Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk SBD member company products fitted Designing Out Crime Officers from Metropolitan Police engaged with the developer throughout the build. The unique nature of the carbon negative/zero waste design meant that some of the aspects needed very specific security rated products or a bespoke design/security enhancements that still provided a suitable level of protection. Products from Secured by Design member companies Arbor-Fenex Windows, CAME Entrotec and The Safety Letter Box Company were all fitted to the properties within the development. The development was able to achieve SBD certification without compromising the vision of a pioneering planet positive development, showing that developments can be safe and secure whilst reducing the impact on the environment. Metropolitan Police Designing Out Crime Officer Matthew Fletcher said: “It has been a pleasure to work with the Architects and Developers to ensure a security-conscious scheme even with unique sitespecific requirements. Advice was taken on board and implemented throughout the build and this is evident from the lack of crime and ASB reported in this development.” DOCO and developer worked together for solutions Developers Gs8 said: “The Arbour was an extremely ambitious development in terms of its environmental ambitions, but also challenging in terms of its position as a backland site with a history of crime. Matthew was proactive and helped us to find solutions that enabled us to meet the requirements of SBD, whilst being able to deliver on our carbon, waste and energy targets for the development. “The Arbour was intended to prove that a market leading and authentic environmentally conscious development can meet the requirements of policies and regulations and provide an enjoyable and safe place to live, which thanks to all involved, including LB Waltham Forest and SBD, we were able to achieve.” Architects Boehm Lynas said: “Resident’s safety and security is at the heart of any community led design, which was integral to the overall environmental goals of this development. Our engagement with SBD from an early stage helped to achieve this and we are pleased the outcome was a successful one.” THE door industry journal summer 2024 Secured by Design Developers around the UK are achieving Secured by Design (SBD) awards for incorporating crime prevention measures and techniques into their developments. These awards are gained by working with police Designing Out Crime Officers who advise them before construction begins – and continue to provide advice and guidance until the development is complete. These developments range in size, from individual houses to housing estates and low and high rise apartment blocks. In the feature alongside we look at two developments that have not only achieved an SBD Development Award but which have also received recognition at our annual awards ceremony. SBD Development Awards are made in all kinds of building sectors - residential, commercial, education, health, transport, retail, sport and leisure – and achieving them brings the added benefit of being able to be used as evidence to discharge third-party obligations under Part Q of Schedule 1 (Security) to the English Building Regulations, the Scottish Building Standard 4.13 (Security) and Welsh Building Regulations Part Q (Security – Dwellings). This work to improve the physical security of buildings naturally includes the use of SBD accredited products, as these products have been tested and certified to ensure that they are sufficiently robust to resist physical attack by casual and opportunistic burglars. SBD provides a framework where good quality crime prevention products and services can be recognised by policing on an objective basis in a standardised and consistent manner. An accredited, effective deterrent, SBD is financially wise for both manufacturers and customers and is the reason that many companies – especially door and window companies - see huge benefits in SBD membership. SBD’s product-based accreditation scheme ensures builders and developers – and housing providers like housing associations and private homeowners – have a range of products such as doors, windows and locks that meet the Police Preferred Specification. Many of these products embrace the latest technology to ensure safe access control to main entrances to shared accommodation, such as in older persons / supported housing and healthcare sectors, to various communal areas within those buildings and to the front entrance of individual homes. Every day Police Designing Out Crime Officers are working closely to ensure SBD’s police crime prevention standards and SBD accredited products are incorporated into buildings, as well as signposting customers looking for products to www.securedbydesign.com, where a comprehensive list of all of the products that meet SBD Police Preferred Specification can be found. Jon Cole, Chief Operating Officer Secured by Design A regular column by Jon Cole, Chief Operating Officer, Secured by Design, the official police security initiative, which has been delivering a wide range of crime prevention activities across the UK for over 30 years and operates a product-based police accreditation scheme for security-rated products. Jon Cole
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