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
Card, mobile and cloud access control for offices, business parks, plants, medical groups and public buildings in Irvine, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Fullerton and every other Orange County city. One local team designs the system, installs the door hardware and supports it after go live.
BTI Communications Group, LTD. installs and supports commercial access control across Orange County from its Santa Fe Springs office, and has been in business for over 40 years. We design, install, take over and service Brivo, Avigilon Alta (formerly Openpath), Avigilon Unity, Kantech, RS2 (Acre) and Axis systems for businesses in Irvine, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Orange, Tustin and Fullerton. Call 562-298-5000 or book a free site survey.
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Every Orange County building asks something different of its doors. These guides go deeper on the four we are asked about most, with recommended setups and local questions answered.
Lobby, suite and stair doors, after hours schedules and badge printing for single tenant offices and headquarters.
Shared entries, elevators and parking with each tenant managing its own users, and one admin view for the property manager.
Restricted production zones, shift and contractor credentials, gates, docks and audit trails for defense supply chain work.
Medical groups, clinics and dental suites: patient entries, records rooms, medication storage and staff only corridors.
Much of the county works out of business parks: the Irvine Spectrum and Irvine Business Complex, South Coast Metro in Costa Mesa, Anaheim Canyon and the office corridors along the I-5 and the 405. Those buildings mix glass storefront entries, shared lobbies, elevators, parking structures and suites that change tenants every few years. We set up the entry, elevator and garage readers so a property manager controls the common areas while each tenant adds and removes its own staff, and we keep credentials working through a move in or a tenant improvement.
Anaheim, Santa Ana, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, Irvine and Brea are home to machine shops, electronics and medical device makers and aerospace suppliers. They need zones that match the floor: production, tool cribs, server rooms, export controlled areas and shipping. We tie badges to shifts, issue temporary contractor credentials that expire on their own, and keep the door logs that a customer audit or a CMMC assessment asks for. CMMC and other compliance work is completed and contracted by BTI and its partners, including top industry professionals in each category.
Medical groups, urgent care, dental and behavioral health practices across Orange County need open patient entries during the day and locked records rooms, medication storage and staff corridors at all times. Access logs show who opened a records room and when, which supports the privacy reviews these practices go through.
Property managers with several Orange County buildings want one place to see every door, schedule holiday hours and answer a tenant who says a badge stopped working. Cloud platforms such as Brivo and Avigilon Alta (formerly Openpath) let a management company run many sites from one login, and our help desk handles the daily requests that would otherwise land on the building engineer.
Districts, private schools, cities and special districts need lockdown from one button, visitor screening at the front office and contracts their purchasing team can use. BTI holds GSA contract 47QTCA21D00BA and is a CMAS and TESMA contract awardee (California).
We are not tied to one brand. We recommend the platform that fits your building, your IT team and the hardware already on your doors, and we can run more than one where a portfolio already has a mix.
| Platform | Where it fits in Orange County | Learn more |
|---|---|---|
| Brivo | Cloud access for multi-site companies and property managers. BTI designs, sells, installs, supports and takes over existing Brivo accounts. Eagle Eye cloud video is part of Brivo. | Brivo · Brivo Eagle Eye video in Orange County |
| Avigilon Alta (formerly Openpath) | Cloud and mobile first access with touchless entry, a good fit for offices and clinics. | Avigilon Alta access control |
| Avigilon Unity | On premises access and video from one platform for larger campuses and plants. | Avigilon Unity access control |
| Kantech | EntraPass for sites that want on premises control with optional web and mobile access. BTI is a Kantech Global Edition Certified Partner. | Kantech EntraPass |
| RS2 (Acre) | Enterprise access control for organizations with many doors and complex schedules. | RS2 access control |
| Axis | Network door controllers and intercoms from an Authorized and Certified Axis Gold Partner. | Axis access control |
| Software House C-CURE 9000 | Enterprise access control with deep video integration for large and regulated sites. | Software House C-CURE 9000 |
| Alarm.com for Business | Access control, video and intrusion in one app for smaller offices and retail. | Alarm.com access control |
Not sure which way to go? Compare cloud and on premises options in our cloud access control overview, or download the 2026 Commercial Access Control Systems Guide (PDF).
