Chris Peters, our Chief Design Manager, looks at how far advanced glazing systems have come. We think of fires as uncommon events, but they’re not as uncommon as you might guess. Because fire and rescue services attended 573,221 incidents in the year to June 2019. This was a 2% increase compared with the previous year. […]
advanced glazing
Wrightstyle goes underground
Wrightstyle has been appointed to design, supply and install fire rated screens to the new Tube station at Battersea Power Station. The project is part of the Northern Line Extension. The new station will serve a mixed-use redevelopment of the iconic old power station. It will comprise shops, restaurants, bars, offices and residential accommodation, as […]
Remember, remember
Tim Kempster, our managing director, casts a backward glance at the UK’s most infamous plot. Today we celebrate Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night. It’s the date in 1605 when Guy Fawkes was apprehended while guarding explosives that he and his co-conspirators had hidden under the House of Lords. It was a plot to kill […]
shopping centre fires
In a two-part article, Jane Embury, marketing director, looks at shopping centres fire safety. We don’t often think about fire breaking out in our local shopping centre. However, let’s remember that in July a fire engulfed a shopping centre in Walthamstow, east London. And just last month, a serious fire broke out in a shopping […]
The future of glass and steel glazing systems
At Wrightstyle, we like to think that we know everything there is about steel glazing systems, writes Jane Embury, marketing director. That’s the heart and soul of our business. Our expertise is to design and fabricate steel systems to guard against fire, or ballistic and bomb attack. Each off those threats carry their own unique […]
