Case Studies

Macquarie Corporate Centre is a 12 storey state of the art commercial office tower, designed by WMK Architecture and located at 2 Banfield Road, Macquarie.

In addition to a Diamond Series revolving door and DFA 127 automatic swing door operator to the main entrance, record supplied and installed an STA 22 heavy duty sliding door operaotr to the adjacet internal entrance. 

The 2800mm high x 2000mm frameless glass door panel weighs 210kg with activation and safety achieved via record RIC 290 sensors mounted on both sides of the entrance. The 200mm high aluminium pelmet was also powdercoated black to match the surrounding framing.

Originally constructed in 1976, 388 George Street Sydney is a 28 storey A-Grade commercial office tower on the corner King Street in the heart of the Sydney CBD. In its 44 year history the building has undertaken two extensive lobby refurbishments. The first was in 1998 when record’s former Australian business, AGP Door Systems, installed its first generation glass roof revolving doors, called Crystal Series, and the second was completed by Multiplex this year where the architects FJMT included record’s second generation glass roof revolving door, Diamond Series, for the main entrance.

The Diamond Series revolving doors on this project are truly two of a kind, pushing the limits of frameless glass design in a revolving door to limits never even considered before. The design requirement from FJMT was for these frameless glass revolving doors to also assist in supporting the dead load weight of the surrounding frameless glass design. A concept never before even considered.

To achieve this record Automatic Doors worked with the façade contractor Permasteelisa to take our standard Diamond Series design and make it bigger and bolder. The result was Permasteelisa installing the curved glass sidewalls and roof panels in triple laminated low iron laminated glass with SGP interlayers and a structural recessed floor track.

The rest of the door design, from the frameless glass centre carousel and floor pit mounted drive motors were as per the standard Diamond design. The door was clad in Rimex Quartz Champagne stainless steel.

A key component in the design of The Star’s VIP gaming area, Sovereign, is the extensive outdoor gaming and garden area, to ensure compliance with Government smoking regulations. To provide air locked entrances to these areas, record Diamond Series revolving doors were selected due to their full frameless glass minimalist design.

Each revolving door is 2400mm diameter x 3185mm high and automated via record’s slimline floor box mounted drive system with the control box for each door concealed within nearby ceiling areas. 

Unlike most record revolving doors, that continually rotate at a consistent run speed, these revolving doors have radar activation sensors mounted to the edge of the glass roof panels to allow the doors work in stop/run operation, revolving only as people approach.
 

As part of record’s package of automatic revolving, swing and swing doors installed at The Star’s recently upgraded and expanded Sovereign VIP gaming room are eight C 127 floor mounted automatic swing door operators to the outdoor gaming and garden areas. 

For each outdoor entrance a record Diamond Series glass roof revolving door is installed to minimise the air flow and noise however to comply with disabled access and emergency egress requirements, adjacent automatic swing doors are required and to ensure the most frameless entrance design possible, the C 127’s fully concealed floor mounted direct pivot design proved to be ideal. 

The doors are activated via green push buttons mounted on free standing bollards made from aluminium RHS members clad in Rimex quartz champagne stainless steel sheet.
 

Sovereign at The Star is the largest invitation only VIP gaming room in Australia with every element of the design focusing on luxury and quality. record Automatic Doors was engaged to design, supply and install all the automatic revolving, sliding and swing doors used on the project, continuing an enduring relationship with The Star’s premises in Pyrmont dating back over 20 years.

The main entrance to Sovereign has a circular reception room with a full height curved sliding door entrance at the far end of the room. The curved doors, 4100mm high x 1100mm wide, are made from custom designed steel framing clad in Rimex quartz champagne stainless steel sheet with frosted glazing, manufactured by our client Facade Innovations. They weigh 160kg each and due to the impressive height are supported by a full length recessed floor track across the door opening.

record’s RST 20 curved automatic sliding door operator provides smooth and consistent operation of the doors via activation sensors flush mounted in the ceiling.

