Not your usual safety floor
FUNCTION usually comes before form – but not with Tarkett’s new Safetred Design Collection. Carrying on the company’s reputation for manufacturing beautifully designed yet high-performance flooring, the range has been …
Safety & Security
Kee Systems implements safety fittings at Southbank’s Temporary Theatre
London-based Kee Systems has recently teamed up with Rise Contracts Ltd to supply and install Kee Klamp® and Kee Access® fittings at a temporary theatre in the Capital, to provide …
The Westgate School gets a best in class solution from Cooper Security
The Westgate School first opened its doors in 1958 and now serves a wide geographical area to the west of Slough in Berkshire. It is currently expanding its student numbers …
Hochiki Europe gets rave reviews at The Kenneth More Theatre
Kenneth More was one of the most famous actors of the 1950s and epitomised the ‘stiff upper lip’ British conviviality that we often associate with that era. A contemporary of …
New Ventilated Fire Barriers
TENMAT’S VENTILATED FIRE BARRIER (VFB) KIT PROVIDES THE FLEXIBILITY TO SOLVE ALMOST ALL CLADDING FIRE BARRIER ISSUES WITH A SINGLE PRODUCT COMBINED WITH AN ECONOMICAL PRICE. The cost of bought …
Cooper Security’s new suite of products raises the bar
Cooper Security, a business unit of diversified power management company Eaton, has announced the introduction of a new series of devices for quick and easy installation in the widest variety …
Siemens secures Arctic airbase
Thule Air Base in Greenland, the US Armed Forces’ northernmost location, has some of the most extreme weather in the world. Temperatures down to -60oF are commonplace, and the world’s …
FAAST Very Early Warning Aspiration detector is now Modbus enabled
System Sensor Europe, part of Honeywell, has announced that its ultra-sensitive FAAST Fire Alarm Aspiration Sensing Technology detector now comes equipped with direct Modbus connectivity. Gintare Budriunaite, FAAST Product Marketing …
Altro floors and walls help create BREEAM ‘outstanding’ Co-op headquarters
Altro floors and walls have been installed in the Co-operative Group’s new £100m beehive-inspired headquarters in Manchester, helping to create one of the most innovative and sustainable buildings in Europe. …
Hochiki Europe fuels the need for life safety at Europe’s biggest service station
When the Extra Motorway Service Area (MSA) Group opened its facility on the M25 at Cobham in September 2012, it marked the culmination of a project that had first been …
Gunwharf Quays achieves security by design
PERIMETER security and street furniture specialist, Townscape Products, has illustrated the versatility of its vehicle security system, CT Block, at Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth. The landmark regeneration scheme project managers, …
Prince Charles given a Thermally Efficient welcome in Stoke
When HRH Prince Charles walked through the entrance to the Co-Operative Academy of Stoke-on-Trent in Tunstall it is unlikely he knew he was walking through one of the most thermally …
London Ambulance Glazing Audits
London Ambulance as responsible employers who were looking to make sure the glazing across their sites met all the required standards outlined in Regulation 14 (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations …
Bowater produces high-end read for door ranges
Bowater Doors – one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of energy-efficient composite doors and a company of the VEKA UK Group – has boosted its marketing support for fabricators and …
Townscape extends hostile vehicle mitigation offering
PERIMETER security specialist, Townscape Products Limited, has extended its range of hostile vehicle mitigation (HVM) products with the launch of the Performa-Cast™ PAS 68 bollard sleeve. The sleeve is designed …
A Brighter & Longer Lasting Appearance Thanks To Evercare
The celebrated Mipolam range already has an outstanding reputation for its performance in health and education buildings and the new Mipolam Esprit is impressively durable and now even easier to …
Hochiki Europe’s fire detection system keeps Vicentini Auto on the right road to safety
Vicentini Auto first began trading in 1974 as a family owned and operated car dealership and is based in the northern Italian city of Verona. Since then the company has …
Hochiki fire systems protecting largest business complex in the UK
With around 40 individual buildings housing over 160,000m2 of prime office space, Cobalt Business Park is the largest complex of its kind in the UK. Located just a short drive …
HEAT OF THE MOMENT
Emergency lighting is a vital element of any life safety system and plays a key role in guiding people to a safe location in the event of a mains lighting …
Chiltern Fire invests £250k in latest facility upgrade
Chiltern International Fire (CIF) has invested £250k refitting one of its fire testing laboratories to include a new combination furnace, completing the company’s four-year development programme of its fire testing …
LIGHTING UP TIME
The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) ensures that all buildings are accessible and user-friendly to those with a wide range of disabilities. Stuart Davies, Marketing Manager of Hochiki Europe explains the …
Alpro Partner Visual Plus Corporation
Alpro Hardware (A division of IEC Limited), based at Poole Dorset have recently concluded an agreement with Visual Plus Corporation, who are based in Belgium to exclusively distribute the new …
Townscape supplies anti-terrorist protection to Belfast
TOWNSCAPE Products Limited is helping to safeguard one of the UK’s highest profile new visitor attractions against the threat of terrorism. Townscape is supplying 47 Counter Terror (CT) Blocks, designed …
Energy efficient LED emergency lighting serves a dual purpose
The carbon footprint for the NHS England now stands at a massive 21 million tonnes a year. To address this The Department of Health has set an ambitious target of …
High-Tech and Classic Handmade Garage Doors
Rundum Meir UK ltd specialise in high quality, standard and custom made, exterior door systems that are made in a range of beautiful materials including timber, copper, aluminium and glass. …
Alpro Launch the new VORTEX electromagnet range
To ensure Alpro hardware stays at the forefront of new product design and innovation, the company has launched the Vortex electromagnet range, a new generation of face to face electromagnets. …
Safety is Kee
A staggering number of accidents continue to result from slips, trips and falls from height. Against the backdrop of the HSE’s Shattered Lives campaign, Jeff Rowley, Product Manager at fall …
BSG improves safety at Gatwick Airport
British Standard Gratings (BSG), specialists in industrial flooring and handrailing and suppliers of Kee Safety products, has recently provided tubular fittings and gratings to create a bespoke safety barrier within …
New Cova Gate Gains PAS Accreditation
Cova Security Gates’ newly introduced CSG10140 Sliding Cantilevered Gate has successfully passed the PAS68:2010 Vehicle Impact Test – 7.5 tonne vehicle at 40mph – under the TRL’s strict conditions and …
Fike SigniFire ® provides dramatic detection!
The innovative SigniFire® system from Fike, which detects fires by looking for the tell-tale signatures of smoke and flames in video images, has been chosen by E U Fire & …
Security and Design
Innovation in security door manufacturing has resulted in enhanced physical security and far greater choice particularly in relation to design. Suitable for almost any public building application, security doors are …