Jane Embury welcomes support for draft building safety legislation. As a company involved in fire safety, we’ve welcomed the draft Building Safety Bill. It will finally make building safety a legally-binding reality. The draft Bill aims to address issues of safety that followed the independent review by Dame Judith Hackitt. Her 2018 report, Building a […]
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Codifying for social safety
Jane Embury welcomes a white paper on safety in social housing. Sometimes it takes a disaster in which lives are lost for building or fire regulations to change. Over the years it has come to be called ‘codifying by catastrophe’. It sometimes seems that it’s the only way in which improvements to public safety are […]
The future of our towns and cities
Jane Embury looks at what lies ahead for our urban areas. It’s been good news with the prospect of Covid-19 vaccines being finally announced. If they pass remaining hurdles, mass vaccination may mean that life can return to normal next year. But the legacy of the pandemic is not going to go away that quickly. […]
Duty holders and fire safety
Jane Embury looks at the role of duty holder in proposed legislation. Fire safety is our business at Wrightstyle. Our internal and external advanced glazing systems are designed to provide the highest levels of fire protection. Over the years, we have drawn the attention of governments here and internationally to issues that we believed needed […]
The future of our towns and cities
Jane Embury looks at what lies ahead for our urban areas. It was good news last week when the prospect of a Covid-19 vaccine was finally announced. If it passes its remaining hurdles, mass vaccination may mean that life can return to normal next year. But the legacy of the pandemic is not going to […]