For the exponsion of The Star’s VIP gaming area, Sovereign, record Automatic Doors was engaged to supply and install 11 automatic sliding door operators, to various entries and back of house areas. This included our STA 21 opeators to buy in rooms, STA 20 operators to lobby areas and TSA 20 telescopic to entry corridors. 

For this particular entrance to the exclusive Chairman’s gaming area, record Automatic Doors installed two STA 22 operators at either side of the reception lobby. These operators and concealed within the ceiling and support bi-parting door leaves 4100mm high x 1100mm wide with a total weight of 320kg. These panels are made from custom designed steel framing clad in Rimex quartz champagne stainless steel sheet with frosted glazing, manufactured by our client Facade Innovations. 

For this twin sliding door entrance at 2-4 Yarra Street in South Yarra, record Automatic Doors replaced the existing sliding door operator to the external entrance, due to continual breakdowns and unreliability, with an STA 22 heavy duty operator. 

For the new Melbourne office of the architecture firm Architectus at 385 Bourke Street, a large automatic single sliding door entrance from the lift lobby was installed by record Automatic Doors. 

The 3000mm wide x 2950mm high x 240kg aluminium framed sliding door panel is supported off record’s STA 22 heavy duty operator. 
In normal operation the operator works off combined radar/safety sensors mounted off the pelmet. After hours access is via push button inside and a card reader mounted in the lift lobby. 

The project was undertaken by Schiavello and designed by Architectus, of course.

Enfold Projects in conjunction with Mirvac, the building owner, have delivered an iconic End of Trip Facility at 101 Miller St, North Sydney. This stunning facility has just made pounding the pavement and riding to work a little easier.

record Automatic Doors were engaged to carry out the installation of three STA 21  automatic door operators. Working closely with Enfold, record assisted in ensuring the project was delivered on time and an aesthetically pleasing installation was achieved.  

The Bike entry consisted of a single sliding STA 21 operator with an aluminium door and frame. A custom designed screen was installed to visually enhance this entry as well as provide ventilation and security.

Male and female entries included STA 21 operators installed within the ceiling space to create a complete frameless look without compromising security or access.

For an internal office fitout in the tallest of Barangaroo's commercial towers, International Towers One, record Automatic Doors supplied and installed two TSA 20 telescopic single sliding door operators with frameless glass door leaves and sidelights. 

The operators were mounted in the ceiling with combination safety and activation sensors flush mounted within the ceiling finishes. 

With the Reserve Bank of Australia and NSW Parliament House as neighbours, 60 Martin Place is located in the legal, banking and business centre of the Sydney CBD.

For the two lobby entries off Macquarie Street and Martin Place (pictured), record Automatic Doors installed three Diamond Series revolving doors and two C 127 floor mounted automatic swing door operators.

As part of the main entry lobby refurbishment to the 442 St Kilda Road apartment building, record Automatic Doors supplied and installed three STA 20 automatic sliding doors. Two of the operators were mounted in the ceiling space with record combination sensors flush mounted within the ceiling finishes. 

Changing Places are facilities designed to improve access, not restrict use, for people with a disability, alleviating the difficulty faced in finding accessible facilities that are open after hours. For the first Changing Places facility in the Melbourne council area of Darebin, record Automatic Doors was engaged to supply and install an STA 20 automatic sliding door operator along with the accessible privacy kit to provide a secure facility for users, and let people outside know when it is being occupied. Access is only available to eligible carers with an MLAK key.

Westpac Place, at 275 Kent Street Sydney has undertaken a significant refurbishment with the creation of  The Urban Park, a new green space area with retail and dining outlets along with upgrade to the existing lobby entrances. The project was managed by the building owners Mirvac and designed by Woods Bagot architects with record Automatic Doors responsible for the supply and installation of ten record STA 20 and STA 22 autoamtic sliding door operators to various entries off Kent Street, The Urban Park and the Westpac branch.

