential,
being involved with a local bank that
offered the service and whose deposit
centre was now completely full.
We provided detailed information of
the available lockers and advised on the
most suitable sizes to give a spread of
options to his clientele. We manufactured
shipped and installed a grade X EX CD
demountable strong-room fully tested and
certified to ECBS standards. This grade
of vault offers a bank grade of protection
with the added security of explosive (EX)
and Core Drill (CD) certification.
The vault was filled with multiple
columns of our lockers with cast
aluminium doors making a stunning
impression to any customer. The finish
is timeless. In other vaults additional
lockers have been installed alongside
those that have been used for 20 years
and the difference is hardly perceptible.
Several private cubicles were provided
for customers to examine their valuable
jewellery money or paperwork within the
safety of the vault.
All customers were registered on the
system with a facial photograph and
access to the vault is gained via finger
biometrics and a proximity card or pin
code. Finally, the locker cannot open
without the use of a high security key
which cannot be copied. These are
supplied in duplicate in a sealed pouch
to the customer when they first pay for
their locker. If they lose both keys the
only means of access is drilling out and
destroying the lock.
We liaised with Alarm and CCTV
specialists to complete the security
package and provided insurance facilities
via a Lloyds of London insurance
broker. The client was able to p rovide an
insurance cover of £30,000 per locker for a
comfortingly small yearly premium.
The cost of the project was in excess on
£1,000,000. Our customers steadfast work
in assessing the potential has proved itself.
Within 18 months they announced they
had recouped their initial investment with
only 50% occupancy of lockers. The yearly
rental now provides an ongoing revenue
stream.
www.phoenixsafe.co.uk
ALL IN A DAY’S WORK
» » RECENTLY, SAFE AND
Vault Company was contracted
to securely remove two safes - a
2 tonne Chatwood Milner and
a 500 kg Rosengreen European
grade 3 - from a customer that
was renovating premises and
no longer had the need for
the units. The path to remove
these two safes was no easy
task and involved some tight
and difficult 90-degree angles
that took around one hour to
clear. The safes were rolled
using metal bars and placed on
top of 25mm boards, in order
to protect the client’s wooden
floor. In some instances, the
bigger Chatwood safe only had
1cm clearance on either side.
They then had to come down a
200mm step in which a pallet
truck was used. The safes were
transported to the exit of the
building where a pontoon had
been purposely-built to account
for the difference in levels
out to the street. A HIAB was
then used to pick the safes up
a transport them to their final
destination. Four skilled and
experienced operatives were
used for this particular job.
Safe and Vault Company of
Kirkstall, Leeds, specialises
in all kind of safes and vaults
serving anything from ‘normal’
customers to large banking
organisations; selling,
maintaining, and in this
instance, recovering safes. As a
leading supplier of quality high
security safes, vaults, locks and
security products, Safe and Vault
products are manufactured
to meet the demands of the
insurance companies, banks,
ATM companies, business
organisations, and the public.
The company is also proud to
provide services from its own
workshops and employ a team
of highly-skilled safe, vault and
electronic engineers. In 2015,
Safe and Vault was awarded
the Combined Security &
Fire Solution of the Year
WINNERS by IFSEC and FIREX.
Partnering with all the leading
security safe manufacturers
and suppliers, the team can
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specific requirements.
www.safeandvaultcompany.
co.uk