Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine June/July 2023 Digital Issue
FAIRFAX, MINN. – Supplying doors for military bases is nothing new for Schweiss Doors. The company has been doing it for years. Canadian Forces Base Borden (CFB Borden) had a recent building expansion project for its training school that called for Schweiss hydraulic and bifold liftstrap doors.
CFB Borden is located approximately 62 miles (100 kilometers) north of Toronto, in the heart of Simcoe County, Ontario. The base is ideally located to service personnel from all across Canada. CFB Borden trains 15,000 military personnel annually and employs approximately 3,250 military members and 1,500 civilians.
Wilcox Door Services of Mississauga, Ontario, was in charge of ordering and installing seven Schweiss hydraulic and bifold doors for a new 16,000-square-foot mechanical engineering and training building at the base for training mechanical and electrical engineers.
CFB Borden selected four identical 18-foot, 10-inch by 14-foot, 5-inch bifold liftstrap doors and three hydraulic doors: one measuring 18 feet, 3 inches wide by 8 feet tall and two more measuring 17 feet, 11 inches wide by 8 feet, 3 inches tall. The bifold doors are clad with glass and equipped with automatic latches, emergency back-up hand cranks, remote openers, weatherproof electrical and door base safety edges. Each door is also powder coated. The hydraulic doors have many of these same features and utilize 12-volt emergency backup systems for use in case of a power outage.
Schweiss Doors is the premier manufacturer of hydraulic and bifold liftstrap doors. Doors are custom made to any size for any type of new or existing building for architects and builders. Schweiss also offers a cable to liftstrap conversion package. For more information, visit www.bifold.com.
