Green or living walls are becoming a familiar feature of the built environment. Whilst their relevance to sustainability and net-zero might not be clear they do present a public statement...
Mock-up testing consists of constructing a complete representation of something and testing it against certain practical possibilities. The size could vary, but often the aim is to get closest to...
Architectural Hardware/ Ironmongery Architectural Hardware / Ironmongery [caption id="attachment_43665" align="alignright" width="217"] Bronze range of Ironmongery[/caption] Architectural hardware plays a key part in all buildings and in everyone’s day-to-day lives, so...
The façade of a building is an architectural feature with functionality. Along with the function of keeping the weather and environment out, it also fulfils an important need of a...
Design for fire safety is still in a nascent stage in India. There is now a growing demand for ‘fire-rated materials’ among the decision-makers in the Indian construction industry, particularly...
The terms “combustible”, “non-combustible” and “limited-combustibility” are frequently referenced as part of the debate surrounding Building Regulations in relation to fire safety in large parts of the world. These classifications,...
Brief on Holistic Design approach for Fire- Safe Buildings, focusing on Façades and Fenestration Design? The holistic design approach to fire safety starts by first understanding how fire behaves. Fire...
The senseless loss of many lives during the Grenfell Tower incident in June 2017 caught the attention of the media and of the public at large. We all have, in...
In the light of ever-increasing fire incidents and accidents in glass façade buildings, don’t you think a more ‘proactive approach’ of ‘fit for purpose’ designed and tested solution should be...
There is rarely a day that passes without a serious fire hitting the headlines and world news. Whether the fire incident is a forest, industrial or building fire, the impact...