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What You’re Missing When You Don’t Attend Our AGM

At Annual General Meetings, we share company insights with our members, the past year’s developments and the outlook going forward. In addition, it is the perfect opportunity to give your views on what you want to see from us.

Our 2019 AGM will be the sixth held and we urge members to ensure that a representative attends. Here are four important reasons why:

1. MEETING THE ADIA TEAM

Coming face to face with ADIA representatives gives you and your company the perfect opportunity to voice your opinion on matters that you’re concerned with or wish to improve. This can be done during networking opportunities or during the meeting itself to offer others to chance to discuss the matters raised.

Sometimes emails and surveys just don’t hit the mark, so if you have something to say, come along!

2. FREE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

One of the many benefits of coming to an event means you can meet and connect with other attendees. In addition, you can observe the impressive products suppliers have brought with them to demonstrate to potential customers.

Suppliers will have the chance to meet a potential customer. Whereas, Installers may find a new product that will help improve their installations. It’s also possible to make a business connection that will help you move further within the industry.

Whatever your aim, meeting other business can always push for collaborations, additional sales and a chance to take your company to the next level.

3. FINDING OUT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE ASSOCIATION AND YOUR MEMBERSHIP

Going to the Annual General Meeting will give you an insight to what we have coming up in the association as well as how we will be improving our services. We tell you about what we have already done over the past year as well as what we intend to do for the year to come. This gives you the possibility to ask questions and keep up to date with future goings on. In addition, you can retrieve first-hand information that you won’t necessarily get on a press release.

A few things we often discuss:

  • Training courses
  • Changes to certifications
  • Benefits
  • Changes to our services
  • Our plans for improving our membership

If you don’t come, you have to rely on the information we THINK you want to know as opposed to information you can obtain from us via your questions!

4. A DELICIOUS FREE LUNCH

And who doesn’t like a good buffet? The meeting is finished with delicious options for you to enjoy whilst chatting with guest speakers, team members and other like minded business owners.

Overall, being able to meet other members as well as the ADIA staff, you will not only be fed but you will have a step ahead of your competitors. Once you leave the meeting you will feel informed and be able to take away a wealth of information on how you can take your company to the next level.

See more information about our AGM Here

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Posted by on September 16, 2019

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ADIA Annual General Meeting 2019 Sponsored by Citation

The ADIA’s Annual General Meeting (sponsored by Citation) will take place on the 1st October at the wonderfully located Watermill Hotel in Hemel Hempstead, not far from London. 
 

We would like to invite our wonderful members (and non-members, of course) to attend this FREE event so you can learn more about what we as an association have to offer, our plans for the future, as well as ways to save money and grow your business. The meeting will conclude with a delicious buffet lunch.

MEETING DETAILS

Date: 1st October 2019

Time: 10 am for tea and coffee, 11 am meeting start

Location: Watermill Hotel, London Rd, Bourne End, Hemel Hempstead HP1 2RJ

What to bring: Notepad, pen and yourself!

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Posted by on September 3, 2019

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ADIA Annual General Meeting 2019 Sponsored by Citation

The ADIA’s Annual General Meeting (sponsored by Citation) will take place on the 1st October at the wonderfully located Watermill Hotel in Hemel Hempstead, not far from London. 
 

We would like to invite our wonderful members (and non-members, of course) to attend this FREE event so you can learn more about what we as an association have to offer, our plans for the future, as well as ways to save money and grow your business. The meeting will conclude with a delicious buffet lunch.

MEETING DETAILS

Date: 1st October 2019

Time: 10 am for tea and coffee, 11 am meeting start

Location: Watermill Hotel, London Rd, Bourne End, Hemel Hempstead HP1 2RJ

What to bring: Notepad, pen and yourself!

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Posted by on August 7, 2019

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Why should potential customers use YOUR doors?

As a company who installs, maintains or supplies automatic doors, you know how important they are in everyday life. But do your potential clients? 

THEY COULD BE BREAKING THE LAW

The UK has over 11 million people suffering from limiting long-term illnesses and disabilities [1], not to mention the millions of elderly people. 

Those who do not have automatic doors do not comply with the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).

DDA is what allows the disabled to move freely in public places in order for them to not feel discriminated against. If a premises does not have the relevant access for those who are disabled to enter, they could be breaking the law. 

This is why it is the ADIA’s duty to educate companies who ignore DDA.

In addition, those business owners are losing out on profits as they are limiting those people from using their services.  Putting it simply no access, fewer customers, less money.

WHAT DO THE ADIA DO TO PROMOTE SAFETY TO YOUR POTENTIAL CLIENTS?

