The recent success of The Australian Trellis Door Company™’s (ATDC™) mobile expandable security door installations for retailers at Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne International Airports has led to similar successful projects at overseas international airports such as Heathrow International, Hong Kong International, and Nadi (Fiji) International Airport.
Recent Installation
The above image shows one of 4 recent installations at Port Moresby International Airport, Papua New Guinea where ATDC’s expandable security doors have been installed to secure large retail tenancies at the airport’s recent upgrade.
Unique Demands
With security of stock and property a primary concern for these retailers, ATDC’s portable expandable security doors were specified by numerous Australian based architectural firms that were looking for a cost effective security door. It needed to be capable of spanning very wide expanses across irregular shaped openings that had no overhead support structure.
The ATDC Solution
ATDC’s expandable mobile security doors satisfied all these requirements. Folding neatly out of the way when not in use, these trackless expandable security doors are stored in joinery cupboards on the extremities of the openings or simply wheeled away on their heavy duty bottom castors and stored off site.
Access Control Measures
More recently the world renowned Plaza Premium Lounge Network has installed ATDC’s expandable security doors at the entrance to its lounge at Terminal 2, The Queen’s Terminal, Heathrow International Airport. Plaza Premium Lounge is a global service brand headquartered in Hong Kong. It operates in more than 120 global locations in 28 airports and has over 2500 employees. (www.plaza-network.com).
Plaza Premium has installed ATDC’s trackless expandable security door as an access control measure –the barrier is installed across the entry to the business lounge –this particular opening has minimal fixing points and the overhead structure is too high for a cost effective overhead door to be fitted. And ATDC’s precision engineered barrier with its high quality exterior powdercoated finish was deemed suitable for the high profile location
The Australian Trellis Door Company (ATDC) has installed its market leading movable security screens for the Swiss based Dufry AG at Perth International Airport.
Dufry – Duty Free
Headquartered in Basel Switzerland, Dufry has in excess of 2200 duty free stores across the world,employs more than 29000 staff and operates in over 64 countries.
ATDC successfully installed their OH+S safety tested, movable security screens at the Collections and Perth Street Markets tenancies (both stores owned and operated by Dufry).
Trackless Free Standing Solution
In both instances these mobile, trackless, free standing screens resolved the client’s shopfront security requirements in the absence of any meaningful support structure to support their installation.
Project managers for the job were Jolimont based Cooper & Oxley and the specifying architect was Fratelle Group from Northbridge, Perth.
The Australian Trellis Door Company (ATDC) has installed its safety fencing to the departure gate area for American Airlines at Sydney International Airport.
The safety fencing has been installed to restrict access and pedestrian traffic to the departure gate during specific, limited hours of the day.
ATDC Mobile Fencing Installations
ATDC has also installed thousands of metres of its safety fencing at multiple locations at both of Sydney’s international and domestic airports in many different applications including screening off shopfronts, restricting access to the very wide expanse of area where duty free merchandise is displayed for sale during closing hours, screening off work-safe areas for OH+S purposes, securing customs areas of the airport, access control to areas for screening of carry-on luggage and other security locations, and securing entry to bonded warehouses for freight.
The mobile fencing is perfectly suited for these applications, given that they are mobile, trackless and free standing, they require no headroom or overhead support, and their width is unlimited due to their modular design. They are manufactured from toughened steel sections and have wall mounted and floor mounted locking options. They are compact and both safe and easy to operate, running on a series of heavy duty 75mm rubber non marking thermoplastic bottom wheels. The fencing is typically available in standard height modules of either 2020mm or 2520mm, although custom heights can be tailored to the needs of any application or project.
Steel and Aluminum Options
Both steel and aluminium safety fencing are available with the latter more suitable for installation in a highly corrosive marine environment such as coastal locations. The clear anodised and UV-resistant Dulux powdercoated finishes provide the anti-corrosion characteristics of these cutting edge aluminium barriers.
ATDC’s safety fencing is OH+S tested and are also independently tested in an approved NATA laboratory against the Australian Standard AS 4687 -2007 Temporary Fencing and Hoardings. They have also been successfully tested for emergency egress under the BCA.
Premium grade portable barriers have been installed at Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant at LAX International Airport in Los Angeles.
Portable Barriers – Premium Grade
Wolfgang Puck is an Austrian Born-American and is an internationally renowned celebrity chef, award winning restaurateur, newspaper columnist, famous television personality, part time actor and philanthropist. His group’s activities also include catering services, cookbooks and premium grade licensed products.
