FIRE SAFETY & DISASTER RECOVERY
evacuate the building. In this scenario, value-engineering - where ‘excess’ value and cost is removed so products and systems just meet or slightly exceed performance requirements - works, but does nothing more than that.
The debate about value-engineering
versus ‘over-engineering’ Most importantly, we should rethink our attitudes to ideas like ‘value-engineering’ and ‘over-engineering’. In an ideal world when everything and everyone performs as we’d like them to, we can rely on 30 minutes to get in and out of a burning building safely.
However, any tiny deviation from this perfect situation could result in devasting and irreversible consequences to lives and property. In the real world, small product variations and the myriad of variations in how a building is built or maintained add up and eat into our safe time. There should be a comfortable safety cushion built into every door that is in our offices and buildings.
That’s why we over-engineer our fire doors at Enfield Speciality Doors. That means they have extra safety time built into them – which could make all the difference. Our fire doors were subject to testing from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government as part of a nationwide project to test effectiveness after the Grenfell
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tragedy. The results were extremely encouraging. Enfield’s doors passed, and they passed well. Opening in exceeded the time required by 19% while opening out exceeded by 70%, or 51 minutes – an incredible result, and something we are proud of. Over-engineering really does work.
This year, we’ve launched two new products to market. Joining our range of fire doors, we have two new high- security, fire-resistant doorsets ideal for internal entrance door specifications for office fit-outs, council buildings, hotels or student accommodation: PAS24 FD30 and PAS24 FD60, for 30- and 60-minutes fire resistance respectively.
For the facilities managers we work with, our doorsets give so much more than fire resistance. Our two new options, for example, are suitable for refurbishment projects as well as new build and meet PAS24 for enhanced security. They offer 33db acoustic performance – particularly important for student accommodation or mixed-use buildings – and are built to order with a variety of finishes and veneers to choose from.
And, of course, they’re over-engineered, just like our other internal and external fire doors, to ensure that in the real world they give far more than ‘just enough’ time.
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