If you own or manage a building with automatic doors, you’re likely aware that the ANSI standards cover requirements for their safe operation and required signage. The American Association of Automatic Door Manufacturers has a dedicated certification program to ensure that industry inspectors and technicians are up to date on the latest standards.

The AAADM’s Certification Committee recently created a quiz to accompany this year’s changes to the ANSI/BHMA standards for automatic doors, and that quiz is now available to the public. The AAADM is inviting facility owners, managers and operators, as well as building architects and contractors, to learn the subtle changes in the standards and then take the quick, seven-question quiz. These updates, along with the quiz, were already sent to all AAADM Certified Inspectors to keep them informed.

At the beginning of the quiz, there is a recap of the changes for individuals to use during their quiz, which is informational and voluntary.

The changes are minor, mostly to add clarity to a few definitions and some performance requirements, as well as improve some of the illustrations in the appendix.

In Section 1.5 (Tolerances), linear dimension tolerance has increased from +/- 1/16-inch to +/- 1/8-inch. In Section 6 (Guide Rails), the “exceptions” for guide rails have been revised and moved to the end of the swing section to provide a smoother flow of the section, and they include a better description for when longer rails are required. Sections covering door-mounted presence sensors for swing doors have updated the maximum inactive zone from the face of the door, changed from 5 inches to 8 inches.

There have also been changes to sections covering knowing act devices, specifically non-contact wave plates, breakout requirements for emergencies and changes to appropriate signage.