The portable barriers installed at Wolfgang Puck’s LAX restaurant are mobile and trackless and have been configured in a multi-angled shape to accommodate the unique contours of the storefront. Being trackless and free standing, these portable barriers require no headroom at all which is normally a necessity for overhead door systems and they require no overhead support structure making them easy and economical to install since no structural bulkheads are required. Available in standard heights of 2020mm or 2520mm (or available in custom made heights as required), the span of these portable barriers is unlimited due to their unique semi-modular design and thereby the need for heavy, unsafe and unwieldy removable mullions is avoided making it easy and safe for staff to operate. The portable barriers are able to blend in with the aesthetics of the storefront with their sharp precision angled lines and high quality gloss powdercoated finish (standard finishes are either a black satin or a pearl white although any finish in the dulux Australian powdercoat range is available as an extra over option).
The Manufacturing Process
Manufactured from precision engineered high tensile steel sections and with both wall mounted and floor mounted locking options, these portable barriers are compact, sturdy and formidable yet are very easy to operate running on a series of low friction heavy duty 75mm bottom thermoplastic rubber non marking bottom castors. Both steel and aluminium portable barriers are available with the latter more suitable for installation in a highly corrosive marine environment such as coastal, beachside or riverfront locations. The natural anodised and UV-resistant powdercoated finishes provide the extra anti-corrosion qualities of these quality aluminium barriers.
Tested and Approved
OH+S tested under the Australian legislation for safety and with a detailed, written and independently audited WHS Risk Assessment, The Australian Trellis Door Company’s (ATDC) portable barriers are stand out leaders in the field and are also independently tested in an approved NATA laboratory for dynamic impact, simulated climbing and wind force overturn conditions under the Australian Standard AS 4687 -2007 Temporary Fencing and Hoardings. Further testing has been successfully completed for emergency egress under the Building Code of Australia where required.
ATDC’s portable barriers are also available in a double diamond lattice pattern with the steel mesh tightly interwoven resulting in the pitch between the metal cross linkages at a mere 65mm to 70mm. This prevents people putting their hands through the mesh to reach merchandise on the other side of the barrier making the portable barriers an extremely effective loss prevention aide.
Security for Retailers
Suitable applications for ATDC’s portable barriers include achieving temporary security for pop-up stores, kiosks and other temporary retail tenancies, access control for shopping centres and public buildings (such as railway stations and passenger terminals for instance at airports, ferry stations, bus terminals), Worksafe applications such as construction sites, sports stadiums, public events, entertainment venues, securing of warehouses and loading docks. ATDC’s portable barriers are also available for hire on a long, medium term or short term basis.
The security landscape is changing throughout the world, with Australia being no exception. For the first time Australian retailers are facing new security risks that before had only been experienced in films and on TV. ATDC provide mobile security barriers to combat these issues.
What Security Measures are Retailers Investing In?
The demand for increased security has seen retailers proactively investing in a number of different measures to protect their merchandise from vandalism and theft, including those retailers at airports and other public buildings across the country as well as retailers in shopping centres, strip retail shops, restaurants, clubs, hotels and gyms.
What Are ATDC Doing to Help Airport Retailers?
In recent years the Australian Trellis Door Company™ (ATDC™) has been successfully installing its extensive range of retailer friendly mobile security doors and security shutters for retail stores at airports across Australia including Brisbane International, Melbourne Domestic and International, Sydney domestic and international, Cairns, Perth, Gold Coast, Port Hedland and Darwin International Airports.
Which Airport Retailers Have We Worked With?
Many of Australia’s leading retailers are relying on ATDC’s successful track record and extensive security industry experience and are installing their quality range of security doors and security shutters across their retail shopfronts. Leading retailers such as Purely Merino, Australian Way, RM Williams, Billabong, News Travels, Quicksilver, and Flight Centre to name but a few.
Recently Heinemann, the global German-owned retailer, was awarded the duty free concession at Sydney International Airport and has installed nearly 600 lineal metres of ATDC’s portable, expandable, roll away security barriers/doors to secure its store. This is the largest single contract ever awarded in Australia to date for portable security gates.
And JR Duty Free has recently installed 60 lineal metres of ATDC’S top-hung SO6 heavy duty trellis security door at its new store at Brisbane International Airport.
ATDC’s security doors and security shutters are unique-they fold back to a mere 15% of their expanded width so as not to be visible during trading hours;they can be made to comply with egress requirements under the BCA where required; they can be manufactured to span unlimited widths and can accommodate curved apertures. The trackless barrier does not require an overhead structure as it is completely freestanding. And ATDC has a fully documented WHS risk assessment completed for its trackless security gate.
For more information on ATDC’s mobile expandable security doors (which now carry a full OH+S certification and Temporary Fencing and Hoarding certification) please contact us online or call 1800 657 435 from anywhere in Australia.
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