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Firecel Fire Resistant Doors from Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick has manufactured metal doorsets and frames for the commercial and industrial building sectors since the 1940s and now, as part of Leaderflush Shapland, the UK’s largest and most successful manufacturer of doorsets, can offer internal and external doorsets suitable for many applications with options for fire resistant, security, personnel and acoustic doorsets.
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FSC Accreditation for Longden Doors
Following a comprehensive TRADA audit of their Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) systems and procedures in November last year, Longden Doors has successfully achieved FSC accreditation.
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Gloucestershire Royal Hospital gets the Plasform Treatment
Leaderflush Shapland’s Plasform® Unique, Plasform® Original and Plasform® Extended Performance doorsets were specified for a major PFI project at the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital – one of the UK’s first NHS Foundation Trusts. The project creates a significant addition to the 1960’s District General Hospital with new accommodation that includes a Children’s Centre, Therapy Unit, Day Hospital, Emergency Centre, General and Specialist Outpatients units, as well as Cardiac Testing units. Doorsets constructed to FD30 and FD90 fire resistance, were supplied for these new areas.
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High Performance in Award-Winning School Project
Doorsets from Leaderflush Shapland’s Designer Range were specified for the RIBA award-winning Pinewood Infant School conversion in Hampshire. Housing 90 pupils in three classrooms with a special resource for language impairment and a 24 place Early Years Unit, the new accommodation has been arranged in three linear forms perpendicular to the existing block. This award-winning redesign has created an attractive courtyard oasis and a spacious, calming learning environment.
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Infection Control for the Healthcare Sector
Leaderflush Shapland, the UK’s leading performance doorset manufacturer, offers a wide range of products, specially suited for the healthcare environment where combating Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) is now regarded as the most important performance requirement.
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Innovation keeps hands safe
The hinge edge of a door can injure fingers as door-closers shut the door automatically. According to ROSPA, 30,000 children seriously injure their fingers in doors each year.
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