Opening the door to fast track services


Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies’ ‘Fast Track Service’ for steel doorsets simplifies specification and speeds up delivery of their most commonly specified doorsets options.


The service is particularly suitable for joinery and fit-out contractors as well as general builders who are looking for a single source for competitively priced steel doors — complete with fully certified ironmongery — on a reduced lead time. Designed to meet time-critical deadlines without compromising quality, Martin Roberts steel doors, frames and ironmongery are an ideal choice for general purpose, fire, acoustic or thermal applications — supplied within 3 – 4 weeks of an order being received by our dedicated Fast Track team, based in Sittingbourne in Kent.


The steel doors, in various pre-designed styles and options, are factory prepared and reinforced to facilitate accurate and time-saving installation on site. They are sold complete with complementary ironmongery sets selected from the high


quality and stylish Briton range.


Customers using the Fast Track Service benefit


from a combination of choice, performance, speedy delivery and cost effective pricing.


Fast Track steel doors are designed for the most popular single and double door applications and provide outstanding quality, reliability and durability — successfully tested to one million cycles in accordance with European standard BS EN 1191.


Martin Roberts and Briton brands are part of a complete ‘openings’ solution from the Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies.


www.security.ingersollrand.com/ martinroberts


Highly sustainable


Hydro Building Systems has opened a new and highly sustainable technical centre for the research, development and testing of its Technal brand of aluminium façade products.


The state-of-the-art facilities have already been used to carry out full-scale testing for Technal’s latest innovation — the revolutionary MODAL low rise glazing system which was developed in the UK and was the first product to be tested in the new centre.


Located in Toulouse, the 1,600m2 technical centre, which represents an investment of £1.8m, provides workshops for prototyping and assembly, testing laboratories, an electronics laboratory, showroom, equipment rooms, offices, and meeting rooms.


The building is equipped with three test rigs to assess air, wind and water


resistance in line with the latest European


standards, for windows up to 4m by 4m, and


Building & Facilities Management – September 2010 innovation and test centre


curtain walling up to 6m by 8m. There is also a unit to carry out mechanical tests for strength and resistance.


The centre was designed to minimise impact on the environment and carbon emissions. Energy consumption is expected to be as low as 45kWh/m2


per


year – exceeding Building Regulations requirements by more than 50 per cent. Technal’s MX Trame Horizontale curtain walling system to the south façade fitted with automatic brise soleil to allow shading to be oriented according to the position of the sun.


Photovoltaic modules integrated into the brise soleil sunshading, providing a total surface area of 34m2


which will


generate around 5,000 kW of electricity each year.


Technal’s MX Trame system delivers the same enhanced thermal efficiency as the other options in the MX curtain walling suite, but allows specifiers to accentuate the vertical or horizontal profiles across a façade using projecting caps. Specially designed flush gaskets soften the corresponding vertical or horizontal sections. It can accommodate 6mm to 32mm glazing as a flat façade and the Horizontale option can be faceted up to 10 . Tel: 01924 232323 Email: info@technal.co.uk www.technal.co.uk


Over 750 high performance internal fire doors fitted with the latest security hardware have been designed, manufactured and installed by steel door specialist Powershield for the new Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport. Dublin Airport is currently Europe’s tenth largest for international traffic, handling approximately 20 million passengers each year. The second terminal forms part of a five-year development programme being delivered by the Dublin Airport Authority and will be fully operational by November 2010. A variety of internal fire doors with a 60-minute fire rating were installed throughout the terminal, whilst security doors fitted with high security locks and cylinders were specified for the detention rooms.


Powershield steel doors take off at Dublin Airport


Powershield supplied all ironmongery for every door on the project, with all components sourced internally from within the ASSA ABLOY Group. This further consolidates the group’s position as global leaders in complete door opening solutions.


For improved aesthetics, a unique Formica laminate and full height stainless steel wrap pushplates were applied to approximately 50% of the doors to create a bespoke solution, tailored to the airport’s requirements.


Commenting on the project, Sales Director of Powershield Brian Sofley said: “This was a large and complex project with high-spec finishes. The project involved a six-month R&D programme to develop and test the highly specialised door solution requested by the architect. The finished product is one of the most detailed specifications we have ever delivered.“ Powershield fire doors have been tested in accordance with Certifire and are accredited to BS 476: Part 22: 1987 and BS EN 1634-1:2000.


For further information on the full range of steel doors available from Powershield, visit www.powershield.co.uk Tel: 02892 662200.


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