In a two-part article, Chris Peters, chief design manager, looks at how not to save cost on advanced glazing systems. The new normal is already not the old normal. We’ve all had to change the way we do business. Those changes will ripple their way through the construction sector supply chain as specifiers and main […]
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Lockdown and household fires
Jane Embury, director, looks at how the number of household fires rose during lockdown. For many people, lockdown had its compensations. For example, spending more time with the family. Or lounging in the garden. Or making more use of the barbecue. Hardly surprising, therefore, that lockdown saw a spike in accidental household fires. The simple […]
The eye of Laura
Jane Embury, director, looks at high wind loading. Last week, Hurricane Laura battered the coast of Louisiana, with wind speeds of up to 150mph. It was one of the strongest storms to ever hit the US Gulf Coast, killing fourteen people in Louisiana and Texas. In Haiti, which was earlier badly hit, at least 31 […]
Let’s hear it for not hearing it
Jane Embury, director, looks at how glass absorbs sound. During COVID-19, we became used to the sound of silence. There were fewer cars speeding past our front windows. Fewer aeroplanes in the skies above. Now, with more cars on the road and planes in the air, the sound of silence has been replaced with the […]
Seeing the light
Jane Embury, director, looks at light in contemporary architecture. We recently warned about the looming danger of what our new public buildings might look like. With public finances in disarray, it would be tempting for public bodies to simply look at the capital cost of new-build projects. In a time when there aren’t many bucks […]
