Maintain Safety. Mitigate Risk. Stay Compliant.
Automatic doors are essential access points for public and commercial buildings—but they also carry inherent safety and compliance risks when not properly maintained or inspected. At Gilgen, our Safety Audit service provides a detailed review of your automatic door systems to ensure regulatory compliance, performance integrity, and optimal safety.
Why Conduct a Safety Audit?
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Stay up-to-date with evolving standards – Australian and international safety requirements for automatic doors are constantly being updated. Our audits check your doors against current legal and industry standards.
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Reduce liability and risk – A door that malfunctions or fails to meet safety norms may lead to injury, loss of reputation or legal implications. An audit identifies potential issues before they become real problems.
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Protect users & reputation – Whether clients, employees or the public, every person using your automatic doors enters your duty of care. Ensuring safe, reliable door operation strengthens trust in your facility.
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Best-practice beyond bare compliance – Our audits don’t simply tick the boxes—we evaluate your systems against best-practice benchmarks, not just minimum requirements.
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Cost-effective prevention – Identifying early wear or misalignment through a professional audit can prevent more costly reactive repairs or downtime later.
What Our Audit Includes
What Our Audit Includes
Each audit is tailored to your site and door systems. Typical components include:
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Comprehensive inspection of automatic door operators, sensors, safety edges, interlocks and control systems.
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Verification of compliance with relevant Australian standards and best practice guidance (including operational safety, detection zones, emergency egress).
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Functional testing of the automatic door system under normal and emergency conditions.
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Documentation of findings, with a clear report of any non-conformances, recommended corrective actions and a prioritised risk list.
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If desired, an action plan for remediation, upgrade or preventive maintenance as required.
Getting started easy
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Contact your nearest Gilgen branch to arrange an on-site audit.
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We’ll schedule a visit at a time that minimises disruption to your operations.
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Our certified technician conducts the audit, reviews documentation, performs inspections and functional tests.
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You receive a detailed report with findings, recommendations and next steps.
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If any issues are detected, we provide options for corrective maintenance or upgrades.
Who Should Consider an Audit?
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Facility managers of commercial buildings, retail centres, hospitals, education campuses, public transport hubs—any venue with automatic door access.
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Property owners or occupiers wanting to ensure their automatic doors remain safe, compliant, and fit for purpose.
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Organisations undergoing compliance reviews, audits or certification processes where door safety forms part of the requirement.
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Sites where special risk applies—such as high-traffic entrances, mobile-equipment zones, sensitive user groups (children, elderly, persons with disabilities).
