Access Control & CCTV in Plano: Multifamily and Corporate Campus Security

Plano has two security markets, and they need opposite designs. Legacy West and the corporate campuses along the Tollway run enterprise badging with IT ownership. The Class A multifamily along Preston and Spring Creek runs lean, with a property manager and a phone. Building one for the other is how owners end up with a system nobody administers.

Multifamily: mobile credentials are now the default

Fobs create a rekey-and-replace cycle that quietly eats the operations budget. Cloud access control with mobile credentials lets a manager revoke a resident at move-out from a phone, issue vendor access with a time window, and audit who opened the package room at 2 a.m. Design implications:

• Readers must support BLE/NFC plus a card fallback — not every resident wants an app.
• Every controlled door needs network reachability; plan the IDF and PoE budget, not just the reader.
• Amenity doors (pool, fitness, dog wash, package room) drive the door count more than the perimeter does.

Package rooms and amenity decks are the claim generators

Package theft and amenity incidents are what property managers actually pull footage for. That means identification-grade coverage at the package room door and the amenity entries, not just an overview of the deck. One correctly aimed camera at face height beats three ceiling domes looking at the tops of heads. Texas also requires pool-area emergency phone service — we scope that with the security package so it is not discovered at inspection.

Corporate campus: integrate with IT from day one

Plano corporate clients typically want on-prem or hybrid recording, SSO or directory-driven credential provisioning, VLAN segmentation for cameras, and a documented patch path. That is an IT project as much as a security one. We bring the network scope with the security scope so the switch, VLAN and UPS design are not left to whoever shows up last.

Plano budgeting ranges for 2026

• Controlled opening with mobile-credential reader: $2,400 – $4,200 per door.
• Interior identification camera (package room, entries): $1,000 – $1,700.
• Cloud platform subscription: typically $10 – $25 per door per month and $10 – $30 per camera per month, owner-paid.

See the statewide guide for the full design method and the cost-per-door guide for whole-building budgeting.

Working with EIG PRO in Plano

Licensed Texas low-voltage contractor (#B28642601) headquartered in Wylie, minutes from Plano. See our Plano security services or request a budget.