To once again mark Recycle Week, Jane Embury takes a look at recycling buildings. Most of us now accept the importance of recycling. The Earth’s resources are limited and we should make best use of them. The best way to do that is use them again and again. Ideally, in endless cycles – which we […]
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Going north from Battersea
Jane Embury welcomes the opening of a new London underground station Battersea Power Station underground station opened this week. It’s a project that we are proud to have worked on, building on our expertise in the transportation sector. Because we designed and supplied fire rated screens for the new Tube station. The project is part of […]
The new terrorist threat
Jane Embury looks at a threat that may have become more serious If anybody should know about the threat from terrorism, it’s the head of MI5. He’s warned that Britain could face a ‘spectacular’ attack like 9/11 after the West’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. Ken McCallum said the security service was concerned that terrorists would be able to […]
Fire: the friendly enemy
Jane Embury 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 escape […]
No time to evacuate
Jane Embury looks back twenty years The 20th anniversary of 9/11 takes place in a few weeks. That grim milestone should also still cast an uncomfortable spotlight on the safe evacuation of buildings. Because it’s an issue that should be of concern now. Some contractors are reducing specifications for 60 minutes of integrity and insulation […]
