Doors provide the first and last impression of any building. They also serve many purposes beyond just providing access for people and goods and acting as a design feature – including insulation, fire protection, access control, and contamination prevention. Furthermore, they can incorporate features that support goals such as energy efficiency.
This handbook is a clear, easy-to-understand introduction to the main process stages, from initial planning to choosing the right door solutions for your project. It will help you to select the correct solution for each specific application, recommend ways to optimize people flow, and introduce essential door-related requirements for specific building types.
Learn about the issues you need to consider during planning, solution selection, and specification in order to optimize people flow within your building, depending on your building type.
Holistic analysis of the building – analyzing floor plans, type and characteristics of the building, traffic capacities, integration of doors with other equipment, defining preliminary dimensions etc.
Understanding different characteristics of pedestrian and industrial doors, choosing the doors based on building segment requirements.
Specifying required dimensions, checking requirements of local standards, checking technical drawings and defining final installation dimensions.
