Access Control

Access control

In a nutshell, access control is about allowing who you want through the doors you want, when you want. For example, you may have cleaning staff who are allowed in the building between 6pm and 10pm, security porters who can go anywhere at any time and shift staff who are allowed into the main doors and a route to their offices within the hours dictated by their working patterns.

You don't want to allow your shift workers in the building after hours, and if there's no reason for the cleaners to be in your corridors at 2pm, then this can be enforced. Access control is about your peace of mind, knowing that your corridors and buildings are kept secure, without inconveniencing your staff.

Spectra are Distributor / installers for some of the most respected and Quality names in the business.

Spectra was one of the first companies in the UK to adopt Cotag as a " Hands Free" access control system nearly 15 years ago. Today we are the only authorised Distributor / Installer in the North West and are proud to be a "Bewator Cotag Centre of Excellence".

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BSB are based just outside Blackburn. They design and produce the "Progeny" range of access control products.

As a small start up company we first put our trust in the ingenuity and enthusiasm of the BSB team 17 years ago. Today, we have over 30,000 progeny card holders relying on Spectra for Access control.

We have installed hundreds of systems from a simple single door right up to our largest "Progeny" system which now has over 100 doors under control in a single building.

If you are looking for a keypad or card reader that's flexible, durable, and is capable of being adapted to many applications then the Progeny range is what you need.

Combining these excellent products with Spectra's Design and system installation knowledge and back-up service results in a total solution package which is envied throughout the industry.

Truly "Fit and Forget" Access control that can even be programmed to read cards from your present access control system.

Some access control statistics




  • Over 50,000 people now carry an access control card supplied by us.

  • We have installed access control on over 5,000 doors.

  • We service over 200 installations every year.

  • We have been installing Cotag "Hands Free" access control since 1984.

  • Progeny installers since 1983 - only they know more about Progency than we do!

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