As well as running a range of health and safety courses to ensure our members have obtained or developed their knowledge of automatic door safety, we created the ADIA Directory (both online and printed hard copy). A hard copy is sent annually to your potential clients. This includes:

  • +2100 Architects – Architects often choose the door companies to suit the design they have created for new projects. 
  • +1600 Councils – Councils control many government-run and public properties such as libraries, doctors surgeries and other local amenities. 
  • +1200 Surveyors – Surveyors specify what a building requires.
  • PLUS +190 ADIA members 

Within the Directory, we inform them of the importance of safety and why automatic doors are incredibly useful to the public and how it will be helping those they are providing properties for. It is here where we tell them about the importance of automatic doors, the BS EN16005 and what it does etc. 

BUT THEY ALREADY HAVE AUTOMATIC DOORS…

It may be all well and good them having automatic doors, but are they safe?

This is another question that property owners tend to ignore. Luckily for you, our members, we have the DoorSafe Register that shows what companies have the BS EN16005 accredited by City & Guilds.

The BS EN16005 focusses on both the theoretical aspects of the safety of automatic pedestrian doors. We ask those with experience in automatic doors (or with transferable skills such as locksmiths, access control or security etc.) to demonstrate their knowledge on real doors as well as completing the online study and an exam.  

Our course has been accredited by City & Guilds as it meets their criteria and is of a high-quality standard. We train in small groups to ensure engineers can get the most from their trainer.

Thus, if any clients question why the BS EN16005 accredited by City & Guilds is of any relevance, it is because you have proven your capabilities and knowledge.

WHY THEY NEED YOU

So, remember when you are talking to potential clients remind them that they need YOUR doors because you’re an ADIA member. A member who receives updates on the latest within the industry, a member who has the BS EN16005 accredited by City and Guilds and access to a range of training that puts you ahead of your competitors.

Remember to make yourself stand out. Whether this is by getting trained in Service and Maintenance or Surveying and Estimating. Perhaps is simply by wearing a DoorSafe lanyard on-site, carrying a technicians card with a City & Guilds accreditation crest.

Be sure to make use of your benefits so you can be ahead of the game! Contact laura@theadia.co.uk  for more information

 

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Posted by on August 5, 2019

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Reasons Why Everyone Should Be Using An ADIA Member

Each year we contact thousands of businesses across the UK via our printed ADIA Directory. This lists and advertises all of our members including suppliers and sole traders across the UK and Europe.

Why do we send this Directory? Well, because we want to target businesses and public sectors who are used by pedestrians on a daily basis and therefore require the safest automatic doors possible.

That is why we have the DoorSafe Register. This register lists all those who have sat the BS EN16005 & BS7036-0 course and exam, accredited by City & Guilds – all of which are ADIA Members. The printed and online Directory labels all those who have completed this course and assessments.

The ADIA is the only association with this accreditation, which means OUR members have the engineers who should be installing, servicing and maintaining the automatic doors within the public domain. Of course, we promote other members too as they have their own skills and backgrounds which they can detail in their company bio.

We offer a range of training including Diplomas to our members meaning they are well on their way to becoming the safest engineers on the market.

2019/2020 is going to see us further promote and educate members to those who need automatic doors within the community. If retailers want their customers safe, they need to ensure they use a safe company with an association that will support them in ensuring they are getting all the best training and up to date knowledge.

Our ADIA Directory will be sent to members and other sectors in August 2020. To be included in the 2020/2021 Directory and our online Directory today, join now!

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Posted by on July 10, 2019

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ADIA BS EN16005 Refresher Course

There are many automatic door engineers who are due to have their City & Guilds accreditation renewed. But never fear!

Every four years ADIA members who have completed the BS EN16005 are required to sit our refresher course to ensure their engineers can get their cards renewed annually.

Here’s what is included in the course:

  • The online study taking engineers back over the standard.
  • Approximately 2 hours of assessment at a training centre near you. Engineers can then demonstrate their skills and knowledge using REAL automatic doors.
  • There are practical assessments which will show skills and prove practical knowledge
  • One hour exam (although usually completed in less than that!) Results are given straight away, meaning there’s no waiting around to find out how you did!
  • You will receive a new CSCS card (as the ADIA Health and Safety test must have been completed before any BS EN16005 course is taken), with a new City & Guilds number and certificate. These cards can be renewed annually until the next four years is up!
  • We will update our DoorSafe Register which we use to promote trained members to thousands of businesses across the UK.

