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 hired, not fired
Wrightstyle were definitely hired to supply advanced glazing systems for a high-end apartment complex in Camden Town, London which featured in the last series of TV’s The Apprentice. The company supplied internal screens and door systems to Avdon Bristol Limited, a glazing specialist, for the prestigious Carlow House development, a former Edwardian warehouse. In the […]
A transparent glass solution to noise pollution
We can’t see or smell it, but noise pollution is one of the most insidious pollutants of the modern world (writes Wrightstyle’s managing director, Tim Kempster). Whether it’s the neighbours upstairs having a party at 5 am (complete with herd of elephants) or a jet aircraft coming into land – with you directly underneath the […]
Responsible people and fire safety
Not so long ago, fire safety was largely about common sense. Before modern fire and building regulations, responsibility for a building’s safety, and the safety of its occupants, depended largely on how seriously a building owner took that responsibility. Tim Kempster, the company’s managing director, looks at how fire safety must be policed by responsible […]
Safe in our cities
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 […]
