Soundcraft has been appointed by a local Surrey (Ashford & St Peter’s) NHS trust to supply and install FD30S and FD60S, laminate faced, fire rated, pairs of doors and frames. Valued at £130,000, the doors will be installed over four floors in the Abbey Wing of St Peters Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey.
The doorsets will be manufactured under the Exova BM Trada 3rd Party Certification Scheme for the Manufacture of Fire Doors. Installation will also be 3rd Party Certified, under the respective Exova BM Trada Fire Door Installation scheme.
Work will start in March and will take place in occupied wards and communal areas. Consequently, health and safety considerations will be paramount. Soundcraft has considerable experience (in both general hospitals and mental health units) of installing doorsets in occupied NHS buildings, which will prove invaluable for this project. The specification satisfies the requirements of the Equality Act, incorporating the DDA, and Approved Document M (Part M).
Hospital environments can be demanding and any damage to the doors could result in the fire resisting integrity of the doorsets being compromised. To deal with this problem, Soundcraft’s doors for this project will be fitted with protective cladding to minimise the risk of damage. As a matter of course Soundcraft provides maintenance advice in O&M manuals at the end of contracts. In this particular case the advice will be based on the requirements of BS8412 and the Exova BM Trada 3rd Party Certification Scheme for the Maintenance of Fire Doors – a scheme of which Soundcraft is a founder member.
