Stanford Medicine | Redwood City, CA
Stanford Medicine recognized the need for outstanding ambulatory care in the Redwood City and thus The Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center was built, providing world class care in a beautiful, healing environment.
Canada Science and Technology Museum | Ottawa, ON
The Ceramitix panels provide a beautiful white facade that works with the intricate angles of the building.
Janes Carousel | Brooklyn, NY
Janes Carousel was installed with striking and contemporary full-width sliding doors manufactured by Bator.

 View our high performance projects featuring our innovative product line:

Doors & Hardware

Exterior Facades

July 2018 —

Quinlan & Associates is pleased to welcome Larry Young as Sales Associate - Representative, Division 8.

Larry was most recently with The Hillman Group (Cincinnati, Ohio), where he worked with Home Depot and 84 Lumber among other accounts.

Please feel free to reach out to Larry:

Office: 908-931-1152, ext. 204   
Cellular: 973-600-6786
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.


Archived News

Wayne R. Meyer JOINS Q & A

June 2013 — Wayne R. Meyer has joined Quinlan & Associates as a Hager Architectural Hardware Representative.

Wayne can be reached at 908-931-1152 Ext:202 (Office); 908-499-3637 (Cell) or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Hager - Electric Product Launch

We are pleased to announce that Hager Companies will be officially launching the addition of electric products including electric strikes, electromagnetic locks, delayed egress devices, push buttons, keypads, key switches, and many other products.  Customers will each be receiving inserts for the price book and the catalog along with new tabs. Until all packets are delivered, PDF files of the catalog pages and the price book pages will be forwarded electronically. The Hager website will be updated with these new products on Monday, April 02 2012. 

Hager Companies featured on The Green Schoolhouse Series (GSHS) blog

Hager Companies - on what it means to be green

Introducing: Seieffe Okite's PIETRE PREZIOSE Collection, the newest addition to the Okite line

Seieffe Okite's PIETRE PREZIOSE Collection

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TYLER A. MACCUBBIN JOINS Q & A

November 2011

WESTFIELD, NJ
— Tyler Maccubbin has joined Quinlan & Associates as a Hager Architectural Hardware Representative.

 Tyler can be reached at 908-931-1152 Ext:202 (Office); 908-499-3637 (Cell) or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

AUGUST 2011

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QUINLAN & ASSOCIATES CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY  

August 2011, Quinlan & Associates celebrates our 10th anniversary in business. A heartfelt thank you to all of our business partners and associates.

Hager Companies Your Partner For Success

ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUAL ARCHITECTS AND SPECIFICATION WRITERS TO INSURE A FINANCIAL FUTURE

Hager provides architectural hinges; continuous geared hinges, stainless steel continuous hinges, trim & auxiliary hardware, threshold & weatherstripping, signage, sliding & bi-fold door hardware. Hager now offers locks, closers, and exit devices with LIFETIME WARRANTY. Specify Hager for unequaled quality and workmanship for your architectural door hardware product requirements.

Hager Companies are now seeking architectural firms who would like their specification written for them. This offer is free of charge and will allow you and your company to spend your time and effort elsewhere. As part of our added services, we are now also offering Hardware AIA Lunch & Learns at no cost to you.

If you are interested in these great offers or would like any other information regarding Hager Companies, please feel free to call or E-mail Quinlan at your convenience.

Advantages of the Rainscreen Wall Assembly

Rainscreen cladding is not a new concept--it has long been in use around the world. In Norway, the use of timber claddings with open joints first became known as the "open-jointed barn" technique.

In recent decades, traditional building design in North America has utilized barrier systems that rely on the water tightness of all joints. With barrier systems, deteriorating sealants and incomplete seals can allow water to flow unabated into exterior wall cavities. In contrast, rainscreen assemblies rely on pressure equalization and back-ventilation, not watertight joints, to prevent the intrusion of water. Common problems of traditional exterior wall envelopes include cracking, blistering, warping, mold and mildew.

Rainscreen Principles - Properly drained and back-ventilated rain screens control moisture and rain penetration through ventilation and proper joint design. The separation between the cladding and other layers of the exterior wall assembly also helps minimize thermal stress on the load-bearing structure. Research has proven that rainscreen assemblies exposed to 15 minutes of driving rain are highly effective at minimizing rain penetration.

