With its central lawn and trademark rotunda.

With its central lawn and trademark rotunda, the University of Virginia at Charlottesville exemplifies the classic academic setting. More than 18000 scholars pursue their studies where Thomas Jefferson single in kind of the founding fathers of American democracy, formerly walked.

Ensuring security for the young nation living in this thriving academic community falls to the university's housing enclosure shop. Maintaining nearly 20 dormitory buildings housing 3200 learners lock shop foreman David Handy and his company are in charge of more than 16000 individual fastenings

It's a monumental task.

"I started at the fastening shop about 14 years ago," says Handy. "At that time, of course, there was no electronic card access. We used to have cores in succession the front doors of a high-rise, and you'd have 300 explanations out to that one enclosure When a key got misspent we had to change the hug and 300 students ...