FDM Training & Development Partners and Collaborators

Bolster Systems is cloud-based compliance software designed to Identify, Understand, Manage and Mitigate building safety risks by helping organisations create and maintain a Golden Thread of information.

Bolster Systems helps users record inspections, installations, and maintenance tasks digitally, creating a centralised recordkeeping system, improving traceability, enhancing compliance and simplifying future checks. By streamlining data collection and communication between teams, from Fire to security, water and electrical, Bolster Systems can helps organisations improve efficiency and ensure compliance with all forms of building compliance.

Contactless Check Solutions are a Next Generation Fire Door Management System that is designed to easily manage your fire door stock in line with UK Government regulations and the ‘Golden Thread’. The Golden thread requires the creation and use of a digital record throughout the building life cycle. Our pin, app and dashboard allow you to track and update your fire door stock and make sure you remain compliant. Our products keep a digital record that is cloud based, making sure your data is safe in the event of a fire or natural disaster. Visit our website to learn more www.ccs-fire.com

DoorCo are the UK’s leading innovator of composite doors and the home of BRiTDOR, GRiPCORE, ORiGINAL, FiRECORE and FLiP. Offering both blank door slabs and cassettes for distribution as well as prepped and glazed doors, DoorCo is your independently owned, flexible and customer-focused one stop supplier for all your composite door needs.

Fire and Acoustic Seals provide a wide range of fire, smoke and acoustic seals and sealants in stock and available for next-day delivery. We partner with all major brands, giving us access to thousands more products if required.

fire door systems (fds) is a product range available exclusively to Distinction Doors Ltd, the UK’s largest supplier of GRP composite doorblanks.

fds offers a proven, consistent and compliant FD30S composite fire doorset, meeting the requirements of Approved Document B and underpinned by a third-party certification scheme, to regulate control and deliver product consistency.

GQA is a UK-based Awarding Organisation headquartered in Sheffield. It is regulated by the non-ministerial government departments Ofqual, SQA, Qualifications Wales, and CCEA, overseeing vocational training and the awarding of qualifications across 16 sectors.

Known for its friendly and supportive approach, GQA takes a hands-on role in assisting its approved training providers. Its commitment to excellence is reflected in consistently high satisfaction ratings.
Where existing qualifications do not meet specific needs, GQA has a strong track record of collaborating with training providers, product manufacturers and sector representative organisations to develop accredited courses and competency schemes tailored to industry requirements.

Additionally, for those seeking unique qualifications, GQA works with academies to create bespoke, exclusive qualifications set at their chosen academic level.

As a supplier to the New Build and Social Housing Refurbishment sectors for over 40 years, IG Doors has the resources, flexibility and organisational structure to cope with the requirements of major National House Builders and Developers, Local Authorities and Social Housing Landlords.

Our new factory creates door sets from slab to finished product, with all stages of production contained on a 1km production line. This is overseen by a dedicated production team with over 300 years of experience between them.

Bryony Matthews, founder of Iron Out, is an independent consultant specialising in architectural ironmongery and doors, with a focus on quality assurance and compliance.

As the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers 2023 'Achiever' Award Winner and a registered professional, Bryony is dedicated to advancing industry standards through impartial consultancy for manufacturers, suppliers, and buyers.

She is also the founder of the Safer Ironmongery Initiative, a campaign focused on collaboratively promoting due diligence and safety with the sector.

For over 45 years, we have been at the forefront of designing and manufacturing high-performance sealing systems for doors that provide fire, smoke, acoustic and thermal containment. Our intumescent seals are essential components in fire door assemblies, helping to contain fires and limit their spread, while our smoke seals provide critical protection by restricting smoke movement – heling to save lives & protect property.

Ever since its foundation in 1975, Mann McGowan has been one of the principal pioneers in intumescent technology – developing a whole series of ground-breaking products, including a comprehensive range of fire, smoke and acoustic seals.
In 2023 Mann McGowan became part of the Technical Fire Safety Group, and along with Pyroguard and Fireglass UK now provide the widest range of tested and certified products and system solutions to construction and refurbishment markets across the world today.

Metsä Wood's Kerto® LVL has been used in composite door manufacture for over 20 years, with over 250,000 entrance doors manufactured globally per year using it as their core.

Metsä Wood's Kerto acoustic fire door blanks have been fire tested*, with and without glazed opening, in excess of European Standards (EN1634-1). They are available in industry-standard 2135 mm x 915 mm sizes for FD30 (1/2 hour) and FD60 (1 hour), with other bespoke widths available to special order. Our fire door blanks are supplied calibration sanded and unlipped, ready for further processing.

The Kerto acoustic fire door blanks are manufactured from premium Nordic Spruce. The Kerto LVL Q-panel used for the door blanks is a cross-bonded laminated veneer lumber (LVL) produced from rotary-peeled 3 mm graded softwood veneers, which are then glued together using EN 636-3 glue (for use in exterior conditions). Individual veneer joints are scarfed and staggered. This structure improves the lateral bending strength and stiffness of the panel, thus increasing the shear strength. With cross-bonded veneers, there is an essential reduction in moisture dependent variations across the width of the panel. The result is an engineered wood product which delivers strength and dimensional stability that does not warp or twist, ideally suited to door blank applications.

