Jane Embury, director, reflects on a contract completion in Jordan. We’ve just completed a tourism project in the Kingdom of Jordan. The contract was for the supply of WSL 50 series FR doors and partitions. These advanced systems provide 120 minutes of fire protection. Our systems have been installed in a hotel in Ayla Marina […]
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Being responsible
Paula Wilson, Operations Manager, Title, looks at corporate responsibility for fire safety. COVID-19 has fundamentally changed how companies do business. From flexible home-working to socially-distanced office space, the main priority for business managers has been to keep people safe. But it’s also worth remembering that the issue of fire safety is also a responsibility for […]
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 […]
