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Area Building Owners Increase Security

DETROIT-Terrorist attacks and anthrax scares have increased the pace of security concerns in a market already jumpy because of incidents of violence in the workplace, says protection specialist Rodney Mack.

By Robert Carr | Updated on November 16, 2001

DETROIT-Building owners have decided to take security measures much more seriously since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and subsequent anthrax scares, say many building security professionals. Rodney Mack, an auxiliary systems specialist for Arcadis Giffels of Southfield, MI says owners are now thinking twice when designing a new project for how security will be handled, a new twist in building creation.

“Building owners have to be very conscientious. Whenever we put together a new facility I have a list of questions of what type of level of security they want to incorporate,” Mack tells GlobeSt.com.

These can include regular levels such as card readers and closed-circuit television, to bio-devices, such as palm readers and retina scanners, he explains.

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