City Slickers: London Hosting Centre Protected

Canary Wharf is one of the Capital’s most well known and prestigious landmarks. The ultra modern development of office accommodation presents a stunning sight across the London skyline.

In the recent past however, Canary Wharf has been the target of terrorist attack, explosive devices having been placed with the intention of causing the maximum possible structural damage to buildings.

Previous experience of bombings provided a knowledge of the inordinate amount of damage and injury caused by broken, flying glass. Consequently the protection of the glazing of a major building at Canary Wharf became a priority.

Enter Anglian approved installers, Partition Graphics, who from their base in Chesham, Bucks, successfully co-ordinated and professionally installed Anglian anti-shatter Safety Film to the London Hosting Centre in Greenwich View Place.

Originally designed for use by the Ministry of Defence, anti-shatter films, when correctly installed, provide an almost undetectable barrier that holds broken glass in place - thus reducing the damage and injuries that would otherwise occur as the result of an impact or explosion.

In addition to 'bomb-blast' protection, Anglian Safety Film can meet the impact performance levels of safety glazing BS 6206A and B as well as the requirements of the relevant UK Building Regulations and BS 6262 Part 4 for glazing in buildings.

The correct application of safety films to annealled glass also provides a method that complies with the workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992.