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Elliot A. Boxerbaum Design Award
Nominations for the 2026 Elliot A. Boxerbaum Award for Security Design Project of the Year are now open. The award will recognize projects that went live between July 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026. The Elliot A. Boxerbaum Memorial Award will be presented to a consulting or engineering company which designed and specified a qualified and completed security design project. It will recognize collaboration, design excellence, uniqueness, creativity, and administration factors which contributed to a highly successful security project.
The presentation will occur at the next CONSULT Technical Security Symposium
All valid applicants will have registration fees waived for the next CONSULT. Award project finalists and designers will be featured in Security magazine.
We congratulate Bala Consulting Engineers and Matt Ezold for their winning submission for the 2025 Elliot A. Boxerbaum Award on 900 & 801 Church in Nashville, TN.
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Ed Chandler Security Innovation Award
The Ed Chandler Security Innovation Award recognizes innovation emanating from the security consulting community. That innovation may be a process, service offering, or unique application of technology or product. This about introducing novel ideas, methods, or devices, and may be incremental improvement or radical breakthrough. Ultimately, innovation drives progress and change by addressing needs, solving problems, and creating new opportunities. Security-specific design companies, low-voltage system design companies, Architectural and Engineering, and MEP firms all qualify. Companies are invited to apply for this year's award, with innovations introduced July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
We congratulate ADRM for winning the inaugural 2025 Ed Chandler Security Innovation Award for the DEFENDER Security Management Platform.
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Product of the Day - 6/26/2026
NVITE - Multi Technology Reader
Nedap Identification Systems
The NVITE reader is a multi-technology reader that enables contactless identification. This reader supports smartcards, proximity cards, QR, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Near Field Communication (NFC). NVITE ensures seamless integration and supports various communication interfaces for third party integration, such as Wiegand and Open Supervised Device Protocol (OSDP).
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Product of the Day - 6/26/2026
NexaiQ Cloud Computing Software
Soterix Systems
Soterix Systems' NexaiQ redefines device and IoT management, providing real-time intelligence and seamless integrations. Designed to optimize existing infrastructure, NexaiQ eliminates complexity, streamlines licensing, and delivers an effortless transition to the Cloud.
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Today's Featured Consultant - 6/26/2026
Ed Chandler
Security by Design Inc.
Mr. Chandler is the Chairman of Security By Design, Inc. and has been involved in the design of many aspects of security, fire and data center coordination for more than 35 years. He is recognized as an expert in systems integration for security alarms, access control, fire detection and suppression, closed circuit television, intercom, and emergency shutdown processes for computer facilities. There are several very large security systems, spanning multiple countries, which were designed and coordinated by Mr. Chandler. He has coordinated, designed, and specified integrated security approaches for office complexes, industrial facilities, laboratories, schools, and high-end residential homes.
Mr. Chandler is well known in the security industry for his technical expertise and knowledge of lock hardware and master planning. Ed has been an instructor at many seminars and has served as an expert witness for both owners and legal advisors regarding security related litigation of projects. He holds a graduate degree in Education from California State University, Hayward and a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley. Ed is a member of the American Society for Industrial Security, the National Fire Protection Association, American Institute of Architects, and the Associated Locksmiths of America, and earned his CPP in 1980.
Phone: +1 925-609-1000
Email: Ed_Chandler@sbd.us
Certifications: CPP
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