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Earlier this year, Stairways Midlands launched PinPoint, a pioneering new way of ensuring their fire doors are installed in accordance with certification and maintained correctly thereafter.
Adopting Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and linking into the national fire door database through Door Data Systems, PinPoint is a major step forward for the company, and demonstrates their support for the requirements of ‘Building a Safer Future’ and the recently introduced Fire Safety Act.
A small plastic pin is installed during production. It looks to the end user just like a small nail, but can be scanned with an app to reveal data about the product, like certification, installation instructions, manufacturer schedules and component details.
Stairways Midlands is now offering this innovation on all fire doors from its wide range to help customers and building owners manage responsibilities and compliance.
Karen Wood, Joint Managing Director at Stairways Midlands, said: “This is a really important step forward for safety, embracing technology to achieve compliance whilst helping improve traceability and door maintenance throughout its life.
“PinPoint provides a cost-effective, easy and fully transferrable digital passport. It is designed to meet head-on legislative reform and provide a solution that really delivers.”
When a door with PinPoint is delivered, the door’s digital passport will already have been created by Stairways Midlands during the manufacturing process. The installer team, upon commencing, simply scans PinPoint from a mobile device into the secure app. This then requires a 10-point check to be carried out during install, requesting photographs to be taken at pivotal points which are then saved to the app, providing valuable reference at a later date for the installation contractor and duty holders.
Using PinPoint also helps third-party accredited inspections by providing consolidation of record keeping, which can be exported to support invoicing.
Other features and benefits include:
To find out more, visit www.stairways.co.uk, call 01926 818770 or email enquiries@stairways.co.uk
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