Assa Abloy says its ‘robust’ timber doorsets have helped to reduce maintenance and replacement expenditure at Lancashire’s Royal Blackburn Hospital, delivering ‘best value’ over the installation’s lifetime.
The hospital opened in 2006, and was supplied with over 2,200 Assa Abloy doorsets. The company said: “Since then, the site has been inundated with visitors. The doorsets were installed as part of the initial capital expenditure budget, but their ability to withstand the wear and tear of high-density through-traffic, and heavy equipment, is providing value over time.” Allan Thomson, commercial manager, Assa Abloy Security Solutions, said: “Specifiers for projects like this can no longer make large project investments without justifying the long-term cost implications. It is important not to risk investing in a doorset offering an attractive initial saving, if the product is not fit for purpose and sufficiently durable for the application. “Whole-life costing-wise, the general allowance for building managers to have a repair/redecoration programme is every seven years, so our doorsets’ long-lasting performance is now saving this hospital money.”
