Over 40 Years in BusinessISO 27001 compliantPublic sector: GSA contract holder
LA 562-298-5000 · Chicagoland 312-432-5300 · Phoenix 602-733-6807 · Client Support
Over 40 Years in BusinessISO 27001 compliantPublic sector: GSA contract holder
LA 562-298-5000 · Chicagoland 312-432-5300 · Phoenix 602-733-6807 · Client Support
BTI Communications Group, LTD. is a commercial security integrator with offices in Santa Fe Springs, Downers Grove and Phoenix, in business for over 40 years. We install access control for production floors, restricted zones, shift entries, docks and gates, with the audit trail plant leaders need, on Kantech, RS2 (Acre), Avigilon, Brivo or Axis.
Requirements
Recommended setup
Manufacturing designs follow the production flow, from the gate to the floor to the controlled rooms.
Gates, shift entries, production floor, engineering and quality labs, controlled program areas, tool cribs, docks, OT rooms.
Cards for floor staff, mobile credentials for office staff, and two-factor entry for controlled program rooms.
Rugged readers on the floor, keypad readers for two-factor rooms, and turnstile readers at shift entries.
Heavy duty electrified locks, turnstiles and interlocks where clean or controlled rooms need them.
Visitor and contractor check-in with safety and confidentiality acknowledgment.
Axis or Avigilon video on docks, controlled rooms and gates tied to every badge event.
HR rosters, training records for area authorization, and segmentation from OT networks.
Not every employee should walk into every area of a plant. BTI groups doors into zones such as the production floor, engineering and quality labs, controlled program rooms and OT rooms, and grants each role only the zones it needs. Rooms that hold controlled data or parts can require a card and PIN, and a door held open triggers an alert.
Access control is installed with three trades in mind: door and locking hardware, low-voltage power and wiring, and the IT and database work behind the platform. BTI does all three, which avoids the hand-off gaps that leave plant doors half working.
Shift-based credentials open entries and turnstiles during an employee's shift and a short window around it. Contractors are badged to the areas and dates in their work order and expire automatically. When HR terminates an employee, the roster sync removes access on every door at every plant.
Copper, tooling, spare parts and finished goods tend to leave a plant through docks, scrap areas and side doors. BTI controls and monitors those doors, links them to video and makes events searchable by door and time, so a shortage can be researched in minutes. Gates follow the same rules as doors, separating employees, visitors and carriers.
Compliance and audit support
Manufacturers in the defense supply chain must show that physical access to controlled spaces is limited and recorded. BTI configures access control logs, visitor records and two-factor entry that support those CMMC, NIST 800-171 and ITAR program audits. CMMC and other compliance work is completed and contracted by BTI and its partners, including top industry professionals in each category.
Platforms
BTI is platform agnostic and recommends the platform after the survey. HID readers and mobile credentials work across most of them. Not sure which fits? Read the commercial access control guide.
Cloud access control. BTI designs, sells, installs, supports and takes over existing Brivo accounts. Eagle Eye cloud video is part of Brivo.
Brivo access controlCloud managed doors with touchless mobile entry and remote unlock.
Avigilon Alta access controlOn-premises access control that runs alongside Avigilon video on servers you own.
Avigilon Unity access controlEntraPass software and KT controllers for owned, scalable systems.
Kantech access controlAccess It! software for larger, multi-site estates that want an owned platform.
RS2 access controlAxis door controllers, readers and network intercoms that tie straight into Axis video.
Axis access controlInstallation
Plant projects are phased by building or line so production is not interrupted.
Manufacturing access control is scoped per plant: zone count, doors and turnstiles, two-factor rooms, gates, cable routing around equipment and the platform. Multi-plant programs are quoted plant by plant on one platform. BTI itemizes each line after a free site survey.
By city
Local engineers install and service these systems from each office.
Los Angeles County from the Santa Fe Springs office.
Access control in Los Angeles
Chicago, Cook and DuPage counties from the Downers Grove office.
Access control in Chicagoland
Maricopa and Pima counties from the Phoenix office.
Access control in Phoenix and TucsonLos Angeles County? See manufacturing access control in Los Angeles.
Industries
Video, alarms and access control for plants.
Lobby, suite, elevator and parking control for offices.
Docks, yards, gates and carrier check-in for 3PLs.
Secured entries and lockdown-ready doors for schools and colleges.
Medical groups, clinics, dental and pharmacy access.
Public agency buildings and yards. GSA contract holder (47QTCA21D00BA).
Access control designed into new builds and tenant improvements.
Water, public works and server rooms with remote gate control.
CPA, title and insurance offices that protect client files.
Scheduled doors for ministries, campuses and community sites.
Proof
BTI Communications Group, LTD. designs, installs and supports manufacturing access control from offices in Santa Fe Springs, Downers Grove and Phoenix, on Kantech, RS2 (Acre), Avigilon Unity, Brivo, Avigilon Alta (formerly Openpath) and Axis.
Plants that want to own their data and run several sites often choose Kantech, RS2 (Acre) or Avigilon Unity. Plants that want cloud administration choose Brivo or Avigilon Alta. BTI recommends a platform after mapping your zones and shifts.
Yes. Credentials can be tied to shift schedules so entries and turnstiles only open for employees during their own shift and a short window around it.
It supports them by limiting and logging physical access to controlled spaces. CMMC and other compliance work is completed and contracted by BTI and its partners, including top industry professionals in each category.
Yes. BTI puts multiple plants on one platform with local administrators at each site and corporate visibility across all of them.
Cost depends on zones, doors, turnstiles, gates, two-factor rooms, cabling around equipment and platform licensing. BTI provides an itemized proposal after a free site survey.
Tell us about your doors, people and schedules. An engineer replies within one business day.