In the first part of this article I wrote that some contractors were reducing integrity/insulation advanced glazing from 60 to 30 minutes. Some, indeed, are specifying for 30 minutes of integrity only. This means that the fire will be contained, but not the radiant heat. In a serious fire, that heat transfer could set off […]
steel glazing
We’re in the pink at Bracken House
The former and future home of the Financial Times newspaper is being renovated to provide 270,000 sq ft of Grade A office space, complete with a walkable large-span glass roof designed and supplied by Wrightstyle. Bracken House is a Grade II Listed office building, originally built between 1955 and 1958, and lies adjacent to […]
We supply to Nigerian Stock Exchange
We’ve just supplied fire rated curtain walling for the redevelopment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Lagos. The contract for DBH Solutions was for the company’s SR60 system, providing EI120 performance, for one of Nigeria’s most important economic and financial centres. The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) services the largest economy in Africa and is championing […]
We go to theatre land
Wrightstyle, the advanced glazing systems supplier, has completed another prestigious London project, this time in the heart of the capital’s West End theatre land. The contract is significant because it demonstrates how fire-rated steel glazing systems can work alongside non-fire rated systems, but without any discernible difference between them. The substantial Shaftesbury Avenue contract […]
Advanced window systems for prestigious London project
Wrightstyle, the leading supplier of steel and aluminium glazing systems, is supplying advanced window systems for a prestigious mixed use development in central London. The project at 71-77 Wigmore Street consists of four buildings, whose façades are largely being retained but with the interiors demolished and reconstructed to form basement and ground floor retail space […]
