Services · Shopfronts and commercial doors
The options
Not sure which one the design is asking for? Send the drawings and we will tell you what the detail actually is and what it will cost.
| Shopfront suite | Frameless entry | Automatic door | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Aluminium framed glazing with hinged or sliding doors in the same suite | Toughened glass panels and doors with patch fittings or a slim channel, no visible frame | Sliding or swing door with a powered operator, sensors and safety beams |
| Best for | Retail tenancies, centres, ground floor commercial, anywhere the centre has a framing standard | Hospitality, showrooms, offices where the entry is part of the look | High traffic entries, accessibility requirements, hands-free hospitality and health |
| Framing | Commercial suite to match the centre or the architect’s profile, powdercoat or anodised | Stainless or aluminium patches and channels only | Slimline aluminium header housing the operator, side screens in suite |
| Glass | Toughened or laminated to AS 1288, tinted or low-E where the energy report asks | Toughened, usually 12mm to 15mm, with manifestation to AS 1428 | Toughened or laminated with safety marking |
| Hardware | Closers, locks, pull handles, access control prep | Pivots, floor springs, patch locks | Operator supply, commissioning and handover training |
| Programme | Fastest to fabricate. Suits a tight tenancy programme | Longer glass lead time. Lock in the sizes early | Operator lead time drives the date. Order at award |
Delivered
A brewery fitout inside a live retail centre, which means after-hours installation, centre induction for every installer and a framing profile that had to sit with the centre’s standard. The shopfront and entries were fabricated to the fitout drawings, delivered in one run and installed around trading hours.
Builders
Integral Constructions
Location
DFO Brisbane, Airport
Scope
Shopfront glazing and entry doors for a hospitality fitout inside a trading centre
Value
$150k
Status
Complete
4 Pines Brewery, DFO Brisbane. Shopfront glazing for Integral Constructions.
The perks
Frame, glass, door and hardware as one scope, from one factory.
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Commercial suites fabricated to the centre standard or the architect’s profile, glazed and installed.
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Single, double and multi-track sliders, with closers, locks and handles supplied and fitted.
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Toughened glass entries with patch fittings, floor springs and manifestation.
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Sliding and swing operators supplied, installed and commissioned, with sensor setup and handover training.
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Counterweighted and gas strut windows for bars, kitchens and pass-throughs.
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Locks, closers, electric strikes and reader prep coordinated with your security contractor.
Shopfront and hospitality work
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Why Surefit for shopfronts
Shopfront work sits right before handover, in a centre that is trading, with a tenant waiting to open. That is not the moment to discover the door supplier and the glazier disagree about whose fault the strike is.
When the door drags or the lock does not meet the strike, nobody has to decide whose fault it is. It is ours, and we fix it.
We fabricate in our own factory, so your dates are not competing with another builder’s for a supplier’s slot.
Thresholds, clear widths, manifestation and door forces to AS 1428 are in the shop drawings, not discovered at certification.
Inductions, night shifts and hoarding coordination are part of how we work in a live centre.
Five scopes, one factory, one crew.
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Multi-residential and commercial facades, supply and install. In delivery now at The Lanes, West End, across 11 storeys.
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Shopfront suites, aluminium doors, frameless and automatic entries, gas strut windows. Delivered for Integral Constructions at 4 Pines, DFO Brisbane.
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Glazed partitions, mirrors and the full glazing scope of a commercial fitout under one contract.
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Framing and glazing structures made in our own 600m² facility. New-build residential windows and doors for builders sit here.
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Thermally broken framing, acoustic and Section J compliant glazing, specified into the package before a frame is cut.
Questions builders ask us
Yes. We supply the operator, fit it into the header we fabricate, commission the sensors and safety beams and hand over with training for the tenant. One contract covers the frame, the glass and the automation, so there is no gap between a door supplier and a glazier.
AS 1428 requirements for clear opening width, threshold height, door opening force and glazing manifestation are worked into the shop drawings before fabrication. Where an automatic door is the cleanest way to meet the requirement, we will say so at pricing.
Usually. Most centres specify a commercial suite and finish for consistency across tenancies. Send us the centre’s tenancy fitout guide with the drawings and we will fabricate to it or flag the differences.
Yes. Most of our shopfront work is in live centres. Our installers carry the centre inductions, we work night shifts where the centre requires it and we coordinate hoarding and access with the centre management team through you.
Shopfront and door glazing is Grade A safety glass under AS 1288, toughened or laminated depending on the size, exposure and whether the panel is next to a door. Tint, low-E or acoustic laminate is added where the energy report or the tenancy calls for it.
For builders on jobs we have delivered, yes. We do not run a repair service.
Pricing a tenancy?
Shopfront, doors and hardware priced as one scope. No lump sums, no consultations.
