Ten years ago, we supplied our fire resistant systems for, what was then, one of the most ambitious urban metro systems in the world. This was the £4.5bn Dubai Metro – the largest infrastructure project in the UAE emirate for more than a decade. At the time it was the longest fully automated metro system […]
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Codifying by catastrophe
Codifying by catastrophe is yet again in the news. The appalling tragedy of Grenfell Tower is yet another reminder that fire and building regulations should constantly be under review and new building materials rigorously fire tested. The building’s external cladding has come in for particular attention, with two fire safety experts giving evidence to the […]
Codifying for social safety
Jane Embury, director, 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 […]
Track record for running on rails
As the country moves out of lockdown, more of us will be using the rail network to travel back to work. It’s therefore a good time to look back at our contribution to railway infrastructure projects here and abroad. Internationally, we have been involved in railway projects in Hong Kong and Dubai. For example, ten […]
Fire and regulation
Learning from past catastrophes: improving fire safety. This year marks the 35th anniversary of one of the UK’s worst fire disasters. That’s when 56 people died at Bradford City’s football stadium. Over 250 other supporters from both Bradford City and Lincoln City were injured, many seriously. The fire was most likely caused by a dropped […]
