Door Industry Journal - Spring 2017

102 THE door industry journal spring 2017 Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk WARRINGTON CERTIFICATION LAUNCHES NEW SCHEMES Warrington Certification has launched new Certifire schemes for pivots and door handles on fire doorsets. The UKAS accredited Technical Schedules (TS’s), which have been developed in response to industry demand, include four new TS’s covering top and bottom pivots, electromechanical locks, handles and variable geometry hinges. For some years, the UK door and hardware industry has raised concerns over the lack of a minimum prescribed level, with respect to performance and quality for lever handles and top and bottom pivots and in the absence of harmonised standards, have sought alternative ways to raise the quality for these elements. In response, Warrington Certification has introduced TS’s for top and bottom pivots (TS80) and lever handles (TS82). The four new Technical Schedules TS80, TS81, TS82 and TS83 will ensure a minimum level of performance for all new products which are used on fire and smoke resisting doors. Electromechanical locks (TS81) and variable geometry unsprung and concealed hinges (TS83) follow in the same footsteps as other Certifire technical schedules such as mechanical locks (TS23) and single axis hinges (TS24). Paul Duggan, Certification Manager at Warrington Certification, commented: “We are proud to launch these new UKAS accredited Certifire schemes, which are designed to further help raise the bar in fire door and product certification”. “These four new technical schedules which have been developed with the Certifire hardware panel members, expand the scope of our certification offering and they demonstrate Warrington Certification’s commitment to try and make fire doors even safer.” For more information on the new schemes please contact Warrington Certification on 01925 646669 or wcl@exova.com ASSA ABLOY SECURITY DOORS AT NEW CANARY WHARF ELIZABETH LINE STATION ASSA ABLOY Security Doors, a UK division of ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening solutions, has supplied specialist doorsets to the new Elizabeth line station at Canary Wharf. The new station at Canary Wharf will be one of the largest Elizabeth line stations and has been built in the dock water area, in the North Dock of West India Quay. The station, retail and park areas are six stories high. ASSA ABLOY Security Doors worked with specialist subcontractors, Lindner, to provide pivoted, fire rated platform doors to conceal station equipment rooms that needed to be clad with a vitreous enamel panels. Nigel Cronin, Area Sales Manager at ASSA ABLOY Security Doors, said: “Canary Wharf’s Elizabeth line station is just one of many London Underground projects we are currently proud to be associated with. “We were brought in to this project, with a brief to come up with a door design that was capable of carrying the weight of vitreous enamel panels that also needed to pass an independent assessment for fire integrity. Our design was based around a pivot system that was capable of supporting the weight of the heavy doors of up to 300kgs.” For further information, please visit http://www.assaabloy.co.uk/Security-Doors/ doorsets