Access Control Installation in Massachusetts
Power Up Boston installs door access control systems for businesses and facilities in Plymouth, across the South Shore, and throughout Massachusetts: keycard, fob, keypad, and mobile-credential readers, electric strikes and maglocks, door controllers, and cloud or on-site management so you decide who can open which door and when, and can see who did. Systems integrate with our security cameras so a badge event and the video of the person at the door sit on the same timeline.
If you are still handing out metal keys and hoping former employees returned theirs, this replaces that with something you can manage from your phone.
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Who this is for
Access control makes sense the moment 'who has a key?' becomes a question nobody can answer. Typical situations:
- ●An employee left and the locks cannot be rekeyed every time, so the key is presumed 'somewhere.'
- ●Cleaners, contractors, or delivery drivers need in after hours, but only to certain doors and only at certain times.
- ●A gym, coworking space, storage facility, or club needs members to let themselves in with a fob or phone during the hours they pay for.
- ●A medical or dental office needs the records room, server closet, and drug storage locked to specific staff with an audit trail.
- ●Multiple locations or a multi-tenant building need one system that a manager can administer without driving around.
- ●The building has a lobby that should be open during the day and locked at night, automatically, without someone remembering.
What's included
✓Door-by-door assessment and design
We look at each opening: door and frame material, existing hardware, fire and egress requirements, whether it needs a reader on one side or both, and how it fits your schedule. The plan lists every door with the hardware it needs.
✓Readers and credentials
Proximity card and fob readers, keypads and PIN, and mobile credentials that let staff use their phone. Readers can be combined (card plus PIN for sensitive rooms) and credentials are issued and revoked from the management console in seconds.
✓Locking hardware
Electric strikes, magnetic locks, and electrified lever sets chosen for the door type and the code requirements, with request-to-exit sensors, door-position monitoring, and push-bar exit devices where required so the building is safer to leave as well as harder to enter.
✓Controllers and cabling
Door controllers in the closet or at the door, wired on dedicated cabling by our own technicians, with backup power so doors behave predictably during an outage. Fail-safe and fail-secure behavior is set door by door per code.
✓Schedules and permission groups
Doors unlock and lock on schedule, groups (staff, managers, cleaners, members, contractors) get exactly the doors and hours they need, and holidays are handled without anyone touching the system.
✓Cloud or on-premises management
Cloud-managed systems let you add a user, unlock a door for a delivery, or check the log from your phone from anywhere; on-site systems keep everything local when policy requires it. We explain the trade-offs and install either.
✓Audit trails and alerts
Every access, denied attempt, forced door, and door-held-open event is logged and can generate an alert. When something goes missing, you know who was in the room and when.
✓Camera integration
Door events linked to camera clips so the badge record and the video match up. Pairing access control with our camera installations is the most common configuration we deploy.
✓Visitor, intercom, and gate options
Video intercoms at the front door, visitor management for reception, and vehicle gate control for yards and lots, all administered in the same system.
✓Training, documentation, and support
We set up your administrators, show them how to add and remove people and pull reports, and document every door and controller for future service.
At a glance
- ✓Keycard, fob & keypad entry systems
- ✓Mobile credential access
- ✓Electric strikes, maglocks & exit devices
- ✓Multi-door & multi-site management
- ✓Schedules, permission groups & audit trails
- ✓Video intercom & visitor management
- ✓Cloud-based remote management
- ✓Camera integration & event linking
How it works
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Quick call
How many doors, what kind of building, who needs access and when, whether cameras are involved, and whether a landlord or fire marshal has requirements.
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Free on-site survey
We examine every door and frame, the cable paths, the closet, and the existing hardware, and confirm the access rules you want.
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Itemized proposal
Hardware per door, readers, controllers, credentials, software or cloud licensing, cabling, and labor listed separately, with options such as mobile credentials or intercoms priced individually.
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Installation and configuration
Locks and readers installed, doors tested for correct fail-safe or fail-secure behavior, schedules and groups programmed, credentials issued, and cameras linked where included.
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Handoff and support
Administrator training, documentation, and a team you can call when you add a door, a location, or a hundred new members.
Why a local Massachusetts installer
Power Up Boston has been based at 24 Samoset St in Plymouth, MA since 2009. In 17+ years we have worked with 1,622+ businesses across 68 communities on the South Shore, Cape Cod, and Greater Boston, and we hold a 4.9/5 rating from 112 Google reviews (as of June 2026). Call (508) 617-1310 and a person picks up.
Doors are mechanical, and access control lives at the intersection of low-voltage, locksmithing, and life-safety code. We install it ourselves from our Plymouth office, we coordinate with your fire alarm contractor and inspector when the building requires it, and we are a short drive away when a reader needs attention or a door gets replaced.
The same team runs your cameras and network, so the access system is one part of a building security setup you can actually manage, not another vendor to chase.
How access control pricing works
Access control is priced per door: the reader, locking hardware, controller capacity, and cabling for that opening, plus any cloud or software licensing and the credentials themselves. Existing electrified hardware, glass storefront doors, and gates each change the cost, which is why we survey before quoting. The proposal shows every door as its own line so adding or deferring one is a simple decision.
Code, egress, and fire alarm coordination
Locked doors must still let people out. We design each opening to meet Massachusetts egress requirements, use fail-safe hardware where code requires it, and tie into fire alarm release when the building's system calls for it, coordinating with your fire alarm vendor and the local inspector. It is part of the job, not an afterthought.
“Tremendously impressed! The hard drive on my desktop crashed. The folks at Power Up Boston were able to save all the non-replaceable software and transfer everything to a new machine seamlessly.”
Olene Meley
Business Professional
Frequently asked questions
?Fobs, cards, or phones?
Most businesses use cards or fobs for staff and add mobile credentials for managers and people who would otherwise forget the fob. Systems we install support all three, so you can mix them and change later.
?Can I unlock a door remotely for a delivery or a locked-out employee?
Yes, with a cloud-managed system you can open a door from your phone, and with a video intercom you can see who is asking first.
?What happens during a power outage?
Controllers and locks run on backup power for a defined period, and each door is set to fail-safe or fail-secure per code and your preference, so behavior in an outage is predictable and legal.
?Can it work with our existing cameras or the ones you install?
Yes. Door events can be linked to camera clips so you see the person and the badge event together. It works best when we install both, but many existing camera systems can be integrated.
?How many doors do we need to start?
One is fine. Many businesses start with the main entrance and the server or records room and add doors as the budget allows. Controllers are chosen with growth in mind.
?Do you handle multi-site businesses?
Yes. Cloud-managed systems let one administrator control every location's doors and users, with per-site permissions for local managers.
?Will it meet fire code?
We design every door for egress and fire-alarm release requirements, use compliant hardware, and coordinate with your fire alarm contractor and the inspector when required.
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