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Doors & Windows

ABLOY CALLS FOR GREATER AWARENESS OF FIRE DOOR COMPLIANCE FOLLOWING CONCERNING INCREASE IN FIRES

» ABLOY UK IS URGING building owners, facilities managers, specifiers and security professionals to ensure fire and escape doors are correctly specified, installed and maintained, as the latest government statistics highlight the scale of fire incidents across England.
Fire and Rescue Services attended 170,597 fires in England in the year ending March 2026, up 19 % on the previous year. Of these, 39,859 were building fires, representing a 3.1 % increase year-on-year.
With building fires continuing to represent a significant proportion of incidents, ensuring that fire doors and escape routes are correctly specified, installed, and maintained remains key to protecting occupants and supporting safe evacuation.
For buildings that have access control systems, care is needed when selecting locking solutions for fire and escape doors as the requirements of the relevant standards must be understood to ensure that access control does not compromise escape routes.
These standards include BS EN 179, which covers emergency exit devices operated by a lever handle or push pad where users are familiar with the building. BS EN 1125 covers panic exit devices with a horizontal bar for environments where users may not be familiar with the escape route, and BS EN 13637 covers electronically controlled escape systems. Understanding the differences between these standards is an important part of ensuring that the correct solution is selected for the building and its occupants.
The Abloy Academy continues to provide its free, RIBAapproved Electrical Locking Fire and Escape Doors CPD course, which supports industry
professionals in understanding the requirements for incorporating access control systems in commercial buildings, including electric locking options and the design of compliant access control systems.
The course also explores how electric locking specifications can meet the requirements of fire door and escape door legislation, helping attendees to make informed decisions when specifying and maintaining compliant solutions.
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GT Window Products Returns to FIT Show 2027 with Innovative Stand Experience

» GT WINDOW PRODUCTS, THE innovative manufacturer of patented window and door accessories, has confirmed its return to FIT Show 2027( 18 – 20 May, NEC Birmingham) with a highly creative stand experience, a unique golf putting competition and a 12-month integrated marketing programme delivered in partnership with agency, Mosaique.
The company, known for developing solutions that reduce fabrication times, provide cost savings, enable PAS24 compliance and improve security and weathering, will use FIT Show 2027 to showcase its latest innovations through an immersive and interactive visitor experience that pushes the boundaries of traditional stand design.
GT Window Products is working with Mosaique to deliver all visual and marketing output, with creative concepts currently in development. The stand will feature an undulating golf putting surface that wraps around the space, with visitors invited to test their skills in a competition designed to drive footfall, create engagement and spark conversations about product performance, fabrication efficiency and compliance.
Carl Taylor, Managing Director at GT Window Products, said:“ I’ m an inventor, thinker and boundary pusher – that’ s what GT Window Products is all about. At FIT Show 2027, we’ re going to present our products in a way that’ s never been done before in our industry. We’ ve got some highly creative and innovative representations of our technology planned that will give visitors a completely different perspective on what we do. Combined with our golf putting competition, it’ s about creating an experience that people remember and talking about innovation in a way that matches what we do with our products.”
GT Window Products supplies a range of innovative and patented security products that have been specified and used by many major systems companies, trade fabricators and retail installers in the window industry. The company’ s solutions offer alternative and effective options that reduce fabrication times, provide cost savings, enable compliance with PAS24, improve security and weathering and are simple to fit.
FIT Show 2027 takes place at the NEC Birmingham from 18 – 20 May 2027.
www. fitshow. co. uk
www. gtwindowproducts. co. uk
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