Building & Fire Safety

The DLUHC Guidance on Collaborative Procurement for Design and Construction to Support Building Safety was launched recently at an event featuring a keynote from Dame Judith Hackitt, who in her report identified the procurement processes used across the construction industry as one of the many areas that urgently need to be improved following the Grenfell Tower fire.

Will Salomone of law firm Watson Farley & Williams offers a legal view of fire safety obligations

The Water Hygiene Centre’s Craig Morning offers a guide for facilities management organisations on Legionella control

Greater fire safety knowledge is welcome, as is the rising profile of fire engineers, discovers David Adams

Karl Wallasch and David Bostelmann, Directors at Trigon Fire Safety, consider third-party reviews of fire safety proposals

The FIRE 2022 one-day conference returns this year, on 18 October

Collaborative reporting for safer structures. The management of design-related risks: structural, civil and fire engineers

Iain Cox, Chair of the Business Sprinkler Alliance, believes all buildings should invest in active fire-suppression safety measures

The Grenfell Tower tragedy was a wake-up call for the construction industry. As James Cash hears, focusing on fire safety best practice beyond basic regulations is the way forward

Former firefighter Eddie Sibley explains why water mist fire suppression systems offer an easier way to help save lives.

Ministers are poised to scrap the requirement for a Building Safety Manager under the forthcoming Building Safety Bill, Building Engineer has learned.

An amendment to the Building Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (as amended) has been made to address concerns in relation to external fire spread issues on external walls.

The construction industry is delivering truly exceptional projects from new buildings constructed using sustainable techniques to reduce its environmental impact, to renovations of tired spaces to create vibrant community spaces.

The new Building Safety Bill has begun its House of Lords’ Committee Stages with 38 pages of government amendments, some of which could place significant pressures on the construction industry.

The effects of movement-induced vibrations on buildings can cause discomfort and need to be engineered out, says software developer Oasys

Part B’s head of specialist training, Steve Willett, explains why fire safety code BS9999 – and his CABE webinar on the subject – could offer useful benefits for members.

The Government’s Building Safety Bill proposes significant reforms to the building control profession in England. The Bill will introduce a new framework for the registration and regulatory oversight of the profession, setting new requirements and standards that will apply across both the public and private sector, levelling the playing field for the first time.

The CROSS-UK Fire Safety Expert Panel discusses the interpretation and application of the Building Act 1984 with regards to the use of cross-laminated timber in multi-storey buildings.

John Davidson, the National Security Inspectorate’s (NSI) Approval Schemes Manager (Systems), provides an overview and update of important topics in the evolving arena of fire safety standards, which featured in a recent CABE webinar.

Harriet Lamb, CEO of sustainability charity Ashden, discusses the Heat and Buildings Strategy and why more needs to be done to address retrofitting in the UK