Advantages of Rainscreen Approach:

  • Less Maintenance - The rainscreen assembly does depend upon gaskets or sealants, which usually require periodic inspection and maintenance to avoid performance problems.
  • Flexibility - The problems of tolerance and fit and cyclic thermal movements in the cladding assembly are less critical than with fully-sealed systems.
  • Energy Efficiency - With a rainscreen cavity, insulation can be located outside of the air barrier and inside the cavity space, which can greatly improve a wall's R Value and significantly reduces energy consumption and lower running costs.
  • Natural Ventilation - The natural ventilation of the ventilated rainscreen wall eliminates the occurrence of mold and mildew by design and creates a healthy wall design that improves building longevity as well as the health of occupants.
  • Year Round Installation of Systems - Unlike traditional closed cavity wall construction, rainscreen walls can be installed all year round, allowing for greater flexibility in project schedules and ultimately installation times.
  • New or Refurbish Construction - Ventilated rainscreen walls can be applied to new or existing construction. Rainscreen walls offer the designer limitless options that at once empower the re-cladding of existing structures with a new aesthetic. This has benefits from both a design and sustainability perspective.

Effect of Weather and Time

POWAY, CA—Trespa's manufacturing process and quality control are designed to produce cladding panels which will provide the very best performance and durability, in virtually any climate and in any humidity. This exceptional performance is achieved when the decorative top layer is cured by an electronic beam which gives the panel a smooth, impermeable and impact resistant surface. This means that the surface, together with its color and texture, will retain its original appearance.

In addition, the panels are virtually self-cleaning because they reject dirt and organic growth. All this makes the cladding ideal for prolonged exposure. In order to provide evidence of the exceptional long life performance of their panels, Trespa has undertaken detailed examination of three projects. Two of these are healthcare buildings in the Netherlands and the other is a large commercial center in Turkey. Over many years, these buildings and their cladding have been exposed to extremes of weather, temperature and humidity.

Old Buildings Still In Perfect Health

Croonen Architects designed two healthcare buildings in Nijmegen - the E-building (a nursery building), completed nearly 20 years ago, and the Institute of Dermatology (a research and treatment facility), completed 15 years ago.

The E-Building is a large cube, comprising 6125sqm over four floors. This is clad with liverbrown and blackbrown Trespa Meteon panels, 1200mm square and 8mm thick. The panels are interspersed with dark brown aluminum windows with gold colored frames. At one end is the emergency staircase, designed to be a dramatic and contrasting standalone feature and clad in green and blue Meteon.

The Institute of Dermatology is a quite different two storey building on a narrow site which runs beside a major road. This comprises a 75m long facade, with large central entrance and contrasting solid masonry curved ends. A vertical emphasis has been created by using green and black Trespa Meteon cladding panels alternating with narrow windows.

Reasons given by the architects for specifying Trespa Meteon panels were that the buildings should be aesthetically interesting, dramatic and colorful. In addition, they had to be cost effective to construct and maintain. It was therefore important to choose cladding which would perform well, be highly durable and retain a pristine appearance throughout its life.

Architect Fred Meerdink says, 'Over the years we have monitored the performance of these buildings. On both, the colors of the Trespa panels are as fresh and new as the day they were installed. The cladding has weathered the climate of Northern Europe extremely well and it has never been necessary to clean the facades'.

The Effect of Cold and Heat

In complete contrast, the third project is a large commercial centre for the Turkish textile industry situated in Bursa, just south of Istanbul near the coast. This building, completed nearly 15 years ago, has been exposed to a Mediterranean climate which is quite different to that of Northern Europe. Here the temperature can range from 44degC in high summer to minus 12degC in winter. This 56 degree variation is a severe test for the performance of any product. For Trespa it is particularly significant because, when it was built, this was the company's largest project with over 20,000sqm of panels and 3500m of corner profiles.

The wine red colour of the cladding is one of the most critical in terms of colourfastness. However, detailed examination shows that there is no fading in the colour or any difference between the panels; neither is there any change in the surface texture. Unlike the Trespa Meteon panels, which have required no maintenance, some parts of the building and the red concrete have been refurbished or repainted at least three times since 1992. The general conclusion is that there is no deterioration in the performance or appearance of the façades and that the Meteon panels are physically and aesthetically as good as new.

