Kingston University, STEM Building

Allgood doorsets are helping to provide exceptional fire safety

at the new state of the art science, technology, engineering

and maths (STEM) facilities at Kingston University, London.

The University, which has roots going back more than 100

years and has approximately 19,500 enrolled students, began

construction of new science and technology facilities in the

summer of 2016.

Replacing the former teaching rooms on the second and

third floors of the main building, the new chemistry and

pharmaceutics laboratories are providing students at the

University with a modern environment, packed with the latest

state-of-the-art equipment.

As with any science laboratory, the consideration of safety was

of paramount importance when it came to specifying elements

such as the doors, due to the use of flammable, toxic and

dangerous chemicals.

Additionally, because of the amount of traffic through the

STEM department and thus the doors’ regularity of use, the

university felt that reliability and durability were integral when it

came to the ironmongery.

As such, Allgood supplied 15 doorsets with traditional exposed

lippings. The exposed lippings provide extra protection to

the door faces and ensure they can be easily repaired and

replaced if necessary. Along with the doorsets, Alite levers,

latches, surface maglocks and hinges were installed, providing

the laboratories with fire protection for up to 30 minutes.

The Alite ironmongery range developed specifically for use

in busy commercial environments was ideal for the Kingston

University STEM environment – providing a robust and hard

wearing ironmongery solution.