Installation · Columbus OH + Nashville TN

Access control &
door entry, on your terms — Columbus, OH.

Know who opens every door, and lock it from your phone. Keycard, fob, mobile, and PIN entry — UniFi Access and cloud-managed systems with a full audit trail and remote control.

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Access Control & Door Entry Installation — professional installation by ClearMax Labs

Access Control Installation · Columbus, OH

Columbus is our home market — our address is in Sunbury, which means a site walk here is a drive, not a dispatch. The access-control work across Central Ohio spans a wide range of building stock: warehouse and distribution around the outerbelt and toward Rickenbacker, professional and medical offices in Dublin, Westerville, Worthington and the Polaris corridor, older brick downtown and in the Short North, and newer flex space in the suburbs. Because we are local, we can walk the door schedule with you before quoting instead of estimating from photos.

Door hardware by building type

Central Ohio building stock, door by door

The right reader is the easy part. The door it goes on is what decides whether the system works, passes inspection, and lasts.

Warehouse & distribution

Outerbelt and Rickenbacker corridor. Hollow metal personnel doors, dock offices and gates, with shift-based schedules for crews and contractors.

Suburban professional & medical

Dublin, Westerville, Worthington, Polaris. Aluminum storefront and hollow metal, with records and IT rooms on their own credential lists.

Downtown & Short North brick

Older masonry and converted buildings where the wiring path takes more thought than the reader. Concealed hardware where the facade matters.

Multi-tenant suburban office

Suite-level permissions coordinated with building management and the shared entry.

Code & inspection

Franklin County inspection and the local advantage

Egress governs the door here exactly as it does in Tennessee: request-to-exit devices, fail-safe release on fire alarm, and fire-official review for mag locks and delayed egress, with electrical work following normal permitting. The practical difference in Columbus is proximity. We are based in Sunbury, so a pre-quote site walk, a mid-install question, or a warranty visit is a short drive rather than a scheduling exercise. For buildings where the door schedule is genuinely uncertain until someone puts hands on the openings, that matters more than any spec sheet.

Common jobs here

What Columbus businesses ask us to solve

Office relocation or expansion

Door schedule designed alongside the cabling and network scope so one crew handles the whole buildout.

Warehouse crew and contractor access

Shift schedules, dock office restrictions, and credentials that expire with the contract.

Medical or dental practice

Operatory corridors, records and medication storage on separate credentials with a real audit trail.

Service area

Where we install in Central Ohio

Downtown · Short North · Easton · Polaris · Dublin · Westerville · Worthington · Hilliard · Grove City · Gahanna · Sunbury · Rickenbacker corridor

Service Area

Serving the Columbus metro

Same-day site walks across Franklin County: Dublin, Westerville, Hilliard, Grove City, Gahanna, New Albany, Upper Arlington.

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What’s included

Everything the access control & door entry installation covers

One crew, one quote, and none of the “that’s not in scope” surprises. Here’s what a ClearMax access control & door entry installation job includes.

Controller & reader install

Door controllers and readers mounted and wired at each entry point.

Credential setup

Keycards, fobs, mobile credentials, and PIN codes provisioned for your team.

Electric strikes & maglocks

Door hardware installed and wired, with request-to-exit and fail-safe/secure logic.

Schedules & rules

Time-based access, holidays, and per-door permissions configured to how you operate.

Audit logging

Every unlock logged, searchable, and exportable for compliance or investigations.

Remote management

Lock, unlock, and manage credentials from anywhere — no on-site keypad juggling.

How it works

Simple process. No surprises.

From first walkthrough to hand-off, you always know what’s next and what it costs.

Door survey

We assess each door, existing hardware, and power, then design the access layout.

Quote & schedule

Per-door pricing, itemized. Coordinated so your entrances stay usable during the work.

Install & wire

Controllers, readers, and door hardware installed, wired, and tied to your network.

Provision & train

Credentials issued, schedules set, and a quick walkthrough so your team owns it.

Built for your industry

Access Control & Door Entry Installation for your line of work

We install for specific industries and speak their software and compliance. Find your specialist page:

🦷Dental IT→
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🐾Veterinary IT→
⚖️Law Firm IT→
🛡️Insurance Agency IT→
🧮Accounting IT→
🏨Hospitality IT→
📦Warehouse IT→
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Pricing without surprises

Flat, itemized quotes. No subcontractor markups.

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Itemized Quote

Line-by-line, so you know what every dollar buys.

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Our Own Crew

No subcontractor roulette. One accountable team.

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Direct-Partner Pricing

Hardware at our cost. We don’t mark it up.

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Managed After

Want us to keep it running? Roll it into managed IT.

Questions, answered

Access Control & Door Entry Installation FAQ

Are you actually local to Columbus?

Yes — our address is in Sunbury, just north of the metro. That means pre-quote site walks, same-day response for most of Central Ohio, and warranty visits that do not require scheduling a trip. It is the one thing we can offer here that a national dispatch model cannot.

Can you do access control as part of a larger office buildout?

That is the ideal way to buy it. When we are already running structured cabling, WiFi and cameras for a buildout, the access-control conduit and door prep get specified in the same design — one crew, one coordinated schedule, and no second mobilization to core a door that was open two weeks earlier.

Do you handle the fire marshal coordination?

We design to the egress requirements from the start — request-to-exit, fail-safe release where required, documented door schedule — and coordinate the fire-alarm interface. That documentation is what makes inspection straightforward rather than a return trip.

Real installs, not stock photos

Work from a recent commercial access control install

Every photo below is our own work — the hub wiring, the egress hardware, and the finished reader. This is what a properly documented, code-compliant install looks like when it is finished.

UniFi Access door hub wired to an Altronix power supply with labeled conduit and Cat6 during a commercial access control installation — Door hub wired to its own power supply — labeled conductors, dressed cable, and a locked enclosure. The part nobody photographs and every technician judges you on.

ASSA ABLOY magnetic lock with request-to-exit motion sensor and armored cable installed above a glass office door — Magnetic lock with the request-to-exit sensor above it and armored cable into the header. Free egress is not optional — NFPA 101 requires it, and this is what compliance looks like installed.

Glass office door with magnetic lock, request-to-exit sensor, push-to-exit button and illuminated exit sign — code-compliant egress — The full opening: maglock, request-to-exit motion sensor, push-to-exit button and exit signage on a glass storefront door. Narrow-stile glass cannot take a standard strike — this is the correct hardware for it.

UniFi Access intercom showing a live door-unlock event on the touchscreen after a successful credential read — The reader live and unlocked after a valid credential. Flush-mounted with a clean trim plate — the finish detail that separates a professional install from a bracket screwed to drywall.

Get a Free Access Control & Door Entry Installation Quote

Tell us about your space in Columbus or Nashville. We’ll follow up with a flat, itemized quote — usually same day.

Tired of re-keying locks and chasing badges? Get a per-door access control quote — cloud-managed, audit-ready.

ClearMax Labs — install and managed IT for business across Columbus, OH and Nashville, TN.

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Access control &door entry, on your terms — Columbus, OH.