Door Industry Journal - Summer 2020

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk RAF Nursery Secured with ASSA ABLOY Project Specification Group Project Specification Group, a unit of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland, has specified a range of solutions for a RAF nursery in Oxfordshire, delivering assured access and safety for children using the facility. Working in partnership with designers Frankham Consultancy Group and contractors Antac, the company specified a series of door opening solutions to the nursery at RAF Benson. The RAF base required an extension to its existing nursery facilities, increasing its capacity to cater for more than 100 children. As a result, the specification process demanded products that were fully compliant and tailored to the needs of the young children that would be using the facility. Products specified by Project Specification Group included the DC500A CAM-Motion ® door closer, delivering a low opening force while providing sufficient closing forces to satisfy fire legislation, and ASSA modular high-security deadlocks, delivering a strong locking solution for doors. Other solutions specified included P600 cylinders, patented to ensure keys cannot be duplicated by unauthorised parties, and ScanFlex door furniture, offering classic Scandinavian design in a hard-wearing stainless steel. The doorsets provided were all oak laminate with a horizontal grain, complete with PVC edges – making them easy to clean – and factory- painted frames, meaning the products arrived to site in their finished condition, ready for a quick installation. Project Specification Group also supplied the graphics for the toilet doors in a self-adhesive vinyl. With access and safety for young children of paramount importance, solutions such as ASSA finger guards – protecting children from accidentally trapping their fingers in doors – and thumb turn locks for the toilets, installed at a lower height, were other crucial considerations. For those operating in the education sector, ASSA ABLOY Project Specification Group offers a range of sector-specific solutions, derived from thorough research into product usage and the flow of traffic for specific markets. Other insights, such as BIM objects and whole life costing, ensure the organisation can work with architects and design-led contractors to specify solutions that meet individual requirements and needs, seeing a project through from start to finish. To find out more, please call 0845 071 0882 to speak with an experienced Project Design Consultant, email ukspecification@assaabloy.com or visit www.assaabloyopeningsolutions.co.uk/specification . THE door industry journal summer 2020 99 Timber & Metal Doorsets