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.

Although not exhaustive, the following lists some of the most commonly used. British and European Standards (BS EN) BS EN 356: Glass in building – Security glazing - Testing and classification of resistance against manual attack.

Glass Range Brochure BR Part L 2010 - Bulletin 10 Bulletin 11 Scotland Section 6 Safety/Security Glass Brochure Pilkington Optilam™ Brochure List of British/EU Standards and Codes of Practice Building Regulations

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.

Annealed glass, when broken, gives large fragments with sharp edges and so is not usually classifiable as a safety glass. Anti-bandit glazing a form of security glazing resistant to manual attack. See Product Data Sheet Pilkington Security Glass and Technical Bulletin Glass and Security. Antisun ™

Safety Security. Pilkington Optilam ... Where conditions are considered to be unusual or solar control glass is to be used we recommend that a thermal safety check is carried out to predict the risk of thermal cracking. If there is a risk then there are several solutions that can reduce the risk to acceptable limits.