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ARE YOUR FIRE DOORS

SAFE AND COMPLIANT?

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DOOR A

PASS

MITIGATE RISK, PROTECT LIVES AND SAFEGUARD YOUR REPUTATION For those responsible for managing buildings,

BM TRADA is a UKAS-accredited certification

fire safety is critical. With recent changes

body which provides independent third-party

in legislation and more stringent rules set

certification services for manufacturers,

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to be enforced in coming years, the serious

installers and maintainers of fire resisting doors

consideration of fire safety is not just a moral

and installers of fire stopping solutions. We also

obligation or a box-ticking exercise, it is law –

offer UKCA/UKNI + CE** marking certification.

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and those who breach the legislation,

Our third-party certification schemes are

could be prosecuted.

provided under the Q-mark brand and aim to provide added assurance that the product will be capable of maintaining the stated level

60+ minutes

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of fire resistance, throughout its life time.

Our experience and expertise in testing and certifying construction products is what sets us apart, and, as we can offer the full suite of services required for certifying construction products, customers benefit from overall efficiency in addition to convenient access to

ARE YOUR FIRE DOORS

our expert team.

SAFE AND COMPLIANT? TESTING

2-4mm 2-4mm 2-4mm

DOOR DOOR B B = = PASS PASS

*These times are for illustrative purposes only and may vary.

C LASSURANCE IBUILDING CK H ESOLUTIONS R E FOR A ADVISORY

Building assurance in the minds of our customers and offering solutions for a complex world underpins everything that we do at BM TRADA. To consistently deliver on our promise, we work to three guiding principles, technical excellence, operational excellence and customer excellence.

COMPLEX WORLD CER

TIFIC ATIO N

F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N , V I S I T B M T R A D A . C O M

INSPECTIO N

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DOOR A

PASS

BM TRADA is a UKAS-accredited certification

fire safety is critical. With recent changes

body which provides independent third-party

in legislation and more stringent rules set

certification services for manufacturers,

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to be enforced in coming years, the serious

installers and maintainers of fire resisting doors

consideration of fire safety is not just a moral

and installers of fire stopping solutions. We also

obligation or a box-ticking exercise, it is law –

offer UKCA/UKNI + CE** marking certification.

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and those who breach the legislation,

Our third-party certification schemes are

could be prosecuted.

provided under the Q-mark brand and aim

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2-4mm 2-4mm

FAIL

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For those responsible for managing buildings,

60+ minutes

2-4mm

DOOR B

MITIGATE RISK, PROTECT LIVES AND SAFEGUARD YOUR REPUTATION

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to provide added assurance that the product will be capable of maintaining the stated level

(30 (30 minutes) minutes) 30 minutes

of fire resistance, throughout its life time.

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Our experience and expertise in testing and

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certifying construction products is what sets

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us apart, and, as we can offer the full suite of services required for certifying construction

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products, customers benefit from overall efficiency in addition to convenient access to

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our expert team.

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TESTING

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2-4mm

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DOOR DOOR B B = = PASS PASS

*These times are for illustrative purposes only and may vary.

Building assurance in the minds of our customers and offering solutions for a complex world underpins everything that we do at BM TRADA. To consistently deliver on our promise, we work to three guiding principles, technical excellence, operational excellence and customer excellence.

BUILDING ASSURANCE SOLUTIONS FOR A COMPLEX WORLD CER

TIFIC ATIO N

F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N , V I S I T B M T R A D A . C O M

INSPECTIO N

Perimeter intumescent intumescent Perimeter Perimeter intumescent Perimeter intumescent specification correctas asper specifi cation correct Perimeter intumescent specifi cation correct as per Perimeter intumescent specifi cation as per Perimeter intumescent per manufacturer’s tested manufacturer’s tested specifi specifi cation correct correct asspecifi per cation manufacturer’s tested specifi cation correct as per manufacturer’s tested specifi cation specifi cation correct as per cation specification manufacturer’s tested tested specifi specifi cation manufacturer’s (60+ minutes) manufacturer’s tested specification cation (60+ minutes) (60+ minutes) 60+ minutes (60+ minutes) minutes) (60+ (60+ minutes)

ADVISORY

2-4mm 2-4mm

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DOOR DOOR A A = = FAIL FAIL

**CE marking is provided by Element Materials Technology Rotterdam B.V.

P RO U D TO B E PA RT O F

G LO B A L L E A D E R S I N T E ST I N G , I N S P E C T I O N & C E R T I F I C AT I O N

The Element Materials Technology Group is one of the world’s leading global providers of testing, inspection and certification services for a diverse range of materials, products and technologies in advanced industrial supply chains where failure is not an option.

Headquartered in London, UK, Element’s team of more than 6,000 expert scientists, engineers and technicians operate from around 200 locations across five continents, delivering an extensive range of solutions to customers in critical industries including Aerospace, Connected Technologies, Construction, Defense, Energy, Environmental, Life Sciences and Transportation. Everything we do is designed to help our customers to develop better products, get them to market on time, save time and money, and to minimize the risk to their business from their materials and product development and production activities.

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