Category: Security

Security Budgets, Buildings & Biometrics
2009 Dec Budgets, Buildings & Biometrics

 Not so long ago, if you wanted to know who was on your stoop, you stuck your  head out the window and asked who was there. But these days, the demand for  greater security and the evolution of technology has led to the availability of  sy…

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Security Watching Out for One Another
2009 Dec Watching Out for One Another

For New York residents, every neighborhood and every borough and every county could well be another state entirely. Whether it’s a few blocks or a few miles, every area has its own personality, its own perks and its own downside. When i…

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Security Keep Criminals Out and Budget Dollars In
2009 Dec Keep Criminals Out and Budget Dollars In

 In terms of building security, boards today are in a tricky position. They are  obliged to protect the residents, their property and offer the same quality of  life just as they did prior to the great economic belly flop of the 21st  Cent…

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Security Exhibitors Learn What Attendees Want
2009 Dec Exhibitors Learn What Attendees Want

Exhibitors for The Cooperator's 23rd Annual Co-op & Condo Expo recently gathered for Exhibitor University, a day-long workshop to teach the benefits of exhibiting in trade shows and making their appearances a success. The stan…

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Security Security Service Integration and Training is Key
2008 Dec Security Service Integration and Training is Key

Push aside old notions of ineffective security officers. The security officer of the future has arrived. Today’s security officer may be navigating tours on a Segway to patrol airports, transit stations, manufacturing facilities, apartm…

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Security Be Safe and Secure In Your Home
2008 Dec Be Safe and Secure In Your Home

The expression “Better safe than sorry” is known by everyone. As apartment dwellers, it is important not to take advantage of the sense of security felt by having a doorman posted at the door or hallways lined with sprinklers and let ou…

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Security Turn Bad Times Into Good Times
2008 Dec Turn Bad Times Into Good Times

To quote Charles Dickens, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” but in this case, the reverse is true. When I started my design firm 26 years ago, the idea of a company specializing in designing common areas of…

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Security Hiring the Best for Your Building
2008 Dec Hiring the Best for Your Building

So your condo or co-op’s management company is getting ready to hire a new service employee. It could be a doorman, it could be a maintenance man, it could be a swimming-pool supervisor. Is this a simple process, or a complicated one? A…

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Security A Room with a (Rotating) View
2008 Dec A Room with a (Rotating) View

Buckminster Fuller, a thinker, inventor, artist, mathematician, (the list goes on,) once said, “People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.” Fuller, most famous f…

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