
Siderise has partnered with Ash & Lacy to provide a tested passive fire protection solution for the NaturAL X Brick Cladding System being installed on Vita Student’s latest accommodation development on the historic Gough Street and Suffolk Street intersection in Birmingham.

To ensure long-term passive fire safety across the development’s five towers—ranging from 10 to 26 storeys—Siderise provided a comprehensive suite of rigorously tested fire protection solutions. Read more in this article featured in the Autumn '25 edition of BIMCRUNCH.

Building safety relies on accurate product information. Without it, the risks of misguided specification or substitution, poor installation, inadequate classification, and noncompliance are high. This is especially relevant for passive fire protection, which is a fundamental, but ultimately hidden, part of an external wall system which must be considered from the earliest design stages to ensure a safe and long-lasting building.