Wrightstyle’s Technical Director, Lee Coates, takes a deeper look at the Bradford City fire (at the football stadium) and the consequences. Bradford City Fire – 30th Anniversay This May will mark the 30th anniversary of one of the UK’s worst fire disasters, when 56 people died at Bradford City’s football stadium. Over 250 other supporters […]
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Retail Safety – shopping centres and malls
Retail safety – a new perspective In light of heightened secuity worries, we take a look at retail safety in our modern shopping centres and malls. The retail sector has changed out of all recognition, with large shopping centres becoming mixed-use destinations offering everything you could possibly want to buy, eat, drink, or be entertained […]
Designers urged to specify glazing integration
Reliance on separate material testing Wrightstyle has been at the forefront of fire testing its assembles to EU, US and Asia Pacific standards, including live bomb testing, and says that some building designers are still relying too heavily on fire test certifications where the glass and framing systems have been tested independently. The company emphasises […]
A perspective on glass and the terrorist threat
The threat of terror, real or imagined, has focused the minds of building owners, architects, engineers, technologists and planners to better design buildings that can withstand a whole new array of risks. In particular a perspective on glass and the terrorist threat. Lee Coates is the company’s technical director, and here explains how modern steel […]
Design and fabrication for capital heritage glazing
Specialist Heritage Glazing Project Wrightstyle has completed a major back-to-the-future heritage glazing project in London. The project involved the conversion of a 5-storey 18th century commercial building between Marylebone Road and Baker Street into a residential property. The design challenge was to respect the design of the building’s 60 external windows, while upgrading the external […]
