Jane Embury looks at the role of advanced glazing in airport design. Wrightstyle has supplied to a number of airports including London Luton, Gatwick and Heathrow and, internationally, Doha, Dubai and Taiwan. Wrightstyle, the advanced glazing system specialist, has conducted a milestone fire test of particular significance for safety in airports. Specifications for fire-rated glazing […]
fire resistant screens
Bidding low
Jane Embury looks at the implications of low bids Over recent weeks, the government has introduced a number of initiatives in the construction sector. Most have been about safety, which we have welcomed, and creating a chain of responsibility to safeguard good practices and products. Those changes may have come about because off the Grenfell […]
Darwin and the High Street
Jane Embury takes a look at the High Street It’s been a kind of Darwinism, but with shops rather than living things. Shops closing for good all over the country, including the likes of Debenhams and Arcadia, owner of Topshop, among others. Topshop had 300 stores. The growth of online shopping was bad enough, but […]
Investing for the future
Jane Embury takes a look at the future. It’s easy right now to see the construction industry through the prism of Covid-19. It’s the elephant in the room that we wish wasn’t there. But with a new normal on the horizon, what does the long-term future hold for our industry? More to the point, are […]
Fire safety in Bristol
Fire safety is the most important consideration for any building. It’s why we’ve recently welcomed government initiatives to appoint a regulator for building safety. The government also intends to introduce stricter controls on construction products. Together, these initiatives should mean that new buildings are constructed to much higher fire safety standards. But it’s not just […]