The upgrade to Investa's 347 Kent Street Sydney commercial office building features a new podium level with striking glass facade, designed by Woods Bagot and delivered by Buildcorp.

record Automatic Doors was engaged to supply and install five STA 20 automatic sliding doors to the main lobby entrance off Kent Street along with new retail entries off King Street. 

Looking to expand its Australian operations, Bank of China in 2016 acquired 140 Sussex Street, a 14 storey A grade office tower with views of Sydney’s Darling Harbour. Before relocating its Australian head office to this site, an extensive lobby refurbishment was undertaken by Built and designed by Group GSA architects.

In addition to the Hybrid Series revolving door, record also installed its DFA 127 automatic swing door operator to the adjacent aluminium framed hinged door, necessary for meeting the building's DDA obligations. To allow free egress at any time of the day or night an internal push button is mounted on the mullion while externally a card reader was provided by the security contractor to allow for after hours access. 

Looking to expand its Australian operations, Bank of China in 2016 acquired 140 Sussex Street, a 14 storey A grade office tower with views of Sydney’s Darling Harbour. Before relocating its Australian head office to this site, an extensive lobby refurbishment was undertaken by Built and designed by Group GSA architects.

For the main entrance a 3000mm diameter record Hybrid Series revolving door, in a linished stainless steel finish, was selected with a height of 3465mm to ensure the door canopy sits directly below the internal ceiling finishes.

Instead of standard LED downlights in the centre rotating ceiling, this revolving door features record’s unique halo lighting feature, with the canopy structure modified to accommodate this lighting around the full perimeter of the door.

To provide additional free egress in an emergency this revolving door is fitted with an automatic wind back door wing, with fire trip connectivity and battery backup for operation in a power failure.

In addition to the revolving door record also provided a DFA 127 automatic operator for the adjacent DDA compliant swing door, as well as disabled toilets in the upper levels, along with STA 20 sliding door operators to some of the lift lobby entries.

The extensive lobby redevelopment of 595 Collins Street involved extending the main entrance further out onto Collins Street with a striking frameless glass assembly supported by black steel framework.

Within this framework sits a record Hybrid Series revolving door, 3000mm in diameter and height, specified by Peddle Thorp architects due to its frameless glass sidewall and rotating carousel design, allowing it to effortlessly blend in with this surrounding lobby glazing.

A revolving door for this entrance will allow the future food and beverage tenancies within the new foyer to operate in the consistent comfort of an airlocked lobby entrance, unaffected by cold wind gusts that occur from a sliding door entrance. 

Ideally positioned at the end of Collins Street, overlooking the Yarra River, 839 Collins Street is the second Melbourne office for ANZ Bank, neighbouring it’s head office at 833 Collins Street. 

Developed by Lendlease and designed by Denton Corker Marshall, the 20 storey building features an expansive ground floor lobby with an impressive frameless glass assembly supported by cantilevered glass fins and stainless steel spider fittings. 

On two faces of this facade sit two 3600mm diameter record Diamond Series revolving doors with linished stainless steel cladding and 100 x 50 RHS sidewall mounted bollards for slow speed and emergency stop buttons. 

In addition to the two Diamond Series revolving doors to the main lobby entrance at 100 Mount Street, record C 127 automatic swing door operators were also installed to the two adjacent frameless glass swing doors. 

With a concealed floor mounted design, these swing doors are fully automated, to ensure disabled access requirements are met, without detracting from the streamlined frameless glass appearance desired by the project architects, Architectus. The operators were installed with custom made stainless steel floor trims which sit flush with the floor surface and allows the flooring contractor to provide a removable stone inlay, necessary for servicing access, to match the surrounding floor finishes. 

Freestanding stainless steel clad bollards on either side were installed for the mounting of necessary green mushroom head push buttons, for normal hours activation, card external reader, for after hours access, and an intercom system. The doors are secured via electromagnetic locks mounted to the transom member above with full height back to back D handles ensuring the doors can be operated manually in the event of a power failure.  
 

