In the first part of this article, Jane Embury, looked at the growing culture of fire safety. Here she looks more closely at compartmentation. Effective fire safety provides safe evacuation and the minimum of financial loss. In turn, that better ensures business continuity. The key to achieving that is compartmentation, with fire contained in a […]
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Designing in fire safety
In a two-part article, Jane Embury looks at fire safety. In this first part, she welcomes a new culture to put safety first. A safe building, particularly a complex one, will have been designed from the outset with safety firmly in mind. Responsible designers and contractors will have responsible people in place to ensure that […]
Budget 2021
Jane Embury, director of advanced glazing company Wrightstyle, looks at provisions in the Budget for the construction industry. This week saw Chancellor Rishi Sunak announcing the government’s latest budget. In it were several fiscal and other announcements that will have an impact on the construction industry. Taken together, the objective is to kick-start a sector […]
New fire safety course welcomed
Jane Embury, director of advanced glazing company Wrightstyle, welcomes a CIOB initiative. Fire safety has never been far from the news in recent years. It’s gratifying that the government has introduced new regulations, with real teeth. It’s also paying for the removal of potentially dangerous cladding. As a company involved in mitigating against fire risk, […]
Darwin and the High Street
Jane Embury takes a look at the High Street It’s been a kind of Darwinism, but with shops rather than living things. Shops closing for good all over the country, including the likes of Debenhams and Arcadia, owner of Topshop, among others. Topshop had 300 stores. The growth of online shopping was bad enough, but […]
