Your Obligation

To provide a safe building environment

We’re here to help you. There are 2 key pieces of legislation affecting the provision and maintenance of doors which you need to be aware of with regard to Accessibility, Fire safety and general Health & Safety obligations.
We can assist you in meeting the differing and potentially conflicting requirements of the regulations in a cost effective way to ensure that your business is safe and legal.

Equality Act 2010

Formerly known as the Disability Discrimination Act, this legislation places a duty of care upon all service providers to remove the physical barriers that prevent people with disabilities from accessing a service. It requires that you make reasonable adjustments to your premises where a physical feature makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for any person to make use of any services you offer to the public. At dormakaba, we are experts in how to meet these requirements as specified in BS8300 “Design of buildings and their  approaches to meet the needs of disabled people” and the Building Regulations (Approved Document M - “Access to and use of buildings“). We can help make your premises accessible for all.

Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

Under the Fire Safety Order, the “responsible person” for the building must complete their own risk  assessment for the fire safety of the building and put in place any measures resulting from the risk assessment. Failure to do so could result in a fine or imprisonment (or both) and could invalidate any building insurance.
An important part of your risk assessment is to ensure that all fire resisting doors and emergency escape doors meet the required standards. We cannot do your risk assessment for you but we can ensure that all your fire doors and escape doors are well maintained and in good working order.