For the main entrance to 100 Mount Street North Sydney, designed by Architectus in association with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, two record Diamond Series revolving doors were selected to complement the full height frameless glass assemblies of this striking 8 metre high lobby design. 

These frameless glass doors are 3600mm diameter and 2850mm high with low iron glazing used to maximise clarity. To match the finish of the transom structure and column claddings, a custom bead blasted stainless steel finish was used for the door rails, glass edge trims and even the floor separation ring of the revolving doors.

The drive motors are mounted in floor pits formed in the concrete slab during construction, accessible via full removable floor mats recessed within. The door control devices are mounted on freestanding stainless steel bollards, also used by the controls for the adjacent DDA swing doors, powered by record C 127 floor mounted automatic door operators. 
 

100 Mount Street is a 34 storey commercial office building located in the heart of North Sydney, owned by Dexus. Built by Laing O'Rourke and designed by Architectus, the striking ground floor lobby, at 8 metres tall, features large frameless glass assemblies to maximise natural lighting levels, an imposingly large LED screen for the display of artwork and a combination of automatic sliding, swing and revolving doors supplied and installed by record Automatic Doors. 

To the Spring Street entrance of the lobby, two automatic bi-parting sliding door systems were installed with 19mm frameless glass door panels weighing 200kg each. 

To provide the lowest possible pelmet heights for automatic doors of this weight, record installed four STA 20 DUO single sliding operators which were then synchronised to work together as two automatic bi-parting door operators.
 

Our proud association with the rapidly expanding Caribbean Park development in Scoresby continues with Stage 3 at 31 Dalmore Drive and 36 Lakeview Drive. 

Each site has two 2700mm diameter record Diamond Series revolving doors, installed to the lobby entrances at either end of the two buildings.

Low iron glass was used for increased clarity and to match the surrounding frameless glass assemblies, installed by IND Windows. The drive systems were mounted to the underside of the suspended slab, with access for ongoing service and maintenance from the basement car park. 

In addition to the four revolving doors, record also supply and installed C 127 floor mounted automatic swing door operators to the adjacent DDA swing doors. 

The record C 127 concealed automatic swing door operator is ideal for when you don’t want your automatic swing door entrance to look like an automatic swing door entrance. This is no more evident than this frameless glass swing door installed to the end of trip facilities at Memocorp’s flagship 259 George Street Sydney commercial building. 

The C 127 direct pivot automatic operator is usually mounted in the floor but for this entrance to the HERS bathroom at 259 George Street Sydney, the operator is mounted within the ceiling space. To ensure the pivot door is as frameless as possible, a special top patch fitting was custom designed and manufactured in record’s Sydney factory, in lieu of the standard full top rail.

In this application the door is operated via and card reader outside and a ceiling mounted activation sensor inside. The door is secured by an electromagnetic lock. 

For the York Street lobby entrance of the Dexus owned 26 storey commercial office building at 44 Market Street Sydney, a 4000mm diameter record Diamond Series revolving door was installed as part of significant building refurbishment works undertaken by Growthbuilt and designed by Wood Bagot. 

Installing a glass roof revolving door to an existing building is always challenging and this required record’s experienced management and installation teams to work closely with Growthbuilt to ensure the drive system could be mounted to the underside of the structural slab.

Due to existing obstructions the revolving door needed to be rotated 5 degrees to ensure it could fit without require major modification works to other building services. To minimise the external presence of the revolving door entrance, it was placed completely within the facade glazing line, which combined with the full frameless glass design of the Diamond Series, results in a minimalistic but highly functional automatic door entrance design.
 

The Centenary Project at the Anzac Memorial was initiated as part of the 100th anniversary of the First World War to fulfil two main objectives - completing the original architectural vision, which had at the time been hindered as a result of the Great Depression, as well as add new education, interpretation and civic spaces underground. The project was delivered by Built and designed by Johnson Pilton Walker in collaboration with the NSW Government Architect’s office.

record Automatic Doors supplied and installation five STA 20 automatic sliding door operators, supporting frameless glass door panels.

