Chris Peters, chief design manager, looks at arson in schools and some simple steps to minimise risk and damage. Last November fire badly damaged Peebles High School in the Scottish Borders. At its height, some 70 firefighters worked to contain the blaze. However, the good news is that pupils will start to return to their […]
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Festive workplace fire advice
Jane Embury offers from Christmas advice to companies on fire safety. Tis the season to be jolly but, in the workplace, it’s also the season to reassess fire safety. Ahead of the festivities, we would recommend that companies look again at their fire risk assessments. Every company must have an appointed responsible person charged with […]
Six steps to hotel fire safety
Earlier this week, more than 100 firefighters tackled a major blaze at a hotel in west London. The fire at a Travelodge in Brentford caused the evacuation of some 160 staff and guests. Luckily, there were no injuries and the cause of the fire is now being investigated. Fires in hotels are more common than […]
Healthcare and fire safety
We announced recently that we were working on a healthcare project in Wales. We’ll shortly be supplying a fire rated curtain wall screen and double doors for the £350 million Grange University Hospital, in Llanfrechfa, near Cwmbran. It’s one of the largest NHS projects ever seen in Wales, and will admit its first patients in […]
Not Brexit, architecture
In the first of a two-part article on civic architecture, Jane Embury casts an eye towards the upcoming general election. In the UK, we’re on the verge of a general election, following years of Brexit chaos. However, I don’t want to talk politics. Instead, I would like to talk architecture. While Brexit dominates the political […]
