At Exel, the plan is rather simple. Create the most forward-thinking security plan. While talking to Trieschmann, one gets the sense that no stone has been left unturned. “I did a security assessment of what was needed based off of loss events. I could turn this place into a prison, but you want to have some reasoning behind security. Our security stance is based off of examining areas previous concern,” says Trieschmann. So what Exel has done, under the innovative eye of Trieschmann and installer One Source Building Technologies, Houston, Tex., was to create a layered security approach. Let’s take a tour of Exel, Trieschmann’s “Fort Knox,” and examine the technologies involved.

“Since we have layered security, first you have get through our fence, then you have to pass the outside police patrol, through the building access control and metal detectors, then to the inside the command center. So no matter how you try to hold up, tie up or subdue one of our officers, I’ve got a command center that is watching everything,” says Trieschmann.