Skip to the main content.

Owner Approach

Focused on owner’s requirements, Conspectus offers an accurate, transparent view of how decisions made during the design process will ultimately impact project cost, construction quality, and building operations.

Services 

Owner Approach | Conspectus

 

Contact Us

    Architect Approach

    Focused on architect's requirements, Conspectus offers an accurate, transparent view of how decisions made during the design process will ultimately impact project cost, construction quality, and building operations.

    Services 

    Architects | Conspectus Inc

     

    Contact Us

      Design-Builder Approach

      Focused on design-builder's requirements, Conspectus offers an accurate, transparent view of how decisions made during the design process will ultimately impact project cost, construction quality, and building operations.

      Services 

      Design-Builders | Conspectus Inc

       

      Contact Us

        Construction Manager Approach

        Focused on construction manager's requirements, Conspectus offers an accurate, transparent view of how decisions made during the design process will ultimately impact project cost, construction quality, and building operations.

        Services 

        Construction Managers | Conspectus Inc

         

        Contact Us

          Keypad locks offer the advantage of removing the need for keys, while sill maintaining a secure opening. The opening security is controlled by changing the keypad combination.

          Blog 2011.06.27 Keypad combinationLocks are typically shipped from the factory with 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - * as the default combination. I found this sign in an architect's office reminding the staff of the keypad combination to return to the office from the toilet rooms. Perhaps, someone thought it a good combination because of the star key.

          The sign reminded me of a scene from a Mel Brooks' movie "Spaceballs" where King Roland finally gives in to Dark Helmet and reveals the combination to the "air shield" protecting his planet. The response from Dark Helmet: "So the combination is... one, two, three, four, five? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!"

          At a recent ASSA ABLOY seminar, I heard an architect describe completing a survey of an existing hospital. Encountering a room secured with a keypad lock, he entered the default combination and opened the door to the medication storage room. Not exactly a secure installation.

          If you are using a door with a keypad lock with 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - * as the combination, change the combination, now, to ensure the door is really secure.