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    Mehrdad Ameri Vamkani, a PhD student at the School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment at Liverpool John Moores University, has researched reducing and replacing the amount of cement used in low-strength concrete.
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    Slash and burn?

    The Nature Levy in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Part 3) making its way through parliament has been dubbed a ‘licence to kill’, but is it really that bleak?
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    Building in resilience

    How can a city better prepare for, and weather, the affects of floods, heat and droughts? Ashden has some examples of the areas that are doing it right.
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    CROSS UK Report: Shear assessment of transfer slabs

    This report relates to punching shear assessments of flat slabs used as transfer slabs to support transferred columns (ie columns above the transfer slab that are misaligned with the columns below). The reporter is concerned some design engineers erroneously use the principles of uniformly loaded slabs to assess punching shear.
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    Whale watching

    Holcim UK has created an innovative coffee concrete mix to support a 12m high sculpture in London’s Canary Wharf that makes a statement about waste.
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    Certified safe — but is it? Lessons from CROSS on third-party certification

    A reporter conducting a fire risk assessment of a school encountered inadequate firestopping.
  • The results from CABE’s Building Control Survey

    The UK building control sector has experienced a tumultuous few years – so how are its professionals feeling? The CABE Building Control Survey sheds some light.
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    Riser shafts: the forgotten area of HRBs

    All eyes are on preventing falls, but the role of riser shafts in reducing fires is woefully misunderstood, say Ambar Kelly’s Alex Bardett and Nick Atkinson.
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    The fire risks of lithium-ion batteries

    Mike Brodie, Managing Director of Chemstore UK, which provides hazardous storage solutions, offers insight into recent guidance on the safe storage of lithium-ion batteries in the UK.
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    Technical insights: an update from Hywel Davies

    CABE Head of Technical Insight Hywel Davies works to inform and influence policy, standards and guidance in the profession – here’s what that means for members.
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    Which optical flame detection system is best?

    MSA Safety suggests things to consider when researching a fire and gas detection system for hazardous environments.
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    An overview of water-mist fire protection systems

    BAFSA provides an overview of the technology, standards and applications of water-mist fire protection systems.
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    Complexity versus competence

    Fire Engineer Andrea White discusses complexity versus competence in fire safety – and how the gap between them has widened during her time in the industry.
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    Sprinklers: a regulatory success for property protection?

    Thomas Roche, Secretary of the Business Sprinkler Alliance, considers whether the UK government’s fire safety actions thus far can be considered a regulatory success for property protection.
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    Key fire safety features at the Old Bailey

    Trigon Fire Safety’s Karl Wallasch discusses the application of fire engineering on a smoke shaft design for a listed building’s hotel refurbishment.
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    A short guide to fire doors

    Howarth Timber’s Emily Green has compiled a short guide on the importance of properly specified, fitted and maintained fire doors.
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    The growing fire risks of lithium-ion batteries in residential buildings

    CABE member Kabbe Njie, Principal Engineer Fire & Life Safety Systems at Heathrow Airport, discusses the growing fire risks of lithium-ion batteries in residential buildings.
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    The impact of coatings on combustion

    Enya Zhang, a student at the University of Central Lancashire, has completed IFSM-funded research exploring the impact of coatings on wood combustion
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    CROSS UK REPORT: Incorrect firestopping by third-party certificated contractor

    Collaborative reporting for safer structures. Report 1197: Incorrect firestopping by a third-party certificated contractor
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    The crumbling NHS estate

    Steve McSorley, Director at Perega, discusses the engineering challenges of a crumbling NHS estate – and what contractors may face when bringing these buildings up to date

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