Last Friday, a major fire broke out in student accommodation in Bolton. It was tackled by 200 firefighters and took more than nine hours to put out. Worse, the fire started in the late evening and, according to media reports, the fire alarm may not have activated correctly. Those who did hear the alarm weren’t […]
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We work for WeWork
We’ve just completed a major contact for WeWork, which provides private and shared office space across the world. We supplied some £100,000 of wet fill EI30 double doors, and single doors, for their new London property close to Waterloo Station. In the UK, WeWork has offices to rent in Edinburgh, Manchester and London. In London alone […]
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 […]
Festive fire safety planning
It’s not quite Christmas, but it is time to start looking at Christmas fire safety. The reason being that some companies are already planning recruitment programmes to attract temporary staff. Part-time or seasonal staff need, as part of initial training, to have the fire safety knowledge to keep themselves, customers and colleagues safe. That needs […]
Fire care in care homes
Chris Peters, our Chief Design Manager, concludes his two-part look at fire safety in care homes. In the first part of this article on fire safety in care homes, I made the point that they’re more common than we imagine. Every year in the UK, there are between 800 and 900 fires in places caring […]
