Jane Embury compares two fires in the past week in London and Milan Last week saw a potentially serious fire in a multi-storey building in London. More than 15 fire crews and some 100 firefighters were deployed to bring it under control. Luckily, nobody was badly hurt. The fire in Battersea was in a building […]
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9/11 and fire in tall buildings
Jane Embury looks at fire compartmentation in new tall buildings The 20th anniversary of 9/11 is fast approaching. In the wake of the Twin Towers, their replacement, the One World Trade Center opened in 2014. Although 9/11 was a manmade disaster, the Grenfell Tower fire again underlines that tragedies in tall buildings do happen. In […]
Balancing the past with the future
Jane Embury looks to the past to build the future There was an interesting article recently in Building magazine by Joanne Anderson, mayor of Liverpool. The article makes the point that urban development and heritage should not be mutually exclusive. It comes in the wake of the city being deprived of its UNESCO world heritage […]
London review of terror preparedness
Jane Embury on a new London review The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has commissioned a new report into the city’s preparedness for a terrorist incident. Lord Toby Harris has been appointed to write the independent review and report. It is expected to be completed by the of this year. He chairs the National Preparedness […]
Fire: the friendly enemy
Jane Embury, director, looks at the risk of fire Fire can be friend or foe. When fire breaks out in a building, it’s definitely an enemy. An enemy that needs to be contained. That’s what our internal and external advanced glazing systems are there to do. Trap fire in one place so that it can’t […]
