Jane Embury, director, gets into the Festive spirit by taking a positive peek ahead. It’s the season to be jolly, so let’s try to be a little bit jolly. For a start, according to consultants PWC, all sectors of the economy can expect a return to growth in 2021. This will be aided by the […]
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Codifying for social safety
Jane Embury, director, welcomes a white paper on safety in social housing. Sometimes it takes a disaster in which lives are lost for building or fire regulations to change. Over the years it has come to be called ‘codifying by catastrophe’. It sometimes seems that it’s the only way in which improvements to public safety […]
The future of our towns and cities
Jane Embury, director, looks at what lies ahead for our urban areas. It was good news last week when the prospect of a Covid-19 vaccine was finally announced. If it passes its remaining hurdles, mass vaccination may mean that life can return to normal next year. But the legacy of the pandemic is not going […]
A milestone fire test
Chris Peters, chief design manager, on a breakthrough fire test. Over the years, we have prided ourselves on our ability to understand changing market demands and innovate to meet those new requirements. For example, we were the first company internationally to successfully develop a round opening fire-rated window. More recently, we were the first company […]
Few top marks for school fire safety
Pete Hammond, senior estimator, looks at a report on fire safety in schools. A report from the insurance company Zurich Municipal has found that 480 English primary and secondary schools suffered a fire in 2019. That adds up to some 40 incidents every month. The statistics were compiled from a freedom of information request to UK […]
