We take a look at healthcare fire safety and the landmark Shelton hospital tragedy. We’re shortly to supply to a new state-of-the-art care village in Warwick that will include everything from a deluxe cinema to a spa, café and cycle track. It’s a prestigious project because the facility will specialise in the care of dementia […]
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Water torture and the Great Exhibition
Jane Embury, Wrightstyle’s marketing director, explains the origins of the notoriously difficult US fire testing regime. Water is not something you usually associate with testing the strength of a glazing system. But it’s still being practiced for fire testing the protective level of glazing systems in the United States. Nowadays, it’s called the hose stream […]
Wrightstyle remembers the Summerland tragedy
Looking back at one of the worst fire tragedies in the British Isles and the case for effective fire resistant design. Last year saw the appalling catastrophe of Grenfell Tower, which will no doubt see the introduction of new fire regulations for the manufacture and installation of external cladding. Tragically, codifying by catastrophe is nothing […]
A perspective of glass and the terrorist threat
When it comes to terrorism, perception is everything. The FBI defines terrorism as “the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.” The Encyclopedia Britannica, more prosaically, defines it as “the systematic use […]
Containing the triangle of combustion
Tim Kempster, Wrightstyle’s managing director, explains the dynamics of fire in buildings. A year ago, on 14th June, seventy two people lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire, which will likely go down in fire safety history as a catastrophe that should never have happened. While it’s too early to finally point accusing fingers, […]
