Door Hardware

The DTR team ensures your door hardware is consistent with a project’s design, products, and facility usage. We work directly with clients to design, review hardware submittals, resolve common keying and facility issues, answer RFI questions, attend site visits, and more.

Advantage

DTR Consulting Services provides the professional services of an Architectural Door Hardware Consultant on a variety of our Specification Consulting projects. Many design professionals seek the services of manufacturers for the important door hardware on their project, however, the owner’s or the designer’s best interests are most often ignored. Typically we see high-profit items specified over the most appropriate products.

DTR is completely independent and accepts no compensation from manufacturers. Owners benefit from having a well-coordinated, non-proprietary hardware specification, hardware sets, and openings list for architectural coordination. An organized door/frame schedule on the architectural drawings can be directly related to the amount of time your architect will spend on the construction submittals. This schedule also takes into account the potential cost-related changes in the field due to incomplete or incorrect hardware sets and DTR is completely independent and accepts no compensation from manufacturers. Owners benefit from having a well-coordinated, non-proprietary hardware specification, hardware sets, and openings list for architectural coordination. An organized door/frame schedule on the architectural drawings can be directly related to the amount of time your architect will spend on the construction submittals. This schedule also takes into account the potential cost-related changes in the field due to incomplete or incorrect hardware sets and incompatibility of hardware doors and frames specified.

“Door Hardware Consulting Services are only provided in conjunction with other technical services and are not provided as a stand-alone service.”

DESIGN SERVICES

An additional benefit of our services is door hardware which is consistent with your design. We also provide a selection of products that do not impair sightlines and that are appropriate for the usage of the facility and specific opening. An unknown pitfall is that many times proprietary hardware is specified without your knowledge, driving costs upon items that impact other areas of the project.

Along with your firm’s Design Development Submittal to your client, you can present to them a 3-ring Door Hardware Binder with a preliminary specification and hardware sets. This also includes color manufacturers’ cut-sheets of door hardware for their review and commentary provided by DTR Consulting Services. Let our staff work directly with your client to resolve items such as keying/master-keying issues, facility standards, and material issues.

DTR can work with your firm to carry out the following Door Hardware Design Services:

One-on-One Design Phase Door Hardware Interview

Field Verification, when matching existing facility

Review/Develop Client Building Standards

Coordinate Acoustic & Life Safety Items

Develop Project Hardware Sets

Assist architectural team with Door/Frame Schedule

Create Openings List with manufacture product cut-sheets

Develop Division 08 door hardware specifications

Develop Division 08 specialty door specifications

Coordination with doors/frames/storefront/curtainwall/automatic door specs, etc.

Produce Hardware Product Manual

CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

Let our staff work directly with the building owner/tenants to resolve items such as keying, master-keying, facility standards, and physical material issues.

DTR will review your construction door hardware submittals, assist you in responding to door hardware-related RFI questions, and attend site visits and punch list walks to ensure your project gets the products you and your client are anticipating.

Respond to Door Hardware RFI’s, including other door hardware-related questions during fabrication and construction

Review & comment on door hardware construction submittals

Review & comment on door & frame construction submittals

Site Visit Observation and reports

Prepare Field Reports

Update Contractor’s punch list to accurately include door hardware item issues