“999, what is your emergency?…” At around 3am on 2nd February 2005 a fire was reported in a fourteenth floor flat of Harrow Court tower block, in Stevenage. Two unextinguished tea-light candles left burning on top of the plastic casing…

Steve Riszko
0 Articles0 CommentsSteve Riszko is a product designer and developer with a reputation for pragmatic yet simple solutions to engineering challenges on some landmark projects in the UK and beyond. He ran the largest steel fire door company in the UK for 5 years where he pushed R&D hard – particularly for a 2.4M x2.4M 240 minute door to meet the plant replacement programme at London Underground which is still being used today.
Designing for Fire Safety – New Wiring Regulations
We are now past the 1st July 2015 deadline for installers being compliant with a new wiring regulation in the UK to secure cables of all categories in escape routes by non-combustible means. The problem has been that many types…