Emergency Lighting Conference - April 2015

As one of the main sponsors Philip Payne were delighted with the attendance and positive feedback from the industry conference held in London on 23.04.15.

Delegates from the building design fraternity sat alongside end users with a common goal of further understanding the challenges that immerse emergency lighting compliance.
These  ranged from the non negotiable statutory requirements to the obstacles faced when trying to ensure the aesthetics of a designed area are not compromised by Em Lighting.
Philip Payne remain market leaders when it comes to the latter -  see https://www.flickr.com/photos/philip-payne/sets/   for shots of some of our project work including The Walkie Taklie , The Gherkin , The Shard , Shakespeare's Globe , Wembley Stadium , Royal Ascot and many other iconic London and UK landmarks   .    

Another Civil Defence Approval is uploaded to Payne website

Further to approvals in Qatar and then Dubai  permitting supply of life safety critical emergency lighting products under local Civil Defence Approval schemes  , Philip Payne has this week achieved CDA certification in Abu Dhabi.

Copies of approvals can be viewed at the accreditations page at www.philippayne.co.uk 

Following on from the launch of the Philip Payne brand in February , (see below) enquiries have been flooding in for product that meets safety criteria required for legal use on new and existing buildings in the Gulf region.

 MD David Taylor explains the Philip Payne philosophy to a captive audience

Attendees at the launch listen to why Philip Payne is "The Architects Choice"

The F. W.Thorpe Group (of which Payne is a subsidiary) launched Thorlux Lighting LLC   in the summer of  2014 to promote all of it's brands  in the region. Working with "the LLC "and with local CDA partner Cignetix , Payne are confident they can maintain the impressive start they have made since the launch.

Current approved products include a range of BSI kitemarked Exit Signs and Emergency Luminaires and it is hoped that their full automatic test system , SPECTOWEB  , will be launched in the region later in 2015.

Issued by BSI, Payne holds ISO9001 registered Firm status FM55077 and Kitemark licence KM587259 

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Royal Albert Hall

The first few Philip Payne Exit signs have been installed at ROH with a full roll out to follow in the near future

The Classic Cylinder model has been modified to ensure that the cantilever fitting does not encroach onto the corridor. A polished brass finish was selected but further supplies will be finished in RAL9010 and Old Penny Bronze dependant on location

WWW.WonderfulWebsiteWork.again

Further to recent changes to update and refresh the Philip Payne Installation site showcase and gallery, work is now complete on the Online Brochure Collection.

The previous web-view of the catalogue was at best a bit clunky and at worst just too damned small to read some of the detail..

Working with our partners Method Design a completely new approach has been taken with a button on the homepage linking through to video, contents page with links and a grid view making navigation mind bendingly simple.

Individual pages can be printed or collated to print a custom selection and with options to share by email or social media the new style brochure provides brilliant opportunities for specifiers to communicate discuss or embed specifications into design documents.  

New Vision

Changes to the Philip Payne website mean extensive visuals of previous projects are more readily available. Sitting alongside the conventional showcase the new gallery gives a more explicit view of the Payne portfolio in one click

A Retail Tale

• If there was any doubt that Philip Payne products represent the best in Emergency Lighting look no further that the contribution of retail sales in May’s sales figures despite the gloomy picture we hear reported on TV and in the papers.

• Payne has long been the “emergency” choice in top end retail fit outs particularly in Bond Street and the surrounding areas.

• Last month Payne products were supplied to Hugo Boss outlets in Glasgow and Reading , Dolce & Gabbana ,Jimmy Choo  in Dover Street W1 and Selfridges in Manchester .

• During May further specifications were welcomed on the books for retail and mall projects across the UK

Payne achieves Kitemark

Philip Payne has now completed the kitemarking process to ensure Civil Defence Authority compliance across the middle east region.

After recently completing some great work in the region it was decided to ensure continuing success by underpinning local compliance with the Kitemark with which of course comes the iconic BSI symbol.

Specifiers from the UK and USA continue to call for Payne product on their most prestigious  Mid-East projects  and the Kitemark will enable their specifications to be carried through with impunity.

Status is confirmed at  http://www1.kitemark.com/cms/listing/detail.php?id=79484

ARC News

Two new Led products the ARCA and UNI Spot were revealed for the first time. The small dimensions and downlight feature for compatibility with BS5266-10 was of great interest along with our abstract feature board which again demonstrated a multi level building scenario with it’s Perspex avatars and fault simulation buttons it was able fully show the cost effective the SPECTO system.

It powerfully illustrated how electronics can be used to simplify emergency testing and fault reporting with centrally indicated switches at each level and an additional single central indicator that can be located adjacent to support staff at reception or control room to alert maintenance of a defect in safety critical product.

All Philip Payne products can be supplied to operate on the SPECTO platform which has also been designed, developed and is manufactured at our factory in Solihull.  Additionally all Philip Payne products are designed to include full DALI compatibility to meet the increasing demand for controllable Emergency Lighting..   

Arc 2012

We have received some very interesting feed back from ARC 2012 visitors regarding this years stand.Visitors were invited to experience emergency lighting products in use in situ . Of course by definition theses  products are dormant for most of their lives  but unwittingly they take up and can unbalance designed space.

Philip Payne Goes Gothic

Philip Payne has always been the Architect's Choice when it comes to emergency exit lighting, and we love a challenge, so when one of Britains finest architectural treasures underwent a recent restoration, we were more than happy to come up with a creative and sympathetic solution to the demands of the task.

Strawberry Hill - Twickenham

Considered one of the finest surviving examples of Georgian Gothic architecture and interior decoration, Strawberry Hill is a Grade I-listed Building. Located in Twickenham, Strawberry Hill was Horace Walpole’s experiment in Gothic revival which to this day is much talked about by architectural scholars.

Adding to its’ impressive back catalogue, Philip Payne supplied emergency lighting to the recently completed restoration works at Strawberry Hill, following a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

To ensure that the emergency fixtures (required now that the building has opened it’s doors to the public) impose as little as possible, Philip Payne introduced the notion of portable equipment. The free standing signs can be placed in position when public access is permitted and removed or relocated as required. This flexible solution ensures the signs do not permanently impose on the environment yet retain their function and adaptability.

Flexible solutions from Philip Payne

In areas where escape routes are fixed, product from the Payne Architectural range has been selected to minimize the impact on the building.

Philip Payne lighting shines in listed building project

When a new Five Star Hotel was specified for Cheltenham, Philip Payne had a special request to fulfil.

Interior designer Nina Campbell specified special colour variants for Philip Payne Products selected for use on the Hotel De La Bere project at Ellenborough Park near Cheltenham.

Philip Payne have fashioned emergency lighting products to match external brickwork along with the striking interior design in line with English Heritage requirements.

Payne have an impressive back catalogue of heritage work and this is another project that demonstrates their ability to craft product to fit into the finest of environments.

The estate dates back to the late 15th century with the house at the centre of the current refurbishment becoming known as “Southam Delabere” in 1865 whilst under the ownership of the Earl of Ellenborough, a former Viceroy of India.

After a series of tenants the house became a private girls school in 1947 before become a hotel in 1973. This most recent project brings the building up to current emergency lighting standards with Philip Payne meeting both colour matching and special mounting requirements to ensure that the impact of these statutory products is minimised.