If you have engineers who have left the company, update us! paul@theadia.co.uk

Important information:

  • The course lasts up to 3 hours…
  • And is only for those who have completed the ADIA BS EN16005 course and exam as well as ADIA online Health & Safety test. You cannot sit the refresher course if you have sat another BS EN16005 not provided by us.
  • Payment must be made before sitting the course. 
  • To run the course we must have a minimum of four engineers sitting the assessment and exam.
  • You must be an ADIA member to sit any of our courses, including our refresher course. So, even if you were a member and left, you will have to re-join to get the benefits of a shiny new CSCS card!
  • Engineers must sit the ADIA Health & Safety test before taking the refresher course.
  • Refresher courses will happen in the afternoon after a full BS EN16005 assessment course has been completed. You can see dates here.
  • BS EN16005 terms and conditions apply. 

If You Do Not Sit the Refresher:

  • You will not be able to renew your card.
  • Your City & Guilds accreditation will be expired.
  • Your company/engineer will no longer be promoted on DoorSafe.

A little reminder of why our BS EN16005 is awesome:

  • We are audited by City & Guilds and have been a training centre since 2013.
  • We are in partnership with CSCS with our very own CSCS card!
  • Installer members get one course for free per year. This includes our many other courses too!

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Posted by on July 1, 2019

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How will automatic doors be in the future?

Article via Manusa

One of the most renowned science-fiction writers, H. G. Wells, predicted more than one hundred years ago the emergence of automatic doors. In his novel When The Sleeper Wakes, the author mentions an automatic door rolling upwards. If H. G. Wells lived today and was aware of the latest technological progresses, his imagination and intelligence would certainly make him guess correctly how automatic doors will be in the future.

Because the uses and applications of the technology that is currently being developed will have a great impact on how automatic doors will be in the coming years. For instance, new tools and applications will enable to open the door of your house simply by pushing a button on your smartphone. This way, the so-called traditional door becomes an automatic door just by making use of a smart lock connected to the mobile phone.

It will also be possible to apply such control via smartphone in office buildings, for instance. The objective is for the door that it stops being an isolated element and becomes integrated into the building and its technological and control infrastructure, thus reducing exploitation and maintenance costs.

In this regard, another technology will hasten to add much more, and it will undoubtedly affect the development of automatic doors in the future, the Internet of Things (IoT). The Internet of Things is the digitalisation of the physical world. Objects will connect to each other and the Internet, and will offer all types of data in real time. This involves a revolution in the relationships between objects and the people. Applied to automatic doors, it will connect all the systems of a building, lifts, entry and exit systems, sensors, lighting… In this way, for instance, the building will recognise users and save their usual movements, and when they leave the office, it will send a notice to the lift, which will await them with its doors opened, and while it takes them down, the system will send a signal to notice that automatic doors have to open because someone is about to leave the building.

Another example of how automatic doors will be in the future has to do with the sensors of these doors. The University of Electro-Communications in Chōfu (Japan) is working on the design of more intelligent sensors, which will detect whether we really need to come in or we are only nearby. The system will be equipped with a 3D laser sensor that will scan the entrance and not only detects people, but is also able to know if they are looking toward the door, keep track of their movements and deducing if they need to come in. Besides, the system will also notice the speed and will open the doors more or less quickly, or the opening will be wider if a group needs to come in. This way, it is intended to offer a better service, higher safety and make the building more sustainable as well.

The development of new products and technologies in this area has an impact on the improvement of functional features, safety, maintenance, usability and energy efficiency. As regards energy efficiency, the use of new materials in panels is progressing, increasing thermal insulation and reducing the width of doors, with a view to design lighter automatic doors and more sustainable all at once.

With regard to usability, the focus is on the design of more accurate elements, which increase their useful life and minimise breaking risks. Besides, systems are progressing toward easier usability, more intuitive, with a view to enhance user experience. Related to all these aspects, another feature of automatic doors in the future is their contribution to comfort, with more and more silent and quick doors, to stop considering them as crossing barriers, turning them into an everyday life element.

wo other features, increasingly more important, will influence this achievement: accessibility and architectural integration. Automatic doors are an indispensable element to promote building accessibility and it is a factor that will gain high importance in the future. Besides, the customisation of entry and exit systems is essential when it comes to adapt to any need and environment.

And although it could seem something pertaining to H. G. Wells’s science fiction novels, the incorporation of biometry into automatic doors can be a normal feature in the airports of the future. Airlines must check the identity of all passengers, and since it is expected that the number of passengers double in 2036, both airlines and airports must opt for safer, faster and more efficient control technologies. And biometry can offer it, for instance by being installed in boarding automatic doors and other airport control points, which will enable to speed up passenger flow in a safe way.

