Our role at Wrightstyle is designing, fabricating – and installing – advanced fire resistant systems. It means that the occupants of a building can safely get away from the fire along protected escape routes. It also means containing the fire in one discrete place to minimise fire damage and therefore better ensure business continuity. At […]
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Going ballistic
Many people think that bullet-proof glass is bullet proof, the answer is yes, but not necessarily. It depends on the protection level of the frame and the glass. As always, it comes down to a preliminary threat assessment, to determine the risk to both property and life. For example, the level of protection required for […]
Going around down south
One of the reasons that customers come to us is that Wrightstyle is able to design and fabricate advanced glazing systems to virtually any shape. It’s the reason that Southern Steel Windows came to us for a round 60 minute integrity window for the Massey University of New Zealand. Southern Steel Windows is an Invercargill-based […]
Powdered and ready to go
It has been a privilege to have worked on so many Crossrail stations in London to ensure they have the best safety glazing for what will become the Elizabeth Line. We’ve supplied a range of advanced doors, screens and curtain walling to Bond Street, Farringdon, Liverpool Street, Whitechapel, Paddington and Woolwich stations. The last piece […]
A decade after detonation
Ten years ago, we tested our bomb resistant glazing system against a lorry bomb and, immediately afterwards, a car bomb. It was a breakthrough test, conducted independently at a specialist site in Northumberland, and involved our structurally-glazed system being subjected to the equivalent of 500 kilos of TNT. It remains a landmark event that established […]
