Security Glazing – Retail It’s approaching that time of year when shops and shopping centres will experience their busiest period, and when nobody in the retail sector can be complacent about security. It’s worth remembring that the outgoing Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said very recently that a terrorist attack like those seen this […]
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Cardiff Central Station – New Blast Resistant Facades
Blast Resistant Facades A key element to the extensive refurbishment was the installation of fully glazed blast resitant facades and other high safety elements. Wrightstyle has completed this major upgrading project at Cardiff Central Station for Network Rail Wales. The completion follows a similar project at Cardiff Queen Street station, in a major programme that […]
King’s Cross officially reopened with the Wrightstyle protection
Iconic King’s Cross Redevelopment The final stage of the £550 million redevelopment of London’s King’s Cross station has been completed, with the iconic station at the heart of a £2.2 billion regeneration of the surrounding district. King’s Cross Square, the 75,000 sq ft area to the front of the station, and which is larger than […]
Wind loading and glass technologies
Extreme Weather and Wind Loading Wrightstyle takes a look at the crucial importance of wind loading in modern building design, in view of extreme weather events and climate change. Over the past few months, extreme weather events have battered countries in the Caribbean and Asia, testing the resilience of local communities and the infrastructure on […]
Terminal stupidity and innocuous fires
An unsettling look at how easily fires can start in a building and the lack of fire compartmentation design in buildings costs lives. Some stupid accidents Fires usually start from the most innocuous, or stupid, of reasons. For example, a woman in Bridgend, South Wales, accidentally set her house on fire last year after trying […]
