Achieving Electoral Transparency with Modular Viewing Area Solutions
When the City of Philadelphia sought to change the way they provided viewing access to the electoral process, they turned to Visiontron. With a rich history and a commitment to democracy, Philadelphia envisioned an attractive, safe, and functional viewing area where both the public and the media could engage firsthand with the ballot counting process and provide crowd control for voting transparency in one solution.
How to Set Up a Proper Queue
Setting up a proper and efficient queuing system is essential for any business or organization to maintain order, ensure customer satisfaction, and promote safety. Whether it’s a retail store, bank, airport, or event venue, a well-designed queuing system can help manage crowds and direct traffic in a controlled and organized manner. Below, we will provide detailed guidelines on How to Set Up a Proper Queue using retractable belt stanchions and panels for crowd control and wayfinding solutions.
Using a retractable belt queue system is better for your business
As a business owner or manager, creating a welcoming environment for customers is essential to success. One key aspect of a successful business is crowd control. A retractable belt queue system with stanchions and barriers is an effective solution for crowd control and provides many benefits over customer-controlled lines. Learn why a queue system is better for your business.
Whether retail, restaurant or warehouse, every bit of floor space count$.
You’re open for business but under strict guidelines to maintain six feet of social distancing for customers and employees. The queues and barriers you may already have in place might need to be extended to accommodate for keeping people spaced out enough, but that, along with compliance signage, could take away valuable floor space.
With our deep roots stemming from working with the world’s busiest airports, we understand the need to organize and move people in a safe and orderly fashion. Our expert engineers have designed flexible queuing and wayfinding solutions that can handle high traffic and abuse. Many retailers, including Bloomingdale’s, Verizon, Walmart, Best Buy, Michael Kors, Five Guys, Nike, BJ’s and Costco (among others), are our valuable customers, allowing us to protect theirs. Here are some tips that might apply to your business.
Queues are Safer Now, Thanks to Trusty Magnets for Emergency Stanchions
Every building has plans for emergency evacuations that take multiple codes into account, including both the actual exits and a clear path to reach them from any occupied space. International Fire Code states, “Each secured physical barrier shall automatically retract or swing to an unobstructed open position in the direction of egress…”(1) Panic can ensue when those paths are blocked, resulting in a loss of control, putting everyone’s safety in jeopardy.
To put it simply, emergency stanchions with belts or ropes can inhibit your patrons from safely reaching exits in the event of emergencies. They can also block first responders from quickly reaching someone in need of help.
Because of this, international and state level fire codes have adopted quick egress policies from queues in the event of any emergency. So, you need a solution that not only guides crowds around your facility, but also allows them to bypass those defined queues when required.
Visiontron’s Guide to Guards
Keeping customers and employees separated will create a safe experience for all. Sneeze Guards come in many styles and materials to accommodate any budget and application. Here are some examples.
Designing the “New Counter Experience”
The new counter experience is all about feeling safe. Customers and staff want to know that there are procedures and equipment in place to protect and separate. Emphasize this message throughout the entire customer journey.
Messaging and equipment are just as important once the transaction is completed. Limit cross-traffic interactions with one-way flows and provide additional sanitizer dispensers near the exit.
Designing the “New Queue”
The new normal is dictating changes in how we interact and go about doing business while keeping employees and customers healthy.
Crowd Control for the “New Normal”
For over 50 years, we’ve been manufacturing products that guide people to ensure a safe, organized journey. See how many of our new and existing products help as the world focuses on a more distanced, guarded and safer path ahead.
Visiontron Creates a Magnetically Appealing Product that Satisfies International Fire Code
The architect assigned to redesign the Hoover Dam Visitors Center requested a quote for an elegant, sturdy queue solution. We quoted our Premium ADA-compliant Dual Line RETRACTA-BELT® posts with our patented MINI-SOCKET® base mount, which has the smallest possible footprint and looks really sleek.
Hoover Dam had concerns that the belts would not easily open to provide safe exiting from the queue in the event of an emergency, so our expert engineers went to work on designing a magnetic Breakaway Belt compatible with our RETRACTA-BELT products. They had built and destroyed, rebuilt and then destroyed less, multiple samples until they finally had a reliable solution that provided uninhibited egress from a line. Satisfying the architect, the Fire Marshal and Hoover Dam, the order for custom stanchions with Breakaway Belts was placed.
Visiontron Takes Customization to the Next Level for Bank of America
A couple of years back, Bank of America was looking to replace the queue panel system that they used in their branches. Their existing system was wrought with problems; it required too much work to install, they had issues with the bases coming loose and they did not like how literature was installed into the frames.
So, in looking to replace their old system, Bank of America reached out to Visiontron. The project brief:
• Simple installation.
• Reliable and sturdy post and base construction.
• Frames with easy access to change literature.
• Posts in a satin finish.
Our first quote was for our best in class RETRACTA-BELT® satin finish posts with standard black caps and clips, and Designer-Series Q-PANEL® systems, which is designed with a unique hinged top, making it very easy to change frame inserts.
Visiontron Introduces VERSA-STAND — A New Line of Sign Stands for Airports, Stadiums, Casinos, Banks, Restaurants and Hotels
Visiontron Corp. is proud to launch the VERSA-STAND line, three sign stand styles each with easily changeable graphics and a variety of finishes and options to meet a wide range of signage requirements.
“This American-made product line is unique because of its many models and customizations,” says Joseph N. Torsiello Jr., President of Visiontron Corp. “We expect the VERSA-STAND to become the ‘go-to’ product line for places that need a prominent sign display but with changeable messages.”