April 2007

Tom O'Connor Joins Q&A

CRANFORD, NJ— Thomas E. O'Connor has joined Quinlan & Associates as their new outside Sales Representative. Tom comes to Quinlan & Associates with 10 years in estimating and project management at a New York Metropolitan Area door hardware distributor.

Prior to his hardware experience, Tom worked for nearly 10 years in various estimating and management roles for a floor covering subcontractor in New Jersey and two industrial general contractors in Austin, Texas.

Tom can be reached at 908.931.1152 ext. no. 202 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARCHITECTURAL HARDWARE, AH 101

Hager is pleased to offer our one-hour presentation, Architectural Hardware 101, featuring an overview of architectural door hardware, proper sequencing, and basic codes as relates to each component discussed.

Participants will:

  1. Become familiar with hardware nomenclature as well as the parts and pieces that become an opening.
  2. Learn the correct sequencing for specifying door hardware.
  3. Understand basic code compliance with regard to hardware.

ADA MEETING ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR OPENINGS

Hager is pleased to offer our one-hour presentation, ADA Meeting Accessibility
Standards for Openings, featuring an overview of compliance with ADA, physical disabilities, and Title 3 4.13 Doors.

Participants will:

  1. Understand doors and hardware as they relate to ADA compliancy.
  2. Learn to use hinge side, latch side, and frontal approaches dimensions in building design.
  3. Learn exit door signage.

DOOR HARDWARE SUBMITTALS

Hager is pleased to offer our one-hour presentation, Door Hardware Submittals, featuring an overview of both users and components of the hardware submittal as well as what to look for in product data sheets and reasons for rejection of the submittal.

Participants will:

  1. Recognize the importance of a consistent sequence of door hardware.
  2. Determine if openings meet fire ratings, life safety codes, and accessibility standards.
  3. Learn to use hardware submitalls to confirm design, function, and quality as stated in the contract documents.

BASIC ELECTRIFIED DOOR HARDWARE

Hager is pleased to offer our one-hour presentation, Basic Electrified Door Hardware, featuring an overview of completing a circuit, functions of electrified exit devices, and operation narratives.

Participants will:

  1. Identify openings where electrified hardware is used.
  2. Describe the functions of these openings.
  3. Recognize components that perform the functions.

Each of these one-hour presentations earn participants 1 credit in Health, Safety, Welfare for AIA/CES.


How Taught: The CES facilitator utilizes a PowerPoint or slide presentation as an introduction, giving the audience a general overview of the topic being presented.  During the introduction and explanation of each component within the topic, the facilitator will go through and discuss basic information as it relates to each component.

A/V Needed: Electrical power and a screen for the PowerPoint or slide presentation. (The CES facilitator supplies the laptop.)

Target Audience: The recommended audience size should be between 6 & 50+.  The target audience are Architects, Specifiers, Owners and other Design Professionals in the non-residential market.

Facilitator Qualifications:  Hager Companies CES facilitators have been trained on CES guidelines and presentation skills.  Each presenter has vast experience in the door and hardware industry with many resources available to him/her.

Costs: There is no cost to bring this program into your firm or chapter meeting.


To schedule an AIA Continuing Education Seminar, please call Quinlan at 908.931.1152 or contact us

Quinlan & Associates is an independent sales agency representing manufacturers in the Northeastern United States. Our office is centrally located in Cranford, New Jersey.

Our manufacturer's products are of the highest quality, nationally recognized and are primarily utilized in the commercial sector of the built environment. 

Quinlan & Associates was founded in 2001 as M.R. Quinlan Sales Company, and changed its name in late 2006 to reflect its growth as a corporation. The company serves as a consultant to owners, architects, distributors and professionals and is well known as a multi-disciplined information resource with regards to building products and life safety.

With the motto, "no problems, only solutions," our mission is to be leaders in our industry, a resource to our customers, and a marketing and sales arm for our factories.

Continuing education has the potential to be one of the primary forces in the improvement and revitalization of professional development throughout the design profession.

Because of our commitment to ongoing education and professional development we are pleased to offer the following AIA Continuing Education Seminars (CES) in the comfort of your office (1 LU Credit each):

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Architectural Hardware

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Commercial Steel Doors

 

 To schedule an AIA Continuing Education Seminar, please call Quinlan at 908.931.1152 or contact us