EU’s tallest building benefits from bespoke visitor management and access control installations

Forge Bluepoint, Forge’s cloud-based visitor management solution, was chosen by Varso Place’s developer HB Reavis after the firm researched the market and found it could provide a great experience for visitors as it was ‘multi-tenant ready’, multi-lingual in nature and could integrate seamlessly with Inner Range’s established Integriti access control system.

Jakub Kacer, security manager at HB Reavis, informed Security Matters: “With all tenants using Forge Bluepoint, our receptionists will have less administration work and we will benefit from real-time visitor statistics. It’s a modern and attractive visitor management system.”

Forge Bluepoint allows the main reception teams at each building to focus on the experience at Varso Place. Visitors will be invited by tenants via e-mail which will provide them with a unique QR code. Visitors use this QR code to check-in at the Forge Bluepoint kiosk or with the reception team.

Integration with Inner Range’s Integriti access control system allows visitors to also use the QR code to call the Schindler-supplied lifts to access the floor of the tenant company and nowhere else.

Implementation from the UK

Paul Speariett, co-founder and director at Forge, said: “Working closely with the on-site security and building management team at Varso Place, we were able to implement Forge Bluepoint during the COVID-19 crisis from the UK. It wasn’t an ideal scenario, but we overcame the challenges and we’re now proud to see Forge Bluepoint working to give visitors a great experience.”

Tim Northwood, general manager at Inner Range, added: “Integriti provides robust security and sophisticated controls around access to these new buildings. It also allows trouble-free access for end users, including the ability to invite and manage visitors easily via Forge Bluepoint.”

With 1.5 million square foot of leasable space, companies including the Cambridge Innovation Centre, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (a state-owned development bank in Poland) and the Polish offices of Nvidia, Yves Rocher and Workday will all call Varso Place ‘home’ and use Forge Bluepoint to invite visitors easily, safely and securely to the site.

As the chosen visitor management supplier for HB Reavis globally, Forge is currently rolling out Forge Bluepoint at Nivy Tower in Bratislava and the Agora Tower in Budapest.