In a two-part article, Paula Wilson, Operations Manager, reflects on recycling in the UK. Now in its 17th year, this week (21st to 27th September) is national Recycle Week. This year, the theme is to thank the UK for continuing to recycle despite the challenges that COVID-19 has presented, under the banner ‘Together – We […]
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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 […]
Fireman, there’s a fly in my…
Jane Embury, director, follows up her article on domestic stupidity…with a cautionary tale of bad luck. With more of us at home, the risk is that we do more stupid things more often. Northern Ireland, for example, has seen a rise of 50% in household fires. Between March and April, that added up to 500 […]
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 […]
Lockdown and household fires
Jane Embury, director, looks at how the number of household fires rose during lockdown. For many people, lockdown had its compensations. For example, spending more time with the family. Or lounging in the garden. Or making more use of the barbecue. Hardly surprising, therefore, that lockdown saw a spike in accidental household fires. The simple […]
