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TRANSFORMING 233-241 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET – THE TABERNACLE

TRANSFORMING 233-241 LEWISHAM HIGH STREET – THE TABERNACLE

The Tabernacle, a building with much history…

This Grade 2 listed building was designed by architect Norman Evans and built in 1910 at the height of the “Temperance Movement” to provide an alternative to pubs bars and other alcohol-based entertainment venues. The Temperance Movement started in the 1800s and there are still several other buildings in London with similar architectural features notably in Fulham, Brixton, and Chelsea. The buildings often used the same decorative materials that pubs used, such as tiled facades and stained-glass windows, to create the congenial atmosphere of a public house without the pitfalls of available alcohol.

The Tabernacle Church (The Tab) is a thriving multicultural church family that has been in central Lewisham for over 50 years! People of all ages and backgrounds make this church their home and are passionate about reaching & helping others to find life in Christ – “Our heartbeat is to love God and love people”.

A sensitive restoration introducing modern access solutions…

The building has had many, often short-lived, uses in recent decades including a bingo hall, and most recently a snooker hall. After passing through several different hands, it was evident that some of the owners and tenants had not always been sensitive to the building’s historical fabric.

It required a major refurbishment and, amongst its many needs, was the requirement for high quality architectural ironmongery and an access control and auto door system sensitive to all the needs of a modern building and complying with all current building regulations and those aspects of building regulations relating to the Equality Act (EA) 2010.

Integrated online access control systems…

The project was complex with regard to Doorfit’s responsibility in supplying and commissioning automatic operators, linked to the access control system, to all the entrances and exits on the building.

Doorfit worked closely with the Architects Paul Henry to produce a combined architectural ironmongery, close proximity access control system and auto operator specification. Doorfit supplied main Contractor Chisholm & Winch with compliant fire door Ironmongery, a master key suite for the building and special half round back-to-back stainless steel pull handles as the primary theme throughout. Doorfit also advised on many facets of the installation of the cabling to deliver the project on time.

Once all installed and commissioned, Doorfit organised on-site training for the staff providing knowledge of the complexities of the computer-controlled access control system.

A transformative outcome…

Users of the space are now greeted with a restored building that has been optimised at every contact point with doors, architectural ironmongery and access controls that meets the needs of the congregation.

Doorfit’s Southeast & Export Sales Manager, Mike Brittain,  commented “We approached the Tabernacle project with a clear focus on the desired outcome and ensured that we applied our expertise and experience to best effect at the design and installation stage. Usability has dramatically improved for the congregation and access is compliant, safe and secure for all”.

Paul Henry Architect – “We have found Mike Brittain and the Doorfit team to be proactive , solution orientated , helpful , professional as well as informative. We highly recommend them.”

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M+ Museum, Kowloon Architectural Ironmongery from Doorfit

M+ Museum, Kowloon – $1m Hong Kong Dollar Contract for Architectural Ironmongery from Doorfit

Exporting Doorfit’s expertise…

The M+ building, located in the West Kowloon Cultural District of Hong Kong overlooking Victoria Harbour. Its scale is vast – thirty-three galleries, cinemas, learning hubs and a Mediatheque across 17,000 square feet, making it amongst the largest museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world.

Designed by Herzog & de Meuron in partnership with TFP Farrells and Arup, the building is a striking part of the waterfront sitted in front of Hong Kong’s tallest buiding, the International Commerce Centre. The design is an inverted ‘T’ shape with podium cantilevers above ground.

In the final stages of the fit out, Doorfit was commissioned to supply over 1 million (HKD) Hong Kong Dollars of quality architectural ironmongery. The package included over a thousand pairs of British manufactured hinges, scores of panic bolts in varying configurations, Italian designed lever handles and over eighty heavy duty escape solenoid locksets.

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Doorfit supply Travelodge Refurbishment

Doorfit supply Travelodge Refurbishment

125 rooms with architectural ironmongery, bespoke fitted desks and mirrors.

Doorfit supplied the IH Group for their refurbishment of Travelodge’s Bath Waterside Hotel. 125 rooms were refurbished, and the Doorfit package included a full range of architectural ironmongery, bespoke fitted desks and mirrors during the 7-week programme.

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AVENUE ROAD, ST JOHN’S WOOD, LONDON NW8

AVENUE ROAD, ST JOHN’S WOOD,
LONDON NW8

AVENUE ROAD, ST JOHN’S WOOD, LONDON NW8

Doorfit in consultation with the architect, the client and contractor were asked to supply bespoke hand finished dark bronze lever handles and pull handles to this 28 million project all to the clients specification, along with all architectural ironmongery to match which included locks latches and  window fittings. We also sourced and supplied the bathroom and cabinet fittings, we did all this in collaboration with our traditional hardware manufacturing partners and the project was completed in budget and on time.

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Travelodge Hotels

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As part of this integrated service we often need to source products which have been discontinued or need to be manufactured to bespoke requirements, making us a key support to their facilities management teams. This close relationship enables them to keep as many rooms available as possible throughout the year. Doorft has also supplied many of the refurbished and new build hotels as Travelodge has heavily invested to upgrade their venues over recent years.

Travelodge Hotels have been a key account customer for many years. We offer them a ‘one stop shop’ service across their complete hotel portfolio, managing everything from lighting and plumbing support to architectural hardware maintenance.

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Queen Elizabeth Hospital

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Queen Elizabeth Hospital

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital is one of the UK’s flagship PFI projects and has the largest co-located critical care unit of any hospital in the world. Since opening in Birmingham in 2010, facility management company Engie have utilised our support services to ensure the hospital is kept fully operational 24/7. No small challenge when the NHS is under such pressure to cope with the UK’s ageing population. Doorfit work daily with the team at Engie to source and stock key products, providing a same day service as and when needed.

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Doorfits dedicated in house master key facility allows us to supply new master key suites in a few days and replacement keys and locks can be issued within 24 hours. Choosing from a range of medium to high security options our specification team can help you design a bespoke master key suite to fit your needs and budget.

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Solihull Mental Health Trust

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Our Anti-Ligature Fittings for Solihull Mental Health Trust

Our specialist range of Anti-ligature fittings are specifically designed to cope with the demands and safety requirements of the mental health environment. Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust asked us through Balfour Beatty to design and manufacture adaptations to existing windows to help upgrade their facilities Zinnia, Oleaster and Barberry.

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