Door Industry Journal - Winter 2019

winter 2019 THE door industry journal Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk Advertising and Editorial The Door Industry Journal PO Box 508 Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5GY T: 01444 464147 F: 01444 464148 E: mail@doorindustryjournal.co.uk Design Agency Freelance Design & Graphics PO Box 508 Warninglid Haywards Heath West Sussex RH17 5GY T: 01444 461796 F: 01444 461596 E: info@freelance-design.co.uk Advisory Partner The Door & Hardware Federation The Barn Shuttington Fields Farm Main Road Shuttington Tamworth B79 0HA T: 01827 52337 F: 01827 310827 Printed Circulation: Door Industry Journal is a controlled free circulation publication and is available free of charge only to personnel who fall within our defined criteria. Copies are available on subscription to persons or companies who do not qualify. Our current printed circulation is just under 5000 copies. Digital Circulation: Our current digital circulation reaches around 12,500 readers. Annual Subscription Rates: £17.95 (UK), £29.95 (EU), £38.95 (Rest of World) To subscribe visit: www.doorindustryjournal.co.uk Derek Hibbart, Editor, Door Industry Journal 3 Follow us on Twitter @DoorIndustryJnl welcome C hristmas is coming, the goose is getting fat... And, most importantly, the winter edition of the DIJ is here! We’ve got a bumper edition for you to enjoy, packed full of industry news and views. And - back by popular demand - I’ve picked out a few choice articles in the Twelve Doors of Christmas: Door 1 - Burglars have got a snowball in hell’s chance in the new developments that meet Secured By Design crime prevention standards (page 28) Door 2 - The new garage door drives from LiftMaster are tree-mendous (page 44) Door 3 - One of Aluroll’s trade installer network has recorded a sen-sleigh-tional video with racing star Mark Blundell (page 48) Door 4 - The wise men and women at Ryterna have developed new energy-efficient doors (page 70) Door 5 - Easygates Direct have a present for installers - their new Training Tuesdays programme (page 98) Door 6 - Ring the bells - the new ‘whole door system’ from GEZE UK is a winner when it comes to security (page 102) Door 7 - Read how and why Building Information Modelling (BIM) is getting ever myrrh popular (page 105) Door 8 - Smoke can be bad for your elf, but seals specialist Norseal offers a way to stop it spreading (page 108) Door 9 - Yule want to know all about the future of cloud-based access control (page 114) Door 10 - There’s snow doubt that ANSI standards are there to help (page 116) Door 11 - The news is spr-out - the MLA expo is set to return in 2021 (page 118) Door 12 - Our annual selection of funnies - every one a Christmas cracker! (page 128) There is plenty more to keep you going inside. I hope you all have a great Christmas and thanks for your support throughout the year. I’ll be back with you again in the spring.