Jane Embury 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 are […]
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The future of our towns and cities
Jane Embury 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 to […]
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 […]
Hong Kong arts project
The Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) is scheduled to reopen at the end of this month, following a four-year refurbishment. It was a project that we were closely involved with, supplying high specification internal screens and fire-resistant unlatched doors. Following the museum’s HK$ 934 million refurbishment, exhibition areas have been increased from about 7,000 square metres […]
Building safety and duty holder
Jane Embury, director of advanced glazing systems company Wrightstyle. Earlier this week we wrote about our support for the government’s proposed Building Safety Bill. For the first time, this would define a role for a duty holder, a key individual to be responsible for all aspects of building safety. This person would have responsibilities from […]