ARCHITECTS
For the people who spec us in.
CAD blocks, BIM objects, NBS clauses, and CPD content. Direct from the manufacturer, no registration wall, last-updated date on every file.
This section is for architects, security consultants, and specifier teams. Everything here exists to make our products easier to put into your drawings, your specs, and your project files.
Nothing’s gated. No email-for-download form. The CAD that gets shared inside a firm is the CAD that works on the first click – we’d rather you used it than counted you.
You’re not buying anything from this page. Fort Engineering manufactures; your client or contractor buys through one of our four brands. If you need to route that side of the project, the “Where to buy” link is at the bottom.
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Four resources.
CAD, BIM, NBS, CPD. The four formats UK specifiers actually use, each maintained alongside the product lines they describe.
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CAD library
DWG and DXF files for every product line we make. Drop them straight into your drawing, scale to suit. Each file labelled with applicable certification rating and last revision date.
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BIM objects
Revit families and IFC files for BIM-based practices. Also submitted to NBS Source and BIMobject – whichever library your firm uses, the same Fort objects are there.
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NBS specifications
Pre-written NBS clauses for every major product line, sitting in the right NBS section so you paste, edit project specifics, move on. Saves the half-hour of writing a security door spec from scratch.
UK-format only. NBS isn’t used in non-UK projects.
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CPD content
45-minute CPD sessions on the topics that actually come up in spec meetings: LPS 1175 explained, Part Q for residential schemes, sector deep-dives. We come to your office, or we run it remote – your call.
RIBA accreditation status: TBC. Update copy here once confirmed.
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WHY
Why specify us
Manufacturer-direct, not a middleman.
When a question comes back during design review, the answer comes from the people who weld the product. Not a distributor’s helpdesk.
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Made in Britain.
Single factory in Luton. Steel cut, welded, finished, and tested in-house. Every product traceable to the production run it came from, which matters when a project gets audited.
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Vertically integrated.
Same team handles engineering, fabrication, finishing, and testing. No subcontracted steelwork. If your spec needs something off-standard, we can talk about it without checking with a supplier.
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Independently certified.
LPS 1175, PAS 24, Secured by Design, ISO 9001 – real certificates from real testing, available on request as PDF for your project file. Not a marketing claim.
Spec support
Got a non-standard spec?
If your project needs something off the standard range – unusual sizes, combined ratings, integration with an existing frame, an SR rating against an unusual threat profile – talk to engineering. Not a sales line.
Direct to engineering
Send the project type, the certification rating you’re targeting, and any constraint that’s giving you trouble (size, fixing condition, fire rating combined with SR, anything else). One of the engineers replies, not a sales rep.
Independently certified to UK security standards.
The standards specifiers actually require – real testing, real certificates, available as PDF for any project file.
BUY
Specified us in? Here’s where
your client buys.
Fort Engineering manufactures. The buying happens through one of our four customer brands, depending on the project type. Hand the right one to your client.