Quickly Expanding University Overhauls Security Plan
Over the past eight years, George Mason University, located in the heart of the Northern Virginia Tech Corridor in Fairfax,Va., has opened nearly 30 new facilities and renovated countless others to bring its physical plant to more than 170 buildings. Home to more than 30,000 students who pursue degrees among its 80 undergraduate programs on its 670-acre residential campus, GMU has invested several hundred million dollars into the construction of new facilities that include student residence halls, research buildings, a hotel/conference center, retail outlets and faculty/staff housing.
One common thread for all of GMU’s facilities is the need for physical security and access control. When the university decided that it needed to update and replace much of its access control and video surveillance system, it turned to Munster, Ind.-based RS2 Technologies and to local Virginia company S3 Integration, an RS2 dealer/integrator.