A site engineer reading drawings at a building under construction

SPC works as a technical partner for door opening systems.

Design team support

Decisions should hold through documentation, submittals and installation.

A building is used through its openings. Life safety, accessibility, security and long-term durability all ride on how door openings are specified and coordinated.

SPC Alliance works alongside design teams to support how those systems are evaluated and specified. The focus is on aligning code requirements, product selection and system coordination early, so hardware and access control arrive on site as one complete, buildable system.

Two people in hard hats reviewing a building under construction

For design teams

Here is what design teams receive.

Design professionals draw on the education and technical material of the alliance. The mission is to benefit both sides of the specification.

Open guide spec sections

Complete sections developed through the alliance's spec writer members, released to design firms.

Guide specifications

Accredited CEU sessions, live online

Fire door assemblies, accessibility at the opening, access control coordination and specification coordination, accredited for AIA continuing education credit with HSW where applicable.

Continuing education

A periodic publication

Written for the specification community, with the practical life of openings in high-use buildings as its subject.

Insights

A technical answer

Access to the product knowledge of member manufacturers and spec writer members when a project raises a hardware question.

Ask a question

I want to

Courses

Browse the course catalog

The accredited course catalog, session descriptions and credit details live on The Opening by Design site.

The Opening by Design

Education

Book a CEU session for my team

Sessions are scheduled around your team's calendar and run live online.

Email the alliance

Specification

Request an open section

Free open specification sections, written to be edited into your master.

Email the alliance

Technical

Ask a hardware question

Bring the project question and the drawing; the answer comes from the people closest to the product.

Email the alliance

Reading

Read the latest piece

Specifiers are asking AI first, and what that means for the product information on a manufacturer site.

Insights