Designing and specifying acute healthcare doors.
A one-hour CPD that turns doorset specification from a compliance risk into a point of certainty - for architects designing acute clinical environments.
60 mins
Duration
In person or online
Format
In an acute healthcare setting, a single doorset has to satisfy fire safety, infection control, acoustics, accessibility and severe-duty durability at the same time — then prove it, with a traceable record that stands up under the Building Safety Act. Miss one requirement and you don't get a design compromise; you get a compliance failure, a rip-out and re-build, or a risk to patients and staff.
What the session covers.
Structured to take you from where most acute doorsets fall short, through the regulatory landscape, to a practical framework for specifying with confidence.
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Traditional doorsets in acute healthcare.Why the conventional approach, components assembled and rated on site, leaves gaps that only appear when it's expensive to fix them.
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Right door, right location, right application.Considerations for matching doorset performance to each healthcare environment: theatres, wards, imaging, corridors, offices - without over or under-specifying.
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Risk, regulation & responsibility.Where the specifier sits within HTM fire guidance, the Building Regulations and the Building Safety Act — and what dutyholder responsibility now means for design.
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Delivering & protecting compliance.How single-source supply, installation and documentation keep the specification intact from drawing to handover and into occupation.
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Q&A and project discussion.Open floor. Bring a live project and we'll talk through the doorset strategy with you.3
Compliance certainty.Why a factory-assembled, third-party-certified doorset gives you evidence you can stand behind, rather than assurances you have to take on trust.
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Case studies.Real NHS and private healthcare projects — the specification decisions, the trade-offs and the outcomes..jpg?width=300&name=Hunters%20CPD%20(1).jpg)
Register your interest.
Book a CPD to help you specify doorsets in acute healthcare facilities.We'll be in touch to arrange a session that suits you - there's no obligation, and no need to have a live project to attend.