Key Benefits:
Stability and predictability

Resistance to warp, twist and bow (even after machining)

Strength

Excellent thermal performance/properties

Significantly lighter in weight than other door blanks on the market (e.g. Kerto LVL L-panel 450 kg/m3)

More efficient for general handling and lighter transportation – maximising loads

Easy to machine (machines like regular softwood; no extra wear and tear on tooling; can be routered, edged, veneered and laminated without issue)

Can be supplied calibration sanded, optical sanded, or unsanded

Special sizes/specifications available to order

PEFC Certified - a full chain of custody

Northern Fire Solutions Ltd is a specialist supplier of high-quality fire-rated doorsets, serving contractors, developers, and housing providers across the UK. Based in the North West, we are committed to excellence, sustainability, and full compliance with fire safety standards. With a focus on precision manufacturing and rigorous certification, our products ensure safety without compromise. Trusted by industry leaders, we deliver reliable fire door solutions backed by expertise and innovation.

Panelcraft Access Panels is the UK's Leading Bespoke Access Panel Manufacturer, specialising in all types of concealed Access Panel Systems.

We are one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of Timber Fire Doorsets, Screens and Bespoke Joinery, and have been a successful family-run business since 1957. We take pride in being a professional manufacturing company efficiently producing a wide variety of doors, together with bespoke timber joinery products to all clients be they commercial or private.

At PDS Doorsets, we are your trusted partner in the UK construction industry since 2003. As door specialists, we proudly offer high-quality, bespoke fire doors and non fire doors tailored to meet the specific needs of our diverse range of clients. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in every product we manufacture, providing unparalleled security, fire door certification, and customisation options.

The world’s leading independent provider of fire safety glass for timber, steel and aluminium applications.

Pyroguard is part of the Technical Fire Safety Group, and the world's leading independent provider of fire safety glass for timber, steel and aluminium applications.

With production facilities based in both the UK and France and further sales representation covering the UK & Ireland, France, The Netherlands, Scandinavia, Iberia, Germany, Italy, the Middle East, and India. Pyroguard is strongly positioned to manufacture and supply the widest range of certified fire safety glass products on a global scale.

Pyroguard advocates industry best practice clearly demonstrated through the supply of a wide range of high-performance products to the construction industry that are fully tested and compliant to meet legislative and international standards across E, EW, and EI Classifications.

With over 40 years of proven industry experience, Pyroguard can help you select the right product for the right application. We can provide you with the ultimate peace of mind through dedicated technical advice and support all backed up with a vast range of certifications, test evidence, product information, and online tools to ensure the right Pyroguard product is chosen to meet fire performance and system specifications.

Pyroguard products are CE/UKCA Marked and registered under ISO 9001:2000.

Product range:
Pyrostem – Pyroguard Firesafe - Pyroguard Rapide – Pyroguard Rapide Plus – Pyroguard Advance - Pyroguard Protect – Pyroguard Infinity – Pyroguard Marine - Pyroguard Balustrades - Smokeguard - Attackguard

For further product information or technical support please contact our specialist team via our website

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Established in 1989, Permadoor became the original manufacturer of specialist composite doors in the United Kingdom. Proud to be a leader in fire safety and security doorsets, Permadoor are recognised as the preferred door partner for local authorities, housing association registered providers and developers.

Quality and compliance are at the core of Permadoor and we are committed to providing confidence across all aspects of our business. Our door systems have been precision-engineered by industry experts and subjected to the most rigorous, extensive testing programmes to deliver the ultimate confidence in compliance.

Our 36 years of experience means we have an in-depth knowledge of the opportunities and challenges faced within the marketplace and this enables us to provide the products, accreditations and technical support, together with our contract lifecycle management to complete every project successfully.

SDS are immensely proud of their 40-year track record of successful collaboration with architects, contractors, NHS trusts and private hospitals. All partnerships based on their core tenets of specialisation, dedication and sincerity.

Their highly experienced team are specialists: experts in product innovation, development and optimisation; dedicated to ensuring their customers’ technical and commercial needs are fully met; and sincere in how they run their business, communicate with their customers and nurture beneficial business relationships.

SDS is currently investing in innovation to continue to offer customers the very best they can. They have a clear vision that involves bold moves, innovative ideas and significant investment. They sincerely aspire to contribute to your ongoing and upcoming projects.

Truline Systems Limited is a British manufacturer of high quality fire rated products, partitioning, glass and timber doors that create beautiful interiors, backed up by independent fire and acoustic certification.

We design door hardware solutions around your needs, equipping you to navigate the ever-changing fire and security landscape. We have been driving progress since 1996. Our award-winning fire door and security hardware – combined with our continual innovation – ensure that our customers are always one step ahead.