TWC fitters learn more on fire doors
Some 25 members of the fitting team at The Window Company (Contracts) have received up to date FD30S Fire Door installation training to coincide with the 2023 implementation of the new Fire Safety Act...
Get set for Fire Door Safety Week 2020
The vital role of fire doors in the safety of a building have once again been emphasised by the organisers of Fire Door Safety Week as they prepare for the launch of the eighth...
Vanquish gains ISO9001
Vanquish Hardware Protection has achieved ISO 9001 certification.
By achieving the accreditation, the manufacturer of intumescent products has joined the 1% of UK businesses to gain certification.
Business development manager Mike Sutcliffesaid: “Over the last 12...
Shelforce steps up fire door capacity to meet local authority demand
Shelforce is looking to increase its capacity to manufacture its Fireshel 30-minute fire resistant door following unprecedented demand for the door for local authority projects in Birmingham last year.
From a standing start, the specialist...
GAI’s Masterson to co-chair products competency body
Douglas Masterson, technical manager at the Guild of Architectural Steering Group on Competences for Building a Safer Future Ironmongers, has been appointed as co-chair of Working Group 12 of the Steering Group on Competences...
Yale backs Fire Door Safety Week again
Yale has again pledged its support for Fire Door Safety Week, which this year runs from October 31 to November 4 Fire Door Safety Week.
The initiative, set up ‘in a response to a legacy...
Wrightstyle wall system achieves dual directional EI120
Devizes-based Wrightstyle has tested its WSL SR60 curtain wall framing system with Schott Pyranova 120 glass to achieve EI120 (120 minutes integrity and insulation). The test, by WarringtonFire, was carried out with the exterior building surface facing into the furnace,...
BWF partners with Open College for fire door awareness
The British Woodworking Federation has partnered with the National Open College Network, an Ofqual Regulated Awarding Organisation, to produce a two-day Fire Door Installation Awareness course.
Working together under the Network’s SiteRight brand, the federation...
New CPD seminar from Promat
“The Burning Question” is a new 60-minute RIBA-approved CPD seminar from Systemglas manufacturer Promat UK with up-to-date technical guidance on how to specify dependable fire resistant glazing for commercial, public and domestic applications.
Amongst the...
FDA issues ‘Be Certain’ call in new certification drive
Fire door installers are being urged to ‘Be Certain, Be Certified’ in a new campaign launched by the British Woodworking Federation’s Fire Door Alliance to highlight the importance of third-party certification of all fire...
