NORTH CANTON, Ohio - Diebold Inc. and major design-build mechanical contracting and systems integration firm, McKenney’s Inc., have teamed to provide advanced monitoring services to McKenney’s customer base across the southeastern United States. As a new member of the Diebold Advanced Dealer Program, McKenney’s will leverage Diebold’s full line of advanced monitoring solutions to help its customers reduce costs, enhance security, and increase operational efficiencies.

As a Diebold Authorized Dealer, McKenney’s can now offer complete turnkey solutions for energy management, video monitoring, managed access control, and security monitoring. Diebold’s energy management solutions monitor facility resources, such as HVAC and lighting, to help McKenney’s customers control energy costs. Through advanced alarm monitoring services, Diebold monitoring center experts can quickly respond to events at McKenney’s customers’ locations, enhancing McKenney’s 24x7 services.

Headquartered in Atlanta, McKenney’s has offices in North Carolina and Tennessee, and serves some of the largest buildings in the Southeast. McKenney’s designs, installs, and services mechanical solutions, including HVAC and building automation and control systems.

McKenney’s is the first participant in the Diebold Advanced Dealer Program to offer the program’s full range of advanced monitoring services.

“Current trends indicate an increase in the integration of all building systems into one common operating platform,” said Leroy Walden, vice president, McKenney’s Automation & Control Solutions. “Adding Diebold’s event monitoring to our cycle of services allows McKenney’s to take a leading role in assisting our customers to meet their future challenges.”

For more information about Diebold, visit www.diebold.com. For more information about McKenney’s, visit www.mckenneys.com.

Publication date:11/01/2010