Chris Peters, our Chief Design Manager, takes a two-part look at the special requirements for care homes fire safety. We recently supplied to a £7.5 million state-of-the-art care home in Warwick, which is due to open this autumn. We installed fire-rated screens and doors in this inspirational facility that will provide care for 72 older people and […]
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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. […]
From curfew to modern regulation
Jane Embury, our finance director, takes a two-part look at some milestones in fire regulation for buildings. We tend to think of fire safety as something relatively new. We think of it as a modern and enlightened concept that places a value on everybody’s life. Okay, it’s true that it was only in the 19th […]
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 […]
