SECURE AREA DOORS – INVEST IN PEACE OF MIND

This guide details the requirements set by the Security Construction & Equipment Committee (SCEC) for timber doors in secure zones 3, 4, and 5; and Aluform’s capabilities with construction of these doors. These zones demand a high level of security, and SCEC’s regulations ensure that doors in these areas meet strict standards for strength, durability, and resistance to unauthorised access.

BUILDING THE CORE

The Security Construction & Equipment Committee (SCEC) requires secure area doors (timber doors in Zones 3, 4 and 5) in government agency offices to be constructed with a core of timber, plywood or cross-banded LVL timber blocks – aka “blockboard”. The core must always be – at a minimum – 35mm thick. Aluform’s standard secure area door core material is blockboard, and always 38mm thick, achieving and surpassing SCEC requirements.

FINISHING THE DOOR

In addition to specifying core requirements, the SCEC requires secure area doors to be a minimum thickness of 45mm. The face of the door can be finished with “Duracote” – a green, paint-ready skin, or paint-grade plywood depending on the specification. 10mm solid timber edgestrips are occasionally required, either to the two long sides or across all four sides.

FURNITURE

SCEC-endorsed hardware is available upon request, to complement your secure area door and provide access. Hardware includes hinge bolts, AMS Australia levers and select Lockwood / Assa Abloy mortice locks and levers.

MACHININGS

To complete the doors, Aluform can provide a range of machinings to suit your specified furniture. Door bases can be machined to suit a range of automatic door bottom seals, mortices and cable transfer holes for swipe card access doors. The entirety of the process is completed at our in-house manufacturing facility, ensuring full control over the quality of the doors we produce; and keeping lead times to a minimum so site operations can flow smoothly.