Commercial Low-Voltage and Security Systems Contractor in Lancaster and Lancaster County
KIT Communications is a commercial low voltage contractor, security systems installer, and communications integrator serving Lancaster and Lancaster County. The crew works the Lancaster area from KIT’s Lebanon headquarters, and has done so since 1999. One contractor handles the whole low-voltage stack — the cabling underneath, the security systems on top, and the wireless and communications that ride the same backbone.
KIT installs across Lancaster County for public school districts, charter, parochial, and Mennonite schools, the regional intermediate unit, and the county career and technology centers — and for senior-living and healthcare campuses, professional and association offices, municipal buildings, and the manufacturing and distribution plants along US-30, US-222, and PA-283. Use the links below to reach the Lancaster page for any single service.
Structured Cabling & Fiber Optic
KIT runs structured cabling and fiber backbone for Lancaster County’s school districts and charter, parochial, and Mennonite schools, the regional intermediate unit, and the county career and technology centers — classroom and lab drops, wireless access-point and camera home runs, IDF and server-room builds, and single-mode fiber tying a multi-building campus back to one core. KIT also cables the senior-living and healthcare campuses, the professional and association offices around Lancaster city, and the manufacturing and distribution plants near New Holland and Mount Joy. Every line is tested before closeout and verified to perform at its rated network speed.
Security Cameras & Video Surveillance
KIT is a commercial video surveillance installer for Lancaster County school districts and charter and private schools, the senior-living and healthcare campuses around Lancaster and Lititz, and the retail, corporate, and distribution sites along the US-30 and US-222 corridors. Systems span cloud-managed and on-premise platforms, with the analytics buyers use — smart search, license-plate and people detection, and alerting — tied back to access and alarm where a building wants the systems working together.
Door Access Control
KIT installs cloud and on-premise access control for Lancaster County schools — secure-entry vestibules and controlled doors for everything from one-building parochial schools to multi-campus public districts — and for senior-living and healthcare campuses, professional offices, and the plants and distribution sites around Mount Joy and Columbia, with mobile credentials, door schedules, and anti-passback. From a single controlled door to a multi-building campus, access integrates with video and alarm where the scope and platform allow, or runs standalone.
Commercial Alarm Systems
KIT is a commercial alarm system contractor for Lancaster County schools, faith-based facilities, and senior-living campuses, and for the retail, multi-tenant commercial buildings, and plants across northern and eastern Lancaster County — intrusion detection for the after-hours storefront and the off-shift unmanned plant alike, with motion and glass-break, door and window contacts, and panic and duress. 24/7 central-station monitoring is delivered through KIT’s UL-listed, FM-approved, TMA Five Diamond Certified monitoring partner, so alarm signals are dispatched around the clock.
Business WiFi & Wireless Surveys
KIT designs business WiFi from an RF-first position for Lancaster County’s schools running a device per student, plus the offices, healthcare campuses, and distribution floors around Lancaster and Mount Joy. Wireless surveys produce real coverage and capacity heat maps — measured on-site or modeled from the building’s construction — so the system is engineered for the floor it has to cover, from a parochial-school classroom wing in New Holland to a warehouse along US-30.
Overhead Paging & Mass Notification
KIT installs mass notification and overhead paging across Lancaster County — school intercom, bell schedules, and lockdown alerting for the public districts and charter, parochial, and Mennonite schools from Ephrata to Quarryville, and zone paging for the warehouses and distribution floors along US-30 and US-222, plus plant floors and commercial buildings near Mount Joy and Columbia. Lockdown and emergency notification integrate with access control and cameras where a facility wants them connected.
Business Phone Systems
KIT installs business phone systems for Lancaster-area organizations — cloud-hosted phone service for single offices, school districts, and multi-site businesses, plus on-premise where that fits better.
Serving Lancaster City, the Boroughs & Lancaster County
KIT covers Lancaster County end to end — from Lancaster city and the central boroughs around Lititz and Manheim, north and east through Ephrata and New Holland. Coverage runs west toward Elizabethtown and Mount Joy, and south to Strasburg and Quarryville. The full list of Lancaster-area communities served is in the FAQ below.
Lancaster County is central to KIT’s Pennsylvania service area, a short run down US-322 and PA-72 from the Lebanon base. Cooperative purchasing through COSTARS, PEPPM, and TIPS simplifies procurement for Lancaster County school districts, charter and private schools, the intermediate unit and county career and technology centers, and municipal buyers.
Start a Project in the Lancaster Area
KIT Communications installs commercial low-voltage, security, and communications systems across Lancaster and Lancaster County. Contact KIT Sales for a site survey and a written proposal.
Why Lancaster-Area Buyers Work With KIT
One contractor, the whole stack. The same company that pulls the cable installs the cameras, the access control, the alarm, the WiFi, and the paging that ride on it. Coverage can be designed, cabled, and installed by KIT Communications. When the layers come from one contractor, there’s one number to call when something needs attention.
Repeat work is the norm. KIT has delivered more than 500 projects in the Lancaster area over 25+ years, and 3,400+ commercial projects statewide since 2020 — more than five projects per client on average. Most KIT clients are repeat clients — the Estimator and PM who scope a project are the same people on the next one.
KIT advises; the client decides. On the platform choices — cloud versus on-premise cameras, access, and alarm — KIT lays out the architecture and tradeoffs and the client drives the decision. The goal is the system that fits the building.
Frequently Asked Questions
Lancaster, Lititz, Manheim, East Petersburg, and Millersville in central Lancaster County; Ephrata, Denver, Akron, Leola, and New Holland across the northern and eastern boroughs; Elizabethtown, Mount Joy, Landisville, Columbia, and Marietta toward the west; and Strasburg, Lampeter, Willow Street, and Quarryville to the south. Lancaster County is covered from KIT’s Lebanon headquarters.
Structured cabling and fiber optic, commercial video surveillance, door access control, commercial alarm and intrusion detection, business WiFi and wireless surveys, overhead paging and mass notification, and business phone systems — all from one contractor, on a shared cabling backbone.
Yes. KIT holds COSTARS, PEPPM, and TIPS cooperative purchasing agreements, which simplify procurement for Lancaster County school districts, charter and private schools, the intermediate unit and county career and technology centers, townships, and municipal buyers. KIT’s Lancaster-area work spans K-12, charter, and private schools, senior-living and healthcare, professional offices, municipal buildings, manufacturing, distribution, and commercial facilities.
Either. KIT installs standalone systems — a cabling job, a camera system, an access control project — as readily as an integrated multi-system build. Integration across cameras, access, and alarm is available where the building calls for it.
Yes, on most platforms. KIT regularly takes over existing access control, video, and alarm systems in the Lancaster area, services them, and converts legacy platforms to current cloud-managed systems when warranted. Serviceable cabling, readers, and door hardware are reused to keep conversion cost down.