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Alpro ‘aces’ Fred Perry refurb
» » IDF ALUMINIUM HAS TEAMED UP
with Alpro at the new headquarters of
iconic sportswear brand Fred Perry in
Clerkenwell, London.
Alpro transom door closers, pole
handles and door handles have been
used in the renovation of the nineteenth-
century Mount Pleasant Street warehouse
buildings, into a complex of offices,
showrooms, exhibition space and a
rooftop deck over 24,000 square feet.
Alpro’s overhead transom closers
provide a means of hydraulically
controlling the opening and closing of
aluminium doors and can have light,
medium or heavy spring strengths to suit
type of usage, with a 90-degree hold-open
option. Transom closers are well suited
for use at industrial heritage buildings
such as the Fred Perry premises since the
alternative options of spring hinges and
floor springs often present problems with
adjustment flexibility.
The IDF installation also includes
Alpro’s Functional 98 Series pull door
handles on internal doors; manufactured
from 316-grade stainless steel and can be
straight or offset. The handles are supplied
with bolt-thru or back-to-back fixings as
standard and powder or nylon-coated
finishes to the user’s precise colour
requirements. In this case a powder finish
was chosen to match the framework.
This is IDF’s second heritage architecture
project using Alpro equipment and follows
works at Henry Wood House, a former BBC
property in Marylebone.
www.alpro.co.uk
BUTCHERED, ATTACKED AND PAS 24 SECURE
» » WHEN KESTREL
Aluminium Systems took
Lock Lock to an official,
independent test house for the
PAS 24 assessment of a door,
the handle withstood some
of the most rigorous abuse
ever seen on a test video for a
product of this type.
Lock Lock is not only being
increasingly adopted by the
locksmith sector, but also by
aluminium systems houses
such as Kestrel, its respective
fabricators and also by the
entrance door sector as a
whole. It’s based on a registered
edgeless design that’s not only
beautiful in appearance but is
purposeful in application, as the
handle body cannot be grabbed
by tools for forceful removal.
The video – which can be
seen at www.bit.ly/2GqN2IW
– shows a sustained attack for
over a minute in a test house
environment with a full set of
available tools and once the
handle is finally removed, Lock
Lock’s unique patented spindle
‘some of the most
rigorous abuse ever
seen on a test video’
stops the would-be burglar
thanks to several clever design
details. In relation to this PAS
24 test, Lock Lock is also the
only security door handle
that carries the Sold Secure
certification from the Master
Locksmiths Association.
www.lock-lock.co.uk
ASSA ABLOY UK DELIVERS TOP CLASS RESULT
» » WORKING ALONGSIDE
Northamptonshire County
Council, local firm pHp
Architects and contractor
Lakehouse Construction, the
ASSA ABLOY UK Specification,
- UK division of ASSA ABLOY
- UK Specification team helped
deliver the full-scale build of
the the new Silverstone CE
Primary School with doorsets
and relevant hardware.
Products specified included
92 ASSA ABLOY laminate faced
timber doorsets, complete with
redwood frames and dark grey
PVC edges, complemented by a
full ironmongery specification
of ASSA 3228 ZP hinges, ASSA
ABLOY DC200 Rack & Pinion
Door Closers, Union Optimus
3 Locks, UNION J1000 door
furniture, ASSA finger guards,
plus ASSA’s P600 cylinders for
internal and external doors and
external gates.
Chris Wayman, Associate at
pHp Architects commented:
“ASSA ABLOY UK Specification
provided a full consultancy
service, which took into
account factors such as pupil
comfort, flow of traffic around
the school, as well as the need
for staff to access certain areas
of the building efficiently and
securely.”
David Shields, National
Specification Manager at ASSA
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ABLOY UK Specification, said:
“The challenge in all schools
is to prioritise safety and
minimise the risk of injury,
while providing a comfortable
learning and teaching
environment for both pupils
and staff. We believe we have
exceeded these expectations
via our BIM capabilities
and personable one-to-one
service.”
www.assaabloy.co.uk/
ukspecification