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Colorado Doorways News Headlines - November 2008

• New Requirements for Annual Fire Door Inspections
• Colorado Doorways Featured Project, November 2008 - 8001 Arista Place
• TruStile Adds 20-Minute Interior Glass Fire Doors
• News Archive

Company News

New Requirements for Annual Fire Door Inspections
Colorado Doorways Becomes First Distributor in Colorado with Certified Fire Door Inspectors

Properly operating fire doors help protect property and save lives in the event of any emergency. Defective, damaged or non-functional fire doors can lead to tragic results and may subject building owners and managers to catastrophic losses and increased legal liability. Recognizing the importance of fire doors in preserving life and property, the National Fire Protection Association recently began requiring annual inspections of all fire door assemblies, including swinging doors and builders’ hardware (NFPA 80, 2007).

This change is highly significant to all building owners. Now, just like elevators, sprinkler systems and fire alarms, fire door openings must be inspected by a certified third-party to maintain NFPA compliance. NFPA 80's language in paragraph 5-2.1 requires fire door assemblies to be inspected 'not less than annually, and a written record of the inspection shall be signed and kept for inspection by the AHJ.'

Please click here to read the full press release and then contact Colorado Doorways for more information.

Project News

Colorado Doorways Featured Project, November 2008 - 8001 Arista Place

Broomfield's first commercial building along Arista Place, the city's new transit oriented development opened recently. The building has more than 20,000 sq ft of ground floor retail and restaurant space as well as 87,000 sq ft of office space.

From the press release:

The concept was to create a building that emulates a major downtown environment developed over time. The building is broken down through rhythm and massing to appear as a collection of close-knit but separate buildings yet function as a single unit.

Arista Place is the mixed-use core at the heart of Arista, a 210-acre gateway development under way along U.S. Highway 36. The core features live/work, office, retail, restaurant, hotel and residential space. Punctuating the east end of Village Street is a one-acre green space featuring a choreographed fountain surrounded by the TOD buildings.

A pedestrian bridge will connect the project with the east side of the highway. Bus transit access will be provided by a bypass that minimizes large-vehicle traffic on the village main street, providing a safe, welcoming environment for pedestrians.

The buildings on Arista Place are of varying composition and massing—solid versus transparent, horizontal versus vertical. Each building is interrelated to the others from block to block and shares a fine-scaled architectural language, a sense of crossover without literally composing the buildings in the same way. The “domestic modern” design creates a pedestrian orientation of large buildings in a vibrant, human-scaled experience.

As Colorado communities gear up with transit oriented development, Colorado Doorways is prepared to provide the products and services needed for these projects.

Product News

TruStile Adds 20-Minute Interior Glass Fire Doors

TruStile recently announced new 20-minute interior glass fire doors as an addition to their lineup of fire-rated door options. TruStile’s 20-minute rated glass doors are perfect for offices, conference rooms, interior lobbies and other applications where a 20-minute rated door is required by code, but the look of a glass door is desired.

TruStile allows you to maintain design consistency throughout your commercial project by offering virtually all of its 400+ standard panel door styles in 20- through 90-minute fire ratings. And now, with their 20-minute glass options, even fire-rated glass doors can match the other openings in your project.

For more information on TruStile’s 20-minute glass fire doors, see their technical bulletin. To learn more contact the experts at Colorado Doorways.