At the centre of these extension works is the Hall of Service, a civic space that architecturally and artistically mirrors the Hall of Silence, while recognising more than a century of service by Australian servicemen and servicewoman. It functions as a greeting and orientation space for the public, including tour groups and school children; and as a venue for ceremonies and functions, flowing onto exhibition galleries and education facilities.

Within this space a record STA 20 bi-parting automatic sliding door was installed to the entrance from the ground floor of the Anzac Memorial. 

To the side of the Hall of Service is the Centenary Exhibition gallery, illustrating the evolution of Australian military service, with a focus on the personal stories of NSW service. To the entrance foyer of this space record installed four STA 20 single sliding automatic doors within two airlocks designed to minimise sound transmission between these areas. 
 

The $100 million transformation of Moorabbin’s Philip Morris manufacturing site into new premium office spaces, modern eateries and contemporary amenities involved the re-purposing of eight existing buildings, across a six hectare site. In recognition of its location and past significance to the local community, it was named “Morris Moor”.

Designed by Genton Architecture and built by BMF Construction, the main lobby entrance to the most prominent the commercial office building in the development at 1 Cochranes Road features two pairs of aluminium framed pivot doors,  fully automated via record C 127 concealed floor mounted swing door operators, syncronised to work together upon a signal from ceiling mounted radar activation sensors, during normal business hours.

For protection of the operator, stainless steel floor plates, in a custom black powdercoat finish were fitted. For door wing protection, active infrared presence sensors mounted to the top rail on both sides of each door. 

At the heart of the new suburban township of Oran Park, south west of Sydney, is the Oran Park Library and Community Hub, designed by Brewster Hjorth Architects and built by Adco Constructions. Located on the main Civic Square, adjacent to the new council administration building, it has been dubbed the “community’s lounge room” and will take on greater importance as the township continues its expansion.

record Automatic Doors supplied and installed four bi-parting and two single sliding STA 21 automatic door operators, with frameless toughened glass door wings, to the three airlock entrances of the centre.

Meriton Suites Carter Street, positioned only moments from the sporting and entertainment facilities of Sydney’s Olympic Park precinct, features open plan designer suites tailored for large groups and families, with a premium level of luxury design finishes and fixtures throughout. 

For the main lobby entrance a record Fullview Series door was selected in a linished stainless steel finish and an extended 600mm high canopy to accommodate the “Meriton Suites” logo being laser cut out of the canopy fascia cladding and illuminated from behind to provide a striking entrance feature at night. 

Working with Meriton and the glazing contractor, record was able to modify the design of its curved glass sidewall framing to allow the door to fit seamlessly with the faceted design of the surrounding lobby glazing.

The $50 million refurbishment of ISPT’s Grade A commercial tower Casselden included a complete ground floor lobby renewal to provide a more modern appearance and improved access for tenants and visitors. 
An impressive 11 metre high frameless glass assembly provides a striking entry focal point and to ensure large groups of people can enter and exit the building at the same time, whilst still maintaining an entrance airlock, two very large 4200mm diameter Fullview revolving doors were selected in a mirror stainless steel finish.

To maximise the transparency of this entrance, and blend in with the surrounding glazing, the Fullview revolving doors were specially engineered with a mild steel structural framework within the door canopy, rather than the standard welded aluminium, along with larger 100 SHS steel support posts at each entrance. This allowed the doors to be utilised by the glazing contractor to support the dead load weight of their structural glass fins, avoiding the requirement for a separate portal framework or transom beam that would detract from the frameless appearance of the entrance. 

Further customisation of the standard door design was also undertaken with the curved glass sidewalls recessed glazed into the floor (rather than an exposed bottom rail), with a silicon butt joint in the middle to maximise the door transparency.