Fire safety meets style in new Liverpool Materials Lab
The construction industry is undertaking a dramatic U-turn as sustainable specification comes to the fore, with a growing ambition to build with timber. As such, from 2000 to 2020, global timber consumption has increased by 1.1% per year. While timber…
Fire safety built into the DNA of new affordable homes development in Hove
There’s no doubting the very urgent need to build, and fast. A recent Lords report has revealed that in 2020/21 a mere 194,000 homes were built, which is way off the government's target of 300,000 homes per year. Amid this…
Zeroignition (Zi) showcases the future of fire protection in historic Dublin building
For too long, the idea of creating buildings with the apparently mutually exclusive objectives of being both aesthetically beautiful and fire safe, seemed impossible. The conflict is especially strong in period properties where any additions must remain in keeping with…