Jane Embury, director, looks at fire safety and some disturbing facts emerging from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. As a company involved in the design, fabrication and supply of advanced glazing systems, our business is all about safety. Our systems are accredited to UK, EU, US and Asian fire safety standards. We’ve even live-tested one of […]
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Integration and compatibility
In the first part of this article, Chris Peters, chief design manager, looked at how some fire specifications are being changed to save money. Here, Chris looks at another cost-saving measure with a potential impact on fire safety. In my earlier article, I looked at the perfectly-understandable pressures on our bottom lines. COVID-19 has had […]
A new normal for fire safety?
In a two-part article, Chris Peters, chief design manager, looks at how not to save cost on advanced glazing systems. The new normal is already not the old normal. We’ve all had to change the way we do business. Those changes will ripple their way through the construction sector supply chain as specifiers and main […]
The eye of Laura
Jane Embury, director, looks at high wind loading. Last week, Hurricane Laura battered the coast of Louisiana, with wind speeds of up to 150mph. It was one of the strongest storms to ever hit the US Gulf Coast, killing fourteen people in Louisiana and Texas. In Haiti, which was earlier badly hit, at least 31 […]
What next for public architecture?
In the first part of her article on public sector building after Covid-19, director Jane Embury looked at some of the financial pressures the country faces. Here she weighs up construction costs with whole-life costs. Earlier this week, I outlined my worry that the new austerity brought on by COVID-19 may lead to new public […]
