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Compliance issues for building maintenance professionals

|Date: 3 June, 2024

Compliance issues for building maintenance professionals

Over two-thirds (70%) of maintenance professionals state that staying compliant is the most significant p ...

Over two-thirds (70%) of maintenance professionals state that staying compliant is the most significant problem in their organisation, according to a recent poll by SFG20. Just over half of those surv ...

3 June, 2024
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Recticel’s ‘Road to Net Zero’ provides expert guide to Part L uplift

|Date: 30 November, 2023

Recticel’s ‘Road to Net Zero’ provides expert guide to Part L uplift

Recticel Insulation has produced a comprehensive guide to the updated Part L of the Building Regulations ...

Recticel Insulation has produced a comprehensive guide to the updated Part L of the Building Regulations — the legislation’s biggest shake-up for a decade. ‘The Road to Net-Zero’, which sets out in cl ...

30 November, 2023
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Resideo | Successful collaboration to meet guidance

|Date: 14 December, 2022

Resideo | Successful collaboration to meet guidance

Ensuring the safety of tenants has always been a paramount concern for social housing providers. Now, wit ...

Ensuring the safety of tenants has always been a paramount concern for social housing providers. Now, with new legislation for landlords in place mandating the provision of CO and smoke alarms, Martin ...

14 December, 2022
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Terry Lifts | Means of escape

|Date: 13 December, 2022

Terry Lifts | Means of escape

Everyone has a responsibility to be vigilant and prepared in case of fire. Like many UK-based fire and re ...

Everyone has a responsibility to be vigilant and prepared in case of fire. Like many UK-based fire and rescue services, the London Fire Brigade is proactive in promoting fire safety in the home. One k ...

13 December, 2022
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FIREX offers dedicated seminars for social housing providers

|Date: 9 May, 2022

FIREX offers dedicated seminars for social housing providers

With fire safety in social housing now a major area of discussion in the national agenda, FIREX is deligh ...

With fire safety in social housing now a major area of discussion in the national agenda, FIREX is delighted to welcome the National Social Housing Fire Strategy Group (NSHFSG) and its members to this ...

9 May, 2022
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Guest Comment | LAs leading on building standards

|Date: 6 November, 2019

Guest Comment | LAs leading on building standards

Recent research by the Solar Trade Association (STA) highlights how local authorities are taking the init ...

Recent research by the Solar Trade Association (STA) highlights how local authorities are taking the initiative and implementing higher building standards on developments. Jack Dobson-Smith, Public Af ...

6 November, 2019
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Over half of all local authorities already enforcing higher building standards

|Date: 8 October, 2019

Over half of all local authorities already enforcing higher building standards

New research by the Solar trade Association (STA) reveals Scottish and English councils in race to the to ...

New research by the Solar trade Association (STA) reveals Scottish and English councils in race to the top on new homes policy The STA has published new research on local authority building standards, ...

8 October, 2019
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LABC backs Hackitt Report for comprehensive improvements to Building Regulations

|Date: 20 December, 2017

LABC backs Hackitt Report for comprehensive improvements to Building Regulations

The Hackitt Review Interim Report provides a comprehensive critique of the Building Regulations system an ...

The Hackitt Review Interim Report provides a comprehensive critique of the Building Regulations system and fire safety. LABC welcomes the report and its seven key recommendations for improvements. Pau ...

20 December, 2017
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