News
Crime Impact Statement Awarded RTPI Commendation
03.12.2010
Design for Security are proud to announce that our award-winning Crime Impact Statement service has received a commendation from the RTPI (Royal Town Planning Institute). The commendation was formally received at a regional RTPI conference on the 3rd December 2010, at the Lowry Digital World Centre,...
Simple 2 Start: Work Placements
01.12.2010
We are looking for student volunteer candidates to assist us in designing out crime, in partnership with GMAC (Greater Manchester Against Crime - www.gmac.org.uk). Candidates will have strong 3d modelling skills (Sketchup and rendering software packages, for example), and will find this 10-week placement...
The New Crime Impact Statement
17.08.2010
Design for Security have now released their new and enhanced 2010 Crime Impact Statement (CIS). Following the award-winning success of the previous CIS, the new version delivers: A graphical overhaul, with greater readability Even more detailed crime analysis Traffic-light style executive summaries,...
Carbon Cost of Crime
26.04.2010
We can all assume what the finincial implications of crime may be. Whether it's to do with insurance premiums, repair costs, possibly lost business due to down time, and even the emotional costs in terms of the fear of crime repeating. There is however another cost that many overlook, and it is that...
Best Practice for Cycle Storage
15.02.2010
Design for Security has released a best practice guide for designing cycle storage, which has been welcomed by the Trafford Cycle Forum. The guidance covers a various methods of parking hardware from stands to enclosures, and in what circumstances they should be used. Advice is also given with regards...
'Designing Out Crime' with a Continental Flavour
15.02.2010
The Politecnico di Milano, who visited Design for Security in 2009, have released a handbook entitled 'Planning, Urban Design and Management: Crime Prevention', which is an annex to a 2007 report titled 'Prevention of Crime by Urban Planning', released by CEN (European Committee of Standardisation). The...
Customer Satisfaction Survey 2010
13.02.2010
As part of Design for Security's continuing development, we have launched an online Customer Satisfaction Survey in order to collate the views, feelings and recommendations of our clients with regards to the service we deliver. If you are an architect, developer, planning consultant, or agent, who...
Crime Impact Statement scoops SBD Innovation Award 2010
29.01.2010
Design for Security are proud to announce that our Crime Impact Statement, a requirement to accompany major planning applications across all ten Greater Manchester local planning authorities, has been awarded the 'Secured by Design Innovation Award' for 2010. The award was presented on the 27th January...
New SBD Supplier Catalogue
17.11.2009
'Secured by Design' have now released a fully comprehensive catalogue of their registered product suppliers and service providers (current as of October 2009). The content of the downloadable PDF, which you can download here, consists of all the products which can currently be found on the 'Secured...
Apply for SBD Online
28.08.2009
In order to make the Secured by Design application process smoother and faster, you can now submit your application for the Secured by Design award online through our website. The remainder of the process (continued consultation and final inspection) will stay the same. Apart from the efficiency of...
ALU Rebrand
02.04.2009
The Architectural Liaison Unit has decided to rebrand as Design for Security Consultancy in order to better reflect its rapidly changing role in design led Crime Prevention. The team are all from the built environment professions of architecture, planning, surveying and design. The introduction of...