Mingara One is a premium fitness centre on the Central Coast, with over 4000 members, a state of the art gymnasium, a comprehensive Wellness Centre and 3 swim pool areas, including an 8 lane Olympic pool.
Mingara had been using the CENTAMAN solution for membership, CRM, Swim School and POS for over 10 years, but when the new Mingara One fitness Centre was opened, it became apparent that membership would more than double, and an effective access control system would need to be implemented to enable valid members to quickly and easily gain access to the centre, whilst preventing non members from gaining access.
Mingara consulted with CENTAMAN Systems as to the best solution to automate members’ entry and exit. The final solution consisted of 2 Fastlane Tripod Turnstiles for entry. The Fastlane Tripod Turnstiles were supplied with swipe card readers and integrated with the CENTAMAN membership system. When a member swipes their card at the Fastlane Tripod Turnstile, the CENTAMAN software verifies that the membership is valid and the person has arrived during their correct time slot. For exit there is a motorised passgate that has been integrated with a set of PE beams so that it opens automatically as someone exits. The gate has also been integrated with a desk mounted control to open the gate, providing disabled access into and out of the centre, and facilitating deliveries.
The CENTAMAN system went live in October 2008 and now manages 1200 entries per day with a peak of over 420 entries in a busy hour. One of the key benefits of the automated CENTAMAN system is that is has freed up the reception team. Instead of the time consuming process of verifying whether someone is a valid member and they are there at the right time, they can now focus on bookings, new members and general day to day queries.
CENTAMAN was chosen because Mingara One wanted a single source software management solution and entrance control solution.