The city of Ottawa, Canada was facing a crisis. It needed to facilitate its growth plan by providing an expandable security system and provide for centralized monitoring and control of all its facilities. Johnson Controls/Cardkey Division, Simi Valley, Calif., installed its integrated security management system that serves over 55 facilities.
The new City of Ottawa was created on January 1, 2001. It encompasses the nation's capital and 11 former regional municipalities with over 700,000 residents and an area of 2,800 square-kilometers. A Cardkey security system, first installed in the former regional headquarters in 1990, has been expanded since then to serve municipal buildings throughout the new City. Suno-Tech, an authorized Cardkey dealer, was named service provider of choice for work on this large, integrated system.