Horizontal sliding-door Systems: Opening New Opportunities for Design Flexibility
Public Venues and Places of Assembly
sliding-door systems are also in use at hotels including Walt Disney World, the Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, Fairmont, Ritz-Carlton, and Intercontinental chains, around atriums and as a retractable protective barrier around elevator lobbies, needed to prevent the vertical migration of fire. They are commonly used in sports facilities for football, baseball, basketball and hockey, where large numbers of fans must pass through openings and corridors that must be sealed off in an emergency while still providing emergency egress.
Shopping malls, with their distinctive fire safety and security requirements, use horizontal sliding-door systems as long as 100 feet, that curve and snake along the line of the desired protective barrier. At virtually every gaming facility in Las Vegas, the systems take the place of conventional swinging doors that limit design flexibility and can be cumbersome for large numbers of guests moving between spaces. At Caesar's Palace, the system serves as a fire-assembly separator, between the casino and the shopping center.
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