BS EN 13637 has been released to provide more flexibility in securing escape doors.
Until now, the two standards we have discussed, BS EN 179 and BS EN 1125 are both based on mechanical locking solutions.
That’s great from an escape perspective, but can provide limited flexibility to a security consultant, where more complex control of escape doors is required.
This need is answered with BS EN 13637 introduced in 2016.
Securing lifts is just as important as securing doors, sometimes more so.
But how exactly does lift destination control work?
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Beyond aesthetics there are several considerations to be made in selecting the best card reader for your needs, maybe more than you had considered?
Let’s start with the two most obvious ones, before we move on to the others…
Welcome back to the second part in the series, in this article, I’m going to cover BS EN 1125.
BS EN 1125 defines options for mechanical locking of escape route doors for panic escape.
These blog posts will provide a high level, easy to understand overview of the standard, however the standard and any implications should be read in full to ensure compliance.
The first standard that I’m going to cover in this series is BS EN 179, this standard defines options for mechanical locking of escape route doors.
These blog posts will provide a high level, easy to understand overview of the standard, however the standard and any implications should be read in full to ensure compliance.