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,...
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...
Hurst adds fire doors to online offer
Hurst Doors has now made its range of third-party accredited composite fire doors available to order through its Hurst Live customer portal.
Hurst Live allows customers to specify the exact requirements of their fire door...
Survey reveals serious shortcomings in fire door use
Startling new statistics on the effectiveness of fire doors in use have come from the BWF Fire Door Alliance which concluded that nearly a third of people responsible for them do not understand their...
Warringtonfire set to commission first furnaces in £24m relocation
Progress at Warringtonfire’ planned £24million test facility are said to be on track with the first four furnaces at the 101,000sqft relocation site now ready for commissioning.
The company, part of the global Element Materials...
Enfield Speciality Doors at Atlas Copco HQ
A rundown office and warehouse building was transformed into a modern, BREEAM-rated headquarters for global tech company Atlas Copco, including more than 120 internal fire doors from Enfield Speciality Doors.
Atlas Copco briefed design and...
Fire test surpassed by 23%
Wrightstyle has announced that its WSL SR60 curtain framing system with Schott Pyranova 120 glass has passed EI120 test for dual-directional fire safety, exceeding the criteria by 23% at 148 minutes.
The test was carried out, at WarringtonFire, with the...
Uptake of third party fire door certification dropping – Alliance
The proportion of certified fire doors in use has dropped slightly in the year since the Building Safety Act became law even though awareness of the benefits of fire door third-party certification is growing,...
Framexpress adds fire doors
Trade fabricator Framexpress has launched its own range of composite fire, smoke and security doorsets.
The doors are tested and compliant with the BM Trade Q Mark 3rd Party Accreditation Schemes for Fire, Smoke and...
UK’s first Fire Door Academy launched with plans for more to follow
The UK’s first practical training centre for the fire door industry opened this week along with the announcement that other centres are already being planned, with a second to launch as soon as the...
