Urmet UK has been
awarded Secured by Design certification, joining the UK’s official police
security initiative which aims to prevent crime through design innovations.
Secured by Design is part of Police Crime Prevention Initiatives
(PCPI), a police-owned organisation that works on behalf of Police & Crime
Commissioners and Chief Constables to deliver a wide range of crime prevention
and demand reduction initiatives across the UK.
PCPI is a not-for-profit organisation and Board Members include
senior police officers from each of the four Home Nations.
Secured by Design plays a significant crime prevention role in the
planning process to ‘design out’ crime in a wide range of building sectors. It
has achieved some significant successes including one million homes built to
SBD standards with reductions in crime of up to 87%.
SBD has many partner organisations, ranging from the Home Office,
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and the Police Service
through to local authorities, housing associations, developers and
manufacturers and works closely with standards and certification bodies to
ensure that their publicly available standards actually meet the needs of the
police and public alike.
Urmet door entry and access control solutions have been thoroughly
tested in conjunction with doors by Premier Security & Fire Consultants Ltd
– the UK’s leading supplier of Secured by Design community entrance steel door
sets.
All products must be subjected to vigorous testing and auditing by
an accredited third-party organisation before being allowed to carry the SBD
logo – this is the only way for companies to obtain police accreditation for
security-related products in the UK.
The SBD certification awarded to Urmet products demonstrates the
ongoing commitment to security advances and innovative design which the company
have focused on over the last 80 years, bringing exceptional reassurance to the
door entry market.
Managing Director of Urmet UK, Manji Gami, commented: “We have
always worked to the principles of Secured by Design and now take great pride
in being an SBD member. Being a member of SBD gives our clients (developers,
consultants and installers) the reassurance that working with Urmet UK means
that they are working with a company where delivering the right solution
matters.”
