FIRESAFETY&SECURITY
‘Double first’ with Fire and Security
SBD Q Dual Accredited Doorsets
» WINKHAUS HAS BECOME THE
first long-standing Secured by Design (SBD)
member company to hold the latest Dual
Certification compliance for both Q Mark
Fire BS EN 1634 and PAS24 enhanced
security on both the SBD-accredited
composite and timber fire and security
doorset solutions.
Winkhaus’ test evidence and accreditation
has undergone rigorous third-party
certification by a UKAS-accredited body
to ensure compliance with the latest 2020
MHCLG Government guidance document
Building a Safer Future: An Implementation
Plan advice note 16 in Annex B as well as
the official Police Security Initiative SBD’s
‘Guide for Selecting Flat Entrance Doorset
requirements.’
The Winkhaus Fire & Security Doorset
solution utilises their AV2 and AV3 range
of multi-point autoLocks with Winkhaus’
fully-finished and low-maintenance frame
system, FireFrame® for composite doorsets, or
a timber frame for timber doorsets.
The system offers specifiers and fabricators
a choice of FD30 and FD60 composite and
timber door assemblies. Its versatility allows
a choice of doorset styles, including solid and
glazed versions with or without fanlights.
Commenting on the benefits of SBD
Dual certification for both specifiers and
fabricators, Mike Rushen, Winkhaus UK
Sales Director says: “Fabricators can use
this evidence to manufacture doors to these
standards providing they sign up for the Dual
Q Mark Certification schemes for both Fire
and Security. They can then be confident
that the doorsets they supply provide full
compliance with all Ministry of Housing,
Communities and Local Government
guidelines.”
Doug Skins, Secured by Design
Development Officer adds: “Winkhaus was
one of the first members of SBD with its door
and window hardware back in 1999 and have
been supporters of the work we do since then.
It is great that now they have added to their
SBD portfolio of products and their SBD
accredited composite and timber fire and
security doorsets as a system supplier.
“This will be welcomed by both specifiers
and the SBD approved fabricator companies
they supply. This is such an important
standard to have for doorsets and having
achieved this standard shows just how
committed Winkhaus is to manufacturing
secure and safe doorsets.”
NEW NATIONAL STANDARDS PROGRAMME
SET TO RAISE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
» BSI, IN ITS ROLE AS THE UK
National Standards Body, announce a
new National Standards programme to
raise professional competence in the built
environment sector. The standards aim to
tackle the competence shortcomings identified
in the Independent Review of Building
Regulations and Fire Safety, Building a Safer
Future, conducted by Dame Judith Hackitt.
They are a part of the package of measures
recommended by the Steering Group on
Competence for Building a Safer Future
(CSG) which were set out in Raising the
Bar.
Dame Judith Hackitt, Author of Building a
Safer Future: Independent Review of Building
Regulations and Fire Safety said: “The work
of the Competence Steering Group has been
a “tour de force” and all of those who have
been involved thus far are to be congratulated.
As the baton is handed over to BSI to lead us
through the standards development process,
the whole industry needs to keep up the pace
– not just to agree on the new standards, but
to make them a reality in practice.”
The government-funded programme is
designed to support the delivery of regulatory
policy and the new regulated roles responsible
for building safety set out in the forthcoming
Building Safety Bill, while also enabling the
large-scale industry-led programme to raise
competency across the sector.
It includes an overarching competence
framework standard for everyone working on
a building. This is intended to be used by key
professions and trades including designers,
contractors, fire risk assessors, building
managers and others in specialist technical or
corporate roles. The framework will provide a
set of core principles of competence, including
leading and managing safety, communicating
safety, delivering safety, risk management,
regulations and processes, building systems,
ethics, and fire/life safety.
The framework will be developed and
made available for use from this Autumn.
After three periods of public consultation
and refinement, it will then be published as a
British Standard.
Graham Watts OBE, Chair of Competence
Steering Group and CEO of Construction
Industry Council said: “This new stakeholderled
national standards programme, under the
guidance of BSI, is the welcome and vital next
step in raising and setting the bar, through the
design and construction or refurbishment phases
and into the management of buildings in use.”
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