Building & Fire Safety

English Heritage cares for more than 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites – from world-famous prehistoric sites to medieval castles. To help overcome the geographical challenges of managing large estates, it has opted to trial Aico’s HomeLINK Connected Home Solution which consists of Aico’s Ei1000G Gateway, smoke alarms and Ei1025 Environmental Sensors at one of their sites in Yorkshire, Pickering Castle.

A report that highlights the use of inconsistent and inaccurate fire safety terminology says that specialist vocabulary needs to be better defined and understood

Mak Okay-Ikenegbu, Head of Capital Allowances and Land Remediation at Leyton UK, explores the potential of resilient building design to create shock-resistant communities.

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has held its first national annual conference to support industry and dutyholders in preparing for new building safety regulations in England.

The Fire Safety (FS2) framework from not-for-profit public sector construction framework provider LHC is asking for registrations of interest.

The Welsh Government has launched two new consultations seeking views on the forthcoming building inspectors register; and changes to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

A fencing contractor whose post-knocker hit an underground gas pipeline on a farm in Derbyshire has joined forces with LinesearchbeforeUdig (LSBUD) and Linewatch to produce a safety awareness video.

Those responsible for the safety of high-rise residential buildings in England have six months from April to register with the new Building Safety Regulator.

Sam Bader, Fire Engineer at Trigon, asks if we are specifying the areas of NSHEVs incorrectly due to varying guidance – and if terminology should be aligned

A contractor was killed by an electrical explosion while carrying out an asbestos survey - Global Energy Nigg has been fined £80,000 after a court case.

The Local Authority Building Control (LABC) has secured more than £20 million in new burdens funding to develop and build capacity in public service building control, it has been announced.

The absence of a complete continuous cladding support system may have contributed towards a repeated failure of modern cladding in severe – but not exceptional – winds, that caused a hazard to public safety when the panels fell to the street below.

We speak to recent CABE Webinar Wednesday expert Douglas Masterson about how the right architectural ironmongery on fire doors can be the difference between life and death

SOCOTEC gives the lowdown on the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 and the new legal requirements

Simon Lewis and Michelle Essen at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson say the construction industry should brace itself for major changes this year as the new building safety regime comes into play

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ (DLUHC) consultation on proposed changes to Approved Document B (ADB) of the Building Regulations closes on 17 March 2023.

Following the commencement of the Fire Safety Act 2021 in England and Wales, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 came into force on 23 January 2023 and were made under Article 24 of the Fire Safety Order 2005.

Collaborative reporting for safer structures. Report 1029, fire safety design submission concern