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The Optus campus in Macquarie Park, Sydney.
"The post-COVID smart building needs to be smarter than that, which is where touchless visitor access management can play an important role in helping Australians stay safe and get back to work."
Counting Optus and Nokia among its Austral- ian customers, AccessIn's touchless visitor ac- cess management is one aspect of its smart building platform which brings digital transfor- mation into the physical world.
AccessIn supports more than 6,500 employees and up to 500 visitors per day accessing the Op- tus Centre at Macquarie Park, with the system set to play a vital role in enabling a safe return to the workplace.
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AS AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSES PREPARE FOR THEIR STAFF TO RETURN, TOUCH-FREE BUILDING ACCESS WILL BE THE KEY TO SAFELY BRINGING PEOPLE BACK INTO THE OFFICE AND ADAPTING TO THE 'NEW NORMAL'.
HECK-IN KIOSKS AND physi- cal guest passes have been the cornerstone of traditional visitor access management for many years but, in the age of COVID-19,
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Meanwhile, Nokia leverages AccessIn's asset intelligence platform to manage its mobile field service, with hundreds of field engineers and off- shore personnel maintaining thousands of mo- bile tower sites across Australia.
The platform offers field engineers, service desk and management a single view of issues, impact and severity – which plays a critical role during disaster management, such as incorpo- rating real-time NSW RFS data.
When it comes to combating COVID-19, Acces- sIn's touchless visitor access management allows staff to securely authorise guests and permit building access without leaving their desk, thanks to a smartphone app which takes advantage of QR codes, Bluetooth sensors and geofencing.
An end-to-end solution, AccessIn integrates with car park access, facial recognition, turn- stiles and smart locks.
When it comes to protecting staff, AccessIn allows businesses to meet their COVID-safe so- cial distancing obligation, such as enforcing maximum capacity levels, supporting hotdesk bookings and identifying congregation hotspots.
the thought of every visitor touching the same screen and then being handed a re-used lanyard to hang around their neck is rather unnerving. As busi- nesses develop a COVID-safe plan for their return to work, touchless solutions are one key way to reduce physical contact and face-to face-interactions.
Taking a hands-off approach to building access management helps mitigate the risk of infection to staff and visitors, along with the risk of further business closures, according to Wayne Spencer – CEO of Australian owned Integrated Asset Man- agement Technology company AccessIn.
"When visitors start returning to your office, do you really want the first thing they see to be a grubby touchscreen at reception?" Spencer said.
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