HARDWARE & SECURITY
ASSA ABLOY hosts Secured by Design event at Lorient
ASSA ABLOY has hosted a Secured by Design( SBD) event at Lorient, following on from the success of its four SBD roadshow events last year.
» THE OPEN DAY WELCOMED A HOST of Designing Out Crime Officers( DOCOs), who work closely with architects, developers and local authority planners to encourage the integration of effective crime-prevention strategies at the design stage of new builds and major refurbishments.
Attendees took part in a CPDaccredited session,‘ The Importance of Fire Doors & Intumescent Seals’, delivered by the Lorient team. The session highlighted the vital role these products play in passive fire protection, while educating DOCOs on best practices in fire safety across both residential and commercial sectors.
Fire doors and intumescent seals are critical to building safety, as they are engineered to prevent the spread of fire and smoke, saving lives and protecting property. For over 45 years, Lorient has been at the forefront of designing and manufacturing high-performance sealing systems for fire, smoke, acoustic and thermal containment, including:
• Intumescent seals that expand in heat to contain fire and slow its spread throughout a building.
• Smoke seals that restrict smoke movement, giving occupants more time to escape and helping to reduce property damage.
• Acoustic seals that reduce sound transmission, enhancing privacy, comfort, and productivity.
• Many door seals that also improve the building’ s energy efficiency by keeping in heat.
By choosing Lorient, customers gain the reassurance of tested, proven and reliable protection, alongside enhanced comfort, energy efficiency and everyday wellbeing.
The event also featured a guided tour of Lorient’ s Devon-based factory, providing an insight into the manufacturing and rigorous testing processes behind the brand’ s market-leading fire, smoke and acoustic door seals.
Lauren Newman, Events and Exhibitions Lead, Residential at ASSA ABLOY, commented:“ We were thrilled to continue our successful Secured by Design roadshow in 2025 with this event at Lorient. This built on our strong partnership with Secured by Design and was a fantastic opportunity to spread awareness of Lorient’ s intumescent seals.”
Hazel Goss, Development Officer at Secured by Design, said:“ I wish to thank Lorient for their hospitality and time in inviting the DOCOs to attend their premises and learn more about Lorient and their products. These Awareness Days are aimed at assisting our DOCOs in their daily work, gaining more knowledge and showing more insight into our SBD
members. I have had a lot of positive feedback from those that attended- a big thank you to you all.”
Secured by Design Secured by Design( SBD) is owned by the UK Police Service with the specific aim of reducing crime and increasing safety for businesses and individuals.
SBD seeks to improve the physical security of buildings and the surrounding area using products such as doors, windows, locks and walling systems along with fencing systems that meet the SBD Police Preferred Specification security requirements.
SBD have many partner organisations, ranging from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government through to local authorities, housing associations, developers and manufacturers and work closely with standards and certification bodies.
SBD is the only way for companies to obtain police recognition for securityrelated products in the UK, through the Police Preferred Specification- a productbased accreditation scheme developed 25 years ago, which provides a recognised standard for all security products that effectively deter and reduce crime. SBD work with manufacturers and standards authorities to ensure that security standards are current and updated to keep pace with emerging crime trends.
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