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Allegion | Fire safety compliance

|Date: 23 October, 2019

Allegion | Fire safety compliance

As the UK strives to improve fire safety and building standards, Karen Trigg discusses the pressure on sp ...

As the UK strives to improve fire safety and building standards, Karen Trigg discusses the pressure on specialised housing landlords and how to keep residents safe. For housing landlords, providing re ...

23 October, 2019
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Enfield Doors | Lessons to learn from the Grenfell fire

|Date: 22 October, 2019

Enfield Doors | Lessons to learn from the Grenfell fire

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s recommendations will change how we build and maintain our buildings, says Ni ...

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s recommendations will change how we build and maintain our buildings, says Nigel Sill, Chairman of Enfield Speciality Doors. But we don’t have to wait; we already know most ...

22 October, 2019
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Aico | Raising the standard

|Date: 21 October, 2019

Aico | Raising the standard

National Technical Manager at Aico Andy Speake discusses the requirements of the revised British Standard ...

National Technical Manager at Aico Andy Speake discusses the requirements of the revised British Standard for domestic fire alarms for social housing specifers. BS 5839-6 is the code of practice for t ...

21 October, 2019
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Wylex ‘mini’ AFDD launches to help protect tenants and property from electrical fires

|Date: 8 October, 2019

Wylex ‘mini’ AFDD launches to help protect tenants and property from electrical fires

With over 13,000 electrical fires in the UK each year, leading circuit protection brand Wylex has launche ...

With over 13,000 electrical fires in the UK each year, leading circuit protection brand Wylex has launched a new, smaller Arc Fault Detection Device (AFDD) that disconnects the power supply when it de ...

8 October, 2019
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TTF/WPA | Advice on flame-retardant treatments for timber

|Date: 27 September, 2019

TTF/WPA | Advice on flame-retardant treatments for timber

Greater understanding of flame-retardant treatments for external timber surfaces  is essential, say the T ...

Greater understanding of flame-retardant treatments for external timber surfaces  is essential, say the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) and the Wood Protection Association (WPA). Greek philosopher Socra ...

27 September, 2019
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SafeSite Facilities | Training drills

|Date: 13 September, 2019

SafeSite Facilities | Training drills

SafeSite Facilities tells LABM how it brought a vacant sheltered accommodation back into use for fire saf ...

SafeSite Facilities tells LABM how it brought a vacant sheltered accommodation back into use for fire safety trials. Official figures from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government hav ...

13 September, 2019
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Vulnerable residents ‘still at risk from under-qualified workforce’

|Date: 22 August, 2019

Vulnerable residents ‘still at risk from under-qualified workforce’

ECA responds to Government consultation following the Hackitt Report on building fire safety. The safety ...

ECA responds to Government consultation following the Hackitt Report on building fire safety. The safety of hospital patients, those in care and the residents of high-rise buildings could still be at ...

22 August, 2019
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Industry Comment | Grenfell, two years on

|Date: 9 July, 2019

Industry Comment | Grenfell, two years on

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the pr ...

Matthew Warburton, Policy Advisor at the Association of Retained Council Housing (ARCH), discusses the progress made by government to make buildings safer following the tragic Grenfell disaster and th ...

9 July, 2019
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BSI releases revised standard for domestic fire detection and fire alarm systems

|Date: 10 June, 2019

BSI releases revised standard for domestic fire detection and fire alarm systems

BSI releases full revision of BS 5839-6:2019, the standard for fire detection and fire alarm systems in d ...

BSI releases full revision of BS 5839-6:2019, the standard for fire detection and fire alarm systems in domestic buildings. In the UK, around 80% of all fire deaths and injuries occur in domestic prem ...

10 June, 2019
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Residents encouraged to have their say to improve building safety

|Date: 6 June, 2019

Residents encouraged to have their say to improve building safety

Government is inviting views on a new building safety regime, as it seeks to bring forward new legislatio ...

Government is inviting views on a new building safety regime, as it seeks to bring forward new legislation to keep residents safe. The Grenfell Tower fire on 14th June 2017 resulted in the greatest lo ...

6 June, 2019
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