Industry Insights

Regularly interacting with you and gaining an in-depth understanding of your world, this has enabled us to develop an extensive knowledge and high level of expertise in both the Mental Health and Education sectors in which we operate. 

Our range of articles below share our range of unique perspectives and reliable insights about these challenging industries, allowing us to connect up-to-date insights and issues with solutions for you. 

Promoting positive Mental Health wellbeing in the workplace
08 December 2017

Promoting positive Mental Health wellbeing in the workplace

As office manager, part of Marianne's role involves overseeing employee well-being - a particularly hot topic just now as recent Government reports indicate 300,000 people with a long-term Mental Health problem lost their job each year. She shares the ways we work hard to support our employees' wellbeing.
Finger injuries caused by doors to children can be 'life-long', here's how you can act responsibly to remove this risk
24 October 2017

Finger injuries caused by doors to children can be 'life-long', here's how you can act responsibly to remove this risk

Plastic surgeons warn that children and toddlers whose fingers are crushed by closing doors can end up with lifelong problems, with 1500 required to undergo surgery and 600 amputations. It is recommended that building owners and specifiers act responsibly
NHS Safety Notice: Ineffectiveness of push-button anti-barricade stops raises design considerations
17 October 2017

NHS Safety Notice: Ineffectiveness of push-button anti-barricade stops raises design considerations

The NHS across the UK recently issued an Estate and Facilities safety notice that anti-barricade devices can be ineffective in certain cases. Specifically this relates to push button stops, which can fail to operate if a service user pushes on the door from the inside. Action is required by 19 February 2018.
Developing doorsets with recovery in mind
17 October 2016

Developing doorsets with recovery in mind

Manufacturers play a huge role in raising the design standards throughout the Mental Health sector. Understanding customers' requirements is key to designing products which meet the needs of a modern recovery-focused rehabilitation environment
Construction professionals are now required to be 'BIM ready'
18 July 2016

Construction professionals are now required to be 'BIM ready'

With BIM Level 2 now mandatory in all centrally funded government construction projects, the importance of being ‘BIM Ready’ is essential among Education construction professionals. Safehine have created a family of BIM models to help.