What is Safety & Security? Reducing the risk of accident or protecting against deliberate attack. The term “Safety” is applied to glazing used to reduce the risk of accident by impact, fracture, shattering, or in a fire.

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For safety reasons, the glass used for interior glazing (e.g. glass doors, glass stairs, glass partitions) is frequently toughened or laminated. Laminated glass provides safety and security by marrying together multiple layers of standard float glass and polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers.

A window that has been shown by test to meet the security requirements of PAS 24 would be considered a secure window. According to PAS 24, where doorsets, coupled side panels and windows adjacent to doorsets contain glass, each glazed area shall include at least one pane of laminated glass meeting the requirements of BS EN 356:2000, Class P1A or higher.

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BS 6262-4: Code of practice for glazing for buildings - Part 4: Safety related to human impact BS 6180: Barriers in and about buildings - Code of practice In general, if the recommendations in BS 6262-4 and BS 6180 are followed, the current requirements of Building Regulations in all regional areas of the UK for the glazing of critical locations may be satisfied.

For safety reasons, the glass used for interior glazing (e.g. glass doors, glass stairs, glass partitions) is frequently toughened or laminated. Laminated glass provides safety and security by marrying together multiple layers of standard float glass and polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers. However, this process also exaggerates any tint of ...

Safety is where protection is needed from accidental damage and security for wilful damage. Glass used for security reasons can be further broken down into the types of threat: Manual attack. Ballistic attack. Explosion resistance - See separate section.