Colorado Doorways News Headlines - December 2006

Doorway Solutions® now has their own web site!
New Article - Great Expectations: How to ensure that specified door, frame, hardware and access-control software will perform as planned.
Colorado Doorways Featured Project, December 2006 - St. Francis Medical Center
Ives Announces Concealed Electric Through-Wire and Monitor Hinges
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Company News

Doorway Solutions now has their own web site!

Our Doorway Solutions division works exclusively with end user and wholesale customers. This market requires a different level of expertise and service capability and Doorway Solutions® was created with that in mind. Now, taking that even further, we have spun off the Doorways Solutions portion of our web site to its own space with content tailored to their customers. Take a look!

Article - Great Expectations: How to ensure that specified door, frame, hardware and access-control software will perform as planned.

In this article from American School & University magazine, Beverly Vigue of Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies discusses what it takes to ensure educational institutions have what they need to ensure security.

"It takes more than just a door to close an opening. The combination of door, frame and hardware should be viewed as a complete system."

We are pleased to make this excellent article available on our web site now. Click here to view and download it.

Project News

Colorado Doorways Featured Project, December 2006 - St. Francis Medical Center

St. Francis Medical Center The new St. Francis Medical Center Campus will be a state-of-the-art, 158-bed tertiary medical center offering facilities and services to meet all medical needs of the Colorado Springs Community far into the future. The campus is designed to improve superior quality care and to improve quality of life for patients, physicians and staff.

The campus is characterized by numerous partnering ventures between the hospital and the medical community. To this end, the campus includes 120,000 sq ft of medical office space and 60,000 sq ft of freestanding ambulatory services space. The Medical Center Tower is 350,000 sq. ft, the Ambulatory Services Building and Physician Offices is 100,000 sq ft and the Freestanding Physician Office Building is 80,000 sq ft.

The St. Francis Medical Center is a huge project and will bring first class medical care to area residents. Colorado Doorways is pleased to supply the doors, frames and architectural hardware for this extraordinary project.

Product News

Ives Announces Concealed Electric Through-Wire and Monitor Hinges

Pemko aluminum hinges Concealed electric through-wire hinges are a means to transfer electrical power from the power source, through the frame, and into the door and finally to the electrified door hardware.

IVES through-wire hinges provide an aesthetically pleasing power transfer solution without significant door and frame preparation for new construction and retrofit work. Monitor hinges utilize an internal switch to send a signal when the door is opened. Monitor hinges may also be ordered with through-wires to monitor an opening while providing power to electrified locking hardware.

Available in 3 and 5 Knuckle
Listed under UL 634
Available in most models in current IVES hinge offering
One hinge per box, packed with wood and machine screws
High quality brass ferrules and plastic tubing protect the wires
Through-wire hinges cycle tested to ensure durability

For more details about about the new Ives Through-Wire Hinges, contact the experts at Colorado Doorways to learn more.

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