Bull protects multi-billion pound Greenwich Peninsula development

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Bull Products, a manufacturer of life-saving fire protection equipment, is protecting 1,700 workers during London’s largest single regeneration project, Greenwich Peninsula.

Greenwich Peninsula has been described as ‘an island of opportunity’ and will feature seven neighbourhoods, 300,000 sq. ft of office space creating 15,000 new jobs, 80 shops and restaurants, a tube station and lots of green space.

Bull has been contracted to supply its Cygnus Alarm System to the 150-acre space which will enhance fire safety protection during work on site from now until 2022. A major innovation in wireless emergency fire, first aid, and intruder alarms for construction sites, the Cygnus radio fire alarm system has been designed for specific use on construction sites where changing site conditions and environments demand a far higher performance from the radio than those found in standard wireless fire alarm systems.

The site has also been provided with 40 First Aid First Responder Stations which incorporate a complete first aid centre for when an emergency can’t be reported immediately and helps the challenges of maintaining adequate first aid equipment on site.

The stations can be moved to where and when they are needed the most as the site develops which ensures there is no compromise when it comes to health and safety, whilst also providing a cost-effective and time saving solution.

Matthew Trigwell, Sales Director at Bull Products, says: “We are delighted to be providing our Cygnus alarm systems and responder stations to this £8.4 billion project.

“Our alarm systems have been used on some of the most complex projects across London which shows the flexibility and adaptability of our system. At the height of activity, there will be 1,700 workers on site and we have no doubt that our alarm systems will protect workers, no matter what the complexity of the project phase.”

For more information, please visit www.bullproducts.co.uk

Glass and glazing systems transform Olympic media centre

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Wrightstyle Glass and glazing systems transform Olympic media centreA major project to transform the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics media centre into a creative hub is nearing completion, with fire-resistant glazed atriums supplied by Devizes-based Wrightstyle, utilising specialist glass from Pyroguard.

Here East is a new campus for the creative and digital industries, transforming the former press and broadcast centres on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park into 1.2 million sq ft of commercial space. Read more

Wrightstyle and escaping from prison fires

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WrightstylePrisionWrightstyle Limited is a leading UK supplier of integrated steel and aluminium glazing systems and exports worldwide. Jane Embury, the company’s commercial director, looks at some notorious prison fires – and the appalling conditions in some facilities today.

When fire breaks out in a highly-populated building, the first priority is to ensure occupant safety, normally by quick evacuation.

But what happens when the whole purpose of that building is to prevent people from being evacuated?  That’s one of the dilemmas in designing fire safety for prisons. Read more

Wrightstyle, terminal stupidity and innocuous fires

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Jane Embury WrightstyleWrightstyle is a specialist steel and aluminium glazing company and supplies its fire-rated systems internationally.  Jane Embury, the company’s marketing director, looks at how fires can be started accidentally or stupidly.

Fires usually start from the most innocuous, or stupid, of reasons.

For example, a woman in Bridgend, South Wales, accidentally set her house on fire last year after trying to kill a spider by spraying it with a lit aerosol can.

Even more stupid, again last year, was a rioter in Ferguson, Missouri who accidentally burned down his own house after mistaking it for a convenience store.

According to a report, the 32-year-old threw a Molotov cocktail at a window not realizing he was setting fire to his own home. Read more

Wrightstyle fire protects 1960s London tower block

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Wright Style 1960 blockWrightstyle, the advanced steel and aluminium glazing company, has helped to transform a tired London 1960s high-rise block, building in new and improved levels of fire safety.

The 10-storey Leyton Green tower block, in Leyton, east London, has been extensively refurbished, with Wrightstyle completing a glazed tower to provide enhanced staircase access and, more importantly, a protected escape route.

The Waltham Forest completion comes only weeks after the London Fire Brigade (LFB) announced that there had been 684 fires in high rise flats in 2014, with the LFG launching a Read more

Kingspan Tarec launches Kooltherm Firesleeve

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Tarec Fire Sleeve SingleLimiting the spread of smoke and fire is a key consideration for any building owner, and to ensure maximum protection, Kingspan Tarec® has now unveiled the Kingspan Tarec®  Kooltherm® FireSleeve, a slim solution which expands to several times its normal size in the event of fire, helping to seal service penetrations and can reinstate the original fire rating of a building element. Read more

PROMAT PROVIDES FIRE PROTECTION WITH STYLE FOR HISTORIC REFURBISHMENT PROJECT

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promatinpotteryA Prince’s Regeneration Trust project to restore an historic pottery in Stoke-on-Trent illustrates the versatility of passive fire protection products from Promat UK.  Promat MASTERBOARD® and Promat SUPALUX® are being used to reproduce the effect of the old timber plank lining which was originally used at Middleport Pottery in Burslem.

The majority of the Promat boards will be installed in 200mm wide strips, to recreate the original look and feel of the pottery’s interior, whilst  providing the Read more