The ‘European Openings’ doors and windows conference was staged by Chiltern Dynamics and BM TRADA Certification to help pave the way for the new European Product Standard for pedestrian doors and windows prEN 14351-1:2005.

Chiltern International Fire Engineer Andrew Forecast comments on upgrading fire doorsets and stresses that it is vital to look at each case individually.

Kevin Towler, Managing Director of Chiltern International Fire, discusses the impressive pace with which the fire doors industry in Dubai has embraced third-party certification.

EN 1279 ‘Glass in buildings – insulating glass units’ has finally been posted in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ). This means that, from next month, IGU manufacturers will be able to CE mark their units - and by March 2007 all units must comply with the Construction Products Directive (CPD).

Chiltern Dynamics and BM TRADA will be exhibiting at Glassex (5-8 March at the NEC, Birmingham).

Our experts will be on hand to discuss performance issues, including: thermal, security, weather, durability, service life, burglary resistance and fire.