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SECURITY
AUTHOR Christina Marsh
MCO Goes Secure with dormakaba
Exit Lane Breach Control Technology
dormakaba's PIL-M02 16 system improves
operations at MCO.
" Luckily enough at Fort Lauderdale,
they were installing a gate and
I organized a trip with all the airport
executives, and I took them over
there so they could see it, " Arteaga
said. " So, we had meetings with TSA.
They were extremely happy with the
system, so it was a win-win situation. "
Arteaga said the system updates the
security operations center at the airport
in real time with breach alarm reports.
" If you're trying to go from the
Dormakaba exit lane breach control technology at MCO
DORMAKABA
ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL Airport (MCO) recently
improved their security operations with the installation
of dormakaba exit lane breach control technology, PILM02
16 system, in MCO's new Terminal C.
The system, which was completed
in September, is a one-way corridor
featuring three full height doors
and two half height gates that ensure
passengers are only exiting sterile side
onto the non-secured side. There are
four lanes for domestic arrivals and
four lanes for the international arrivals.
The PIL-M02 16 works via sensors
within the lane that track passengers
from their entry to their exit ensuring
they are walking the correct direction.
dormakaba Americas Business
Development Manager Bill Seibert
said the technology is replacing guards
that used to sit at the gate and puts the
technology into the hands of the airport.
" There are floor sensors to detect
objects left behind, whether accidentally
or purposely dropped; or then we
also have sensors on the unsecured side
for thrown object detection for somebody
trying to throw something into
the lane, " Seibert said.
Improving day-today
operations
" It saves the airport money in the long
run, " Seibert said. " The technology
takes out the human factor; people
get distracted, take vacation, get sick;
technology is on 24/7 365 days a year.
So, it not only saves the airport money,
but it also provides the airport with a
higher security level. "
HNTB (the designer of record for
the project) Senior Program Director
JC Arteaga said prior to the system
being installed at MCO, Arteaga took
airport executives to another airport
where the PIL-M02 was already
installed to see how it worked.
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public side to the sterile area, it
would trap you in these doors. So,
it would not allow you to keep going
and it would send a signal to central
command center and they would
send somebody to check you out, "
Arteaga said.
" As the doors are opening, there
are detectors there that if you try to
throw something inside the doors, it
would also actually trigger the alarm.
So, it's more like a physical security
system., " Arteaga said. " It does not
rely on people to report any unusual
or bad activity or somebody trying to
go from landside to airside. "
Installation
Arteaga said the system is fairly easy
to install depending on the airport's
current infrastructure. MCO posed
a few unique challenges due to the
ceiling design.
The system is available in different
widths to meet ADA and can accommodate
a 36-inch clear opening or a
44-inch clear opening.
Arteaga said MCO eventually plans
to add more PIL-M02 systems.
" When we do phase two, phase two
is going to add another 26 gates, it's
going to have another hub there, which
we call it the north hub and is going
to have more of these secured gates, "
Arteaga said. 
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