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 […]
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A history of safety
Jane Embury concludes her backward look at the history of building fire regulations. In the first part of my gallop through the history of fire safety standards, I said that the first fire regulations were made by William the Conqueror in the 11th century. He decreed that all hearth fires should be extinguished at night. […]
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 […]
Sick building, sick people
In the second of a two-part article on eye health in the workplace, Chris Peters, our chief design manager, looks at sick building syndrome and what the regulations say. In the first part of this article, I looked at how the modern office has changed. How, in particular, we no longer work on a horizontal […]
The Art of Design
Our business at Wrightstyle is the design, fabrication and installation of high-performance steel framing systems. It’s a complicated process that involves skilled and experienced people at every stage of every contract. The first stage involves us working with the architect or main contractor to define what’s required and the level of protection. That can be […]
