How safe are our cities? We increasingly live and work in them. But how safe are our cities, and what does the future hold for them and for us? According to the UN, more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas and, by 2050, about 70% of the world’s population is expected […]
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Creating safe retail environments
Safe Retail Environments – The threat The retail sector has changed out of all recognition, with large shopping centres usurping the traditional High Street – becoming destinations offering everything you could possibly want to buy, eat, drink, or be entertained by. And that makes them extremely attractive places for another kind of visitor and although, […]
Cardiff Central Station – New Blast Resistant Facades
Blast Resistant Facades A key element to the extensive refurbishment was the installation of fully glazed blast resitant facades and other high safety elements. Wrightstyle has completed this major upgrading project at Cardiff Central Station for Network Rail Wales. The completion follows a similar project at Cardiff Queen Street station, in a major programme that […]
Extension to system range with Schueco
Approved Schueco Partner Wrightstyle has significantly extended its system range by becoming an approved Schueco network partner, the global building envelope giant. The Schueco accredited scheme gives customers the assurance that its fabrication and installation partners have been highly trained and approved to supply the company’s enhanced aluminium glazing systems. SABRE – Blast & Bullet […]
A perspective on glass and the terrorist threat
The threat of terror, real or imagined, has focused the minds of building owners, architects, engineers, technologists and planners to better design buildings that can withstand a whole new array of risks. In particular a perspective on glass and the terrorist threat. Lee Coates is the company’s technical director, and here explains how modern steel […]