Manusa Automatic Doors

Have an article you want us to publish? Contact laura@theadia.co.uk

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Posted by on February 15, 2019

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WANTED: Automatic Door Technicians x 4

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Immediate Start 
Working for a family run business of over 45 years, specialising in all aspects of door automation including installation, servicing and repairs. The successful applicant will form part of our growing team of technicians serving our customers across the South East of England.
The successful applicant will need to have:
  • Experience in fitting, maintaining and repairing all types of automatic door systems.
  • BS EN 16005 qualification is essential.
  • Full UK driving licence.
  • Some automatic gate & access control experience is beneficial but not essential.
Role
  • Field based role
  • Repair, service and maintain all types of door systems to a high standard.
  • Attend on-site breakdowns and emergency call outs as required.
  • Seek to capitalize on opportunities for additional sales and maintenance contracts.
  • Salary – Negotiable, dependable against experience and qualifications.
  • The package includes large amount of paid overtime if the successful candidates require, company vehicle and mobile phone. The company has a fantastic management structure and the role presents an excellent chance of progression throughout the company.
If you think that your talents and capabilities are a great match against what we are looking for please send your CV via email immediately to info@thomasdoors.co.uk

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Posted by on September 3, 2018

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Are Manual Activated Doors Still Classed As Automatic?

What makes a door “automatic”?

Within the BS EN16005, doors are referred to as power operated doorsets. The definition of this is that they are “for pedestrian passage only with one or more leaves that is moved, at least in one direction, by an external energy supply (e.g. electrically) instead of manual or stored mechanical energy.”

Power operated doorsets  can be “activated automatically, manually or remotely” (a BS 7036-0, section 9.1)

Automatic activation is, “The function of automatic activators is to ensure that activation is achieved by a person approaching a doorset at normal walking pace.”

Therefore if no manual activation is required, it is then classed as an automatic pedestrian doorsets.

 

What is a Manual Activated Door?

According to 4.5.2 of the BS EN16005 “Manual activation enables the user to open a power operated doorset by deliberately operating a manual device”.These doors may close automatically but are initially controlled by manual activation.

 

Does it require any signage?

As recommended in the BS 7036-0 it should be ensured that appropriate signage is affixed to the power operated door system on completion of installation and that the responsibility for the continued display and maintenance of such signage lies with the building owner/occupier.

Signage is listed within risk assessments and should, therefore, be covered in accordance with the document.

 

Do Manual Activated Doors require an Automatic Door Sign?

The BS 7036-0, section 9.3 mentions that “operating signage should be provided where appropriate” but does not state what sign is required.

It also states under section 11.6 that an Automatic Door Sign should be used to indicate that the door is activated automatically. Which means when a door is manually activated, it is not an automatically activated powered doorset.

Instead, other signage can be used, such as Keep Clear as this will inform users to keep away from the space through which a power operated door travels. But having an automatic door sign is not necessarily an issue as the signage is there to draw the users attention to the risk.

Overall, manual or remote power operated doors are not fully automatic but are definitely under the automatic door umbrella and require the same amount of risk assessment as any other automatic door. The most important thing is to fit signage as opposed to having a door which poses any sort of risk, with none. 

To book your BS EN16005 course and exam, click here .

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Posted by on August 20, 2018

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Annual General Meeting Updates

To keep you updated, we thought we would let you know the following about the ADIA AGM. This post will be updated according to any changes to the AGM.

CURRENT ATTENDEES

Companies attending the AGM at present include:

  • CITB (Guest Speaker)
  • Citation  (Guest Speaker)
  • CSCS  (Guest Speaker)
  • DJ Doors & Electrical Services Ltd
  • Strongdor
  • Universal Security
  • Abacus Shutters Limited
  • Total Door Services
  • Prosale (Guest Speaker)
  • Insight Automation Ltd
  • DSI
  • Reactive Doors
  • SDG Access
  • Record Direct
  • RTR Services
  • Hotron
  • Del Thomas
  • SPIE
  • FAAC
  • AA Doors

DINNER MENU

Please see the mouthwatering menu for the three-course meal that will take place on the 11th September at 8pm. To book your place please complete one of the two forms below (depending on your company type). Can dinner guests also inform us of their choices so we can let the hotel know numbers.

Installer, Sole Trader, Non-member AGM Application Form

Suppliers AGM Application Form

SPEAKERS

  • Camilla Robinson will be speaking on behalf of Citation

 

Updated: 16th August 2018

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Posted by on August 16, 2018

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