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 […]
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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 […]
Bradford City Fire Disaster
Wrightstyle’s Technical Director, Lee Coates, takes a deeper look at the Bradford City fire (at the football stadium) and the consequences. Bradford City Fire – 30th Anniversay This May will mark the 30th anniversary of one of the UK’s worst fire disasters, when 56 people died at Bradford City’s football stadium. Over 250 other supporters […]
