Automatic Door Servicing & Maintenance – Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance, University of Oxford

Today we serviced the automatic sliding and swing doors at Eagle House for the University of Oxford.

All automatic doors are complex components subject to punishing wear and tear on a daily basis. Therefore, to ensure that they continue to function properly, regular service and maintenance is imperative.

We understand that anybody in a position of ensuring that a building functions correctly and works to a budget requires –

• Fixed costs
• Pre-planned service visits
• Same or next day response to emergency call outs
• Qualified and competent engineers
• Minimised disruption during working
• Health and safety compliant designating safe working area
• Risk assessments and safe working practices
• Documentation for records
• Conditional reports of equipment for planning future budgets
• Prior warning of end of life / obsolete equipment with solutions for replacement
• Accountability of communication, workmanship and value for money.

We have a specific schedule of works we carry out for each different door type which is detailed within our servicing. We have used our experience, the manufacturers service specifications and legislation compliance to adopt these procedures for every customer and service contract we offer.

Some of these include inspecting all mechanical components and cleaning sensors, etc. This means that the correct amount of time and engineers’ resource is allocated to ensure your doors are safe, reliable and reducing overall costs.

Preventative maintenance servicing reduces the failure of equipment. This is backed up with the level of service our customers require as we understand that when a door fails it affects your business.

For automatic doors as an example the minimum for compliance to BSEN16005 and BS7036 2014 is once per year and a risk assessment checklist document issued.

The manufacturers may specify when service parts are replaced due to the number of operations, so you may need to increase the amount of service visits and replacement of parts to ensure the safe and continued operation.