Post-Grenfell, Tim Kempster, our managing director, looks at fire safety in tall buildings. The Grenfell Tower disaster will cast a long shadow for many years to come, helping to define official attitudes to social housing and the imperative of fire safety in tall buildings. While it’s too early to point fingers, it seems apparent that […]
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Wrightstyle working on Europe’s largest construction project
We’ve added to our transport portfolio by supplying a range of systems for five new Crossrail stations. We’re supplying to Bond Street, Farringdon, Liverpool Street, Whitechapel and Woolwich stations on what will become the Elizabeth Line. The systems include blast-rated curtain walling, structurally glazed screens, and fire-rated and ballistic screens. The line is expected to […]
We supply to Nigerian Stock Exchange
We’ve just supplied fire rated curtain walling for the redevelopment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Lagos. The contract for DBH Solutions was for the company’s SR60 system, providing EI120 performance, for one of Nigeria’s most important economic and financial centres. The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) services the largest economy in Africa and is championing […]
Wrightstyle shops for more than a Lidl
We’ve won a third contract for national retailer Lidl. The new outlet in Llandaff North, Cardiff, has been designed as a “bespoke” store as it had to meet specific architectural demands. We’re supplying a number of internal screens and doors to Prestige Windows of Bristol for the 1,345 sq metre store, all fire-rated to 30 […]
We call for better education and enforcement
One of the UK’s leading advanced glazing system suppliers has called for better education and enforcement in the industry in the wake of a fraud trial in Northern Ireland. Wrightstyle, which supplies its systems internationally, says that many people involved in the specification, supply and installation of fire-rated glazing systems do not have the appropriate […]