Both are good choices. The right one depends on how many sites you run, who manages users and what your IT team wants to host.
| Question | Cloud (Brivo, Avigilon Alta) | On premises (Kantech, Avigilon Unity, C-CURE, RS2) |
|---|---|---|
| Who manages users? | Any admin from a browser or phone, from anywhere | Usually a workstation on your network, with optional web clients |
| Several Orange County sites? | One account for every site, no servers | A central server with each site linked over your network |
| Internet outage at a site? | Panels keep making decisions locally and sync later | Not affected, the system runs on your network |
| Updates | Delivered by the platform | Planned with your IT team |
| Good fit | Offices, clinics, property portfolios | Plants, campuses, sites that require local hosting |
Many Orange County calls start the same way: the installer closed, sold the business or stopped answering, and no one has the admin login. We take over existing systems, and Brivo accounts in particular, without replacing hardware that still works.
Every project is quoted in writing after the survey, with each door and license itemized. Financing at 3.99% is available for qualified buyers, subject to credit approval.
Locked doors must still let people out with one motion. Electrified locks, maglocks and delayed egress devices are designed to the California Building Code, and we work with your contractor and the local building department when a permit is required.
California requires an Alarm Company Operator license for alarm system work. BTI is a Licensed Alarm Company Operator, ACO #7670, and holds C-7 License 807767 for low voltage systems. Our team passes LiveScan background checks before working in client buildings.
Readers, intercoms and door operators are mounted at accessible heights, and automatic openers are coordinated with access control so a badge or button opens the door.
Access logs contain employee data. We set retention and admin roles so only the right people can see or export them, which supports the privacy policies California employers already keep.
A badge event means more with video beside it. We connect doors to security cameras in Orange County so a denied badge or a forced door opens the matching clip, and we link access control with intrusion alarms so the building arms itself when the last person badges out.
Access control lives on your network, so it should be secured like the rest of your IT. Our IT team segments door controllers, keeps firmware current and watches for problems through the 24/7 NOC/SOC. If you also want IT support, see managed IT in Orange County and cybersecurity in Orange County.
BTI Communications Group, LTD. serves Southern California from our Santa Fe Springs office. Pick your region for local services.
Los Angeles County businesses.
Orange County businesses, served from Santa Fe Springs.
Over 40 years of IT, security and communications work. Call 562-298-5000 or book a free consultation.
Get a free consultationWe install eight access control platforms, so the recommendation follows your building, not a quota.
Access control, video, alarms, networks and cybersecurity come from one accountable partner.
We step in when another installer is gone and keep the hardware that still works.
GSA contract holder (47QTCA21D00BA) and CMAS and TESMA contract awardee (California).
ISO 27001 compliant governance, independently reviewed through the TAG ISO 27001 Compliance Program.
400+ engineers, a mobile fleet and a stocked warehouse in Santa Fe Springs.
Access control is one part of a security plan built around your industry. See how we approach each one.
BTI Communications Group, LTD. designs, installs and supports commercial access control for Orange County businesses from its Santa Fe Springs office, about 12 miles from Anaheim. We install Brivo, Avigilon Alta (formerly Openpath), Avigilon Unity, Kantech, RS2 (Acre) and Axis, and we hold California ACO #7670 and C-7 License 807767.
Our Southern California office is at 12155 Mora Dr in Santa Fe Springs, on the Los Angeles and Orange County line. We do not have an Orange County office. Crews drive to north and central Orange County in a short trip, and we schedule south county work as normal service days. Call 562-298-5000.
Yes. We secure lobbies, suites, elevators and parking for offices and business parks in Irvine, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, Anaheim and Santa Ana, and we set up multi-tenant systems so each tenant manages its own users while the property manager controls common areas.
Yes. We set up restricted zones, shift based access, contractor credentials, gates and dock doors for plants and aerospace suppliers in Anaheim, Santa Ana, Fullerton, Huntington Beach and Irvine, with door logs that support customer and CMMC audits.
Yes. BTI designs, sells, installs, supports and takes over existing Brivo accounts. After you confirm ownership, we arrange the change with Brivo, review users and schedules and fix doors that show offline or forced.
Door logs, badge reports and controlled zones give auditors evidence of who entered sensitive areas. CMMC and other compliance work is completed and contracted by BTI and its partners, including top industry professionals in each category.
After a free site survey we send a written, itemized proposal that lists every door, device and license. Financing at 3.99% is available for qualified buyers, subject to credit approval.
Often. Many strikes, maglocks, exit devices and door contacts can stay. The survey shows which openings can reuse hardware and which need new readers or locks.
Yes. Brivo, Avigilon Alta and Kantech all support mobile credentials, and cards and phones can work side by side during a phased switch.
Yes. BTI holds GSA contract 47QTCA21D00BA and is a CMAS and TESMA contract awardee (California), and we design lockdown and visitor screening for districts and public buildings.
A free consultation covers a site survey, a door schedule and a written scope you can share with your leadership.