Design & Build
Freedor and Dorgard protect Brighton & Hove libraries B
righton & Hove City Council has chosen wireless Freedor electrically powered free- swing door closers and Dorgard wireless fire door retainers to enhance access and protect staff and visitors to some of the City’s libraries. The Freedors and Dorgards have been installed on staff kitchen doors and fire door access routes throughout library buildings. The Council says it is very pleased with their performance, as they allow high-use fire doors to be kept open with the reassurance of knowing that the doors will close automatically in the event of a fire emergency.
Installed at the top of the door, Freedor is a unique wireless solution that allows users to hold open fire doors at any angle, automatically closing them when the fire alarm sounds to prevent the spread of fire and smoke around the building.
Freedor is neat, unobtrusive and easy to install in new buildings and retrofit, with none of the expense and disruption to occupants or the building associated with the installation of hard-wired door closers.
Dorgard, easily installed onto the bottom of the fire door in under 5 minutes, enables fire doors to be legally and safely kept open as it allows the door to close when the fire alarm sounds, preventing the spread of fire and smoke.
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Foremans recycled modular buildings for primary academy O
ne of the UK’s first primary schools to achieve Academy status has used a highly sustainable recycled modular building solution from Foremans Relocatable Building Systems to expand its classroom facilities.
In order to accommodate the new school’s reception and nursery classes until its own building is completed on an adjacent site, Foremans has provided additional teaching facilities at Cuckoo Hall.
“Cuckoo Hall is in such high demand that we had 270 applications last year for 120 places,” explains business director Simon Ward. “With the predicted growth in birth rates in surrounding areas, this demand looks
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set to continue. The new buildings have given us a highly cost-effective interim solution which certainly doesn’t look like a temporary facility.”
Foremans has supplied 10 recycled steel- framed modules configured as two adjacent teaching blocks to accommodate 120 children in three classrooms and one shared teaching space. Constructed to permanent standards, they feature a decked area, timber cladding and a covered walkway to the main school. Foremans completed the project in just nine weeks from receipt of order and undertook all foundations, services, decking, steps and ramps, fitting out and cladding installation.
“This project successfully demonstrates how we can deliver affordable, flexible teaching accommodation in less time to help schools address serious place planning issues,” says Mike Williams, managing director of Foremans. All Foremans’ recycled modular buildings are fully refurbished with new windows, wall linings, partitions, mechanical and electrical services, doors, flooring, and cladding to create high quality accommodation for interim and permanent education applications.
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