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Dutyholders must pay heed to multiple emerging fire safety legislations, urges Bureau Veritas

|Date: 23 January, 2023

Dutyholders must pay heed to multiple emerging fire safety legislations, urges Bureau Veritas

Dutyholders must pay heed to multiple emerging fire safety legislations, such as the Fire Safety (England ...

Dutyholders must pay heed to multiple emerging fire safety legislations, such as the Fire Safety (England) Regulation 2022, urges Bureau Veritas. The compliance experts have created a webinar to brin ...

23 January, 2023
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Bureau Veritas welcomes amendment to Part B and encourages firms to take heed of new combustible cladding laws

|Date: 7 November, 2022

Bureau Veritas welcomes amendment to Part B and encourages firms to take heed of new combustible cladding laws

Bureau Veritas has welcomed the Government’s latest changes to Approved Document B of the Building Regula ...

Bureau Veritas has welcomed the Government’s latest changes to Approved Document B of the Building Regulations, bringing into effect new laws around the use of combustible cladding and introducing new ...

7 November, 2022
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Allegion | Multi-occupancy and the new age of fire safety

|Date: 23 August, 2021

Allegion | Multi-occupancy and the new age of fire safety

The demand to assess and successfully manage fire safety within high-rise residential buildings has never ...

The demand to assess and successfully manage fire safety within high-rise residential buildings has never been greater, and with 2021 introducing reformed regulations, how is this new age of fire safe ...

23 August, 2021
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New Fire Safety Act prompts risk assessment review, Bureau Veritas tells duty holders

|Date: 11 August, 2021

New Fire Safety Act prompