Security doors and physical security in Nottingham

Nottingham’s transport interchange funnels thousands of people a day past its commercial quarters, university halls and hospital estate. ArxBridge supplies and installs rated security doors, windows, blast protection and vehicle barriers across the city, specified by architects, main contractors and facilities teams for city centre, campus and hospital projects.

• LPS 1175 SR2 to SR5Forced entry ratings for doors and windows
• EI 30 to EI 120Fire rated steel doorsets
• Ballistic ratings FB4 to FB7Tested to EN 1522
• PAS 68 ratedVehicle impact barriers and bollards

Buildings and sites that need protection in Nottingham

The main transport interchange handles heavy footfall from early morning to late night. Forecourts, taxi ranks and drop-off lanes sit close to entrances and glazing, so the front of house needs two things at once: hostile vehicle mitigation outside and LPS 1175 security doors on plant rooms, ticket offices and back-of-house corridors. Our security bollards are tested to PAS 68, which records vehicle mass, impact speed, impact angle and penetration distance, so a specifier can match the rating to the approach layout. The transport hubs page explains how stations usually zone their protection.

The teaching hospital estate is the city’s largest secure campus. Pharmacies, pathology laboratories and plant rooms need doorsets that hold against forced entry while meeting fire compartmentation, so fire and security doors rated to both EI and LPS 1175 are a common choice. Corridors and service risers take fire rated steel doors from EI 30 to EI 120, tested to EN 1634-1. The healthcare page explains how hospitals zone their secure areas.

Two universities hold estates across the city centre and the suburbs. Student accommodation blocks need communal entrance doors that stand up to daily use and attempted break-ins, typically LPS 1175 SR2 (B3), which gives three minutes against hand tools such as screwdrivers, pliers and hand saws. Research laboratories and data rooms usually step up to SR3 (C5), five minutes against crowbars, drills and chisels. The LPS 1175 guide explains the full rating scale used on education estates.

Retail streets and the commercial quarters bring a different pattern: high-value stock behind full-height glazing by day, empty streets at night. Security shutters and roller doors close that gap, and security windows rated to LPS 1175 protect display fronts that stay glazed. For sites near busy roads, laminated blast resistant glass matched to its frame adds protection against vehicle-borne blasts, with hazard ratings from A (no break) to F (high hazard).

Which rating suits each site

Start from the threat, then pick the rating. The table is a guide only; a site survey confirms what each opening needs.

Heritage and planning points

Parts of Nottingham fall inside conservation areas, and listed buildings need listed building consent before any change to doors or windows. Where the facade must stay, security sash windows and vacuum insulated glass give a security rating inside a slim, traditional-looking unit. Rated LPS 1270 security glazing can sit behind existing stonework without changing the street view.

Survey first, then specify. Every ArxBridge installation starts with a site survey that records opening sizes, wall construction and access. The doorset that arrives is made to those measurements.

How supply and installation works in Nottingham

ArxBridge supplies and installs across Nottingham and the surrounding county. The process runs assess, specify, manufacture, install and maintain: we survey the site, agree the ratings with your team, manufacture the doorsets to size, fit them with minimal disruption and support them afterwards. Work can be phased so wards, stations and campuses stay in use while installation continues.