Best Practice Guides & Advice

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Why Carpet Tiles Won’t Cut it at The Entrance to Your Building

We often see standard carpet tiles, like those in offices, used at the entrance of a building instead of an entrance mat. Discover why that's a problem.

Expressing Building Movement

Building movement is often a complex, and scary consideration when designing a building. Get it wrong and it could be very costly!

5 Louvre Parts You May See on Technical Drawings

To help demystify some louvre elements we thought we would explain some of the common parts you will see on a louvre drawing and what they do.

5 Reasons Permanent Entrance Matting Beats a Throw-Down Mat

Discover why permanent entrance matting is a better, more effective solution to dirt and moisture being tracked into a building.

How To Manage the Risk of Combustible Dust & Deflagration

Discover how you can mitigate the risk of combustible dust and deflagration in your facility through good building design and pressure relief systems.

4 Fire Door Checks to Prevent the Spread of Smoke

With smoke being such a dangerous part of any fire we wanted to focus on 4 fire door checks to make sure your fire door can prevent the spread of smoke.

5 Crucial Fire Door Regulations You Need To Know About

Fire Safety is critical in any building, we run through 5 crucial fire door regulations you need to know about and how they affect you.

Comment calculer la perte de charge d’un louvres ?

Pourquoi et comment faut-il calculer la perte de charge d'une grille de ventilation. En en quoi ce facteur est-il si important à considérer pour le bâtiment et ses équipements lors de spécification d'une grille de ventilation ?

4 conseils pour une protection murale réellement efficace

There are lots of things you can do with impact protection to make it a feature, rather than an eyesore. Discover our 4 tips to stylish impact protection.

5 faits à considérer pour les établissements psychiatriques

Designing for dementia care is an increasingly prominent topic, with research from the Alzheimer’s Society(i) indicating that by 2015 more than 850,000 people in the UK will be living with the condition.

Hospital Fire Door Inspection and Maintenance

A Hospital Fire Door is a critical safety feature of a healthcare building, protecting exit routes to allow enough time for the elderly and infirm to escape

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