{"id":83232,"date":"2020-09-30T10:44:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T09:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=83232"},"modified":"2020-09-30T10:44:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T09:44:12","slug":"safety-doors-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/safety-doors-contract\/83232\/","title":{"rendered":"Booth Industries secures HS2 tunnel safety doors contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs2.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HS2<\/a> has awarded a \u00a336m contract to Bolton-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booth-industries.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Booth Industries<\/a> to provide high-pressure safety doors for the internal passages linking the high-speed rail tunnels<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/timber-fire-doors\/61134\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">safety doors<\/a> will play a crucial role in the operation of the railway, sealing off the cross passageways between the separate north and southbound tunnels and giving access in the event of an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>The initial phase of the contract will focus on developing and testing door and frame designs.<\/p>\n<p>In total 303 doors and frames will be designed, manufactured and installed by Booth, using majority UK made steel, across the 32 miles of tunnel between London and Crewe.<\/p>\n<p>Booth Industries, which is owned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avingtrans.plc.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Avingtrans PLC<\/a>, was established in 1873 and is now one of the UK\u2019s designers and manufacturers of high-performance safety and security doors, blast windows, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/modular-construction-news\/structural-insulated-panel-systems\/73533\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">modular wall systems<\/a> and blast relief panels.<\/p>\n<p>From their three sites in Bolton, they have provided equipment for projects across the defence, infrastructure and industrial sectors \u2013 including similar safety doors for HS1 (the Channel Tunnel rail link) and Crossrail.<\/p>\n<h3>Reliability and safety<\/h3>\n<p>HS2\u2019s procurement and commercial director, David Poole, said: \u201cAs well as being one the world\u2019s most reliable high-speed railways, HS2 also needs to be the safest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s why we\u2019re delighted to be awarded this major contract to Booth Industries. Their impressive experience of delivering the highest quality in terms of safety and performance will play a vital role in delivering this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/chiltern-tunnelling-machines\/80771\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">crucial part of the HS2 project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis award also goes to show how HS2 is already supporting companies across the UK, creating jobs and helping the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mike Jenkinson, managing director of Booth Industries, added: \u201cThis is a landmark contract with a new customer, which recognises the extensive experience we have developed over years\u2019 supplying high-integrity door sets for a range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/digital-infrastructure-projects\/51354\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">infrastructure projects<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur designs are based on existing Booth IP and will be manufactured at a new, purpose-built facility in Bolton, creating up to fifty skilled jobs in the area over the next decade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first frames are expected to be delivered to contractors before the end of 2021 with manufacturing and installation expected around 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HS2 has awarded a \u00a336m contract to Bolton-based Booth Industries to provide high-pressure safety doors for the internal passages linking the high-speed rail tunnels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[676,998,997,473,579,947,627,639,928,753,280],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-crossrail","9":"tag-development","10":"tag-hs2","11":"tag-infrastructure","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-modular-construction","14":"tag-procurement","15":"tag-rail-network","16":"tag-safety","17":"tag-transport"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Booth Industries secures HS2 tunnel safety doors contract<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"HS2 has awarded a \u00a336m contract to Bolton-based Booth Industries to provide high-pressure safety doors for the internal passages linking the rail tunnels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/safety-doors-contract\/83232\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Booth Industries secures HS2 tunnel safety doors contract\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HS2 has awarded a \u00a336m contract to Bolton-based Booth Industries to provide high-pressure safety doors for the internal passages linking the rail tunnels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/safety-doors-contract\/83232\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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