Introduction

 

      The ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor Long Carbon (IHLC) Plant is located in East Chicago, Indiana. The Environmental, Health, and Safety Manager will be Mr. Cliff Barnett. The aim of this project is to design a new entry gate that will aid traffic flow, improve security, and reinforce safety while entering the ArcelorMittal factory grounds. Ultimately, the delivered product will have a radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, employee database, a controlled gate arm, and video recording.

 

Security, whether referring to computers and electronics or car and parking lot security, has become a prevalent problem within society today. Despite the best efforts of some, breaches do occur.  Furthermore, in our large metropolitan cities, parking has progressively become more of a concerning issue. While the number of parking spaces is not increasing, the number of visitors has increased exponentially in many large metropolitan areas. This is a two edge sword in which the increased people traffic is important to revitalize and support our metropolitan areas. However, if there are not enough safe and secure areas in which people can safely leave their vehicles, these individuals will not continue to frequent these cities.  Thus, the goal of the Gate Security Project is to provide an effective solution to secure a currently unsecured parking lot. The new system would not only give the company peace of mind, but also the employees.

 

The proposed new and improved design will not only utilize existing devices, it will place them in more user friendly locations.  Since the same readers are used widely in many plants throughout the United States, employee education will not be needed. However, one improvement that could be made is to include a second camera near the current reader device. The second camera would then record the face of all employees that use the entrance. Being able to identify false entry attempts will be beneficial to the company.