Chris Peters, our Chief Design Manager, takes a two-part look at the special requirements for fire safety in care homes. We recently supplied to a £7.5 million state-of-the-art care home in Warwick, which is due to open this autumn. We installed fire-rated screens and doors in this inspirational facility that will provide care for 72 older people […]
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Hotel fires
Jane Embury, director, takes a look at hotel fire safety. Arran Wright, our workshop and training manager, recently wrote about staying in a hotel in Scotland. The fire door in the corridor outside his room was propped open by, irony of ironies, a fire extinguisher. The psychology of fire is that it’s something that always […]
Wrightstyle pledges support
Next month (23rd to 29th September) is Fire Door Safety Week, and we’ve already pledged our support. The initiative aims to raise awareness of the critical importance of fire doors. That includes specific issues such as poor installation and maintenance. Those are issues about which we also have concerns. For example, we’ve raised issues of […]
Wrightstyle working on Europe’s largest construction project
We’ve added to our transport portfolio by supplying a range of systems for five new Crossrail stations. We’re supplying to Bond Street, Farringdon, Liverpool Street, Whitechapel and Woolwich stations on what will become the Elizabeth Line. The systems include blast-rated curtain walling, structurally glazed screens, and fire-rated and ballistic screens. The line is expected to […]
Wrightstyle lends support to Fire Door Safety Week
We’re writing an open letter to our customers, suppliers and specifiers voicing our support for Fire Door Safety Week. The company is supporting the aims and objectives of Fire Door Safety Week, which takes place in the last week of this month. The initiative has been set up by the British Woodworking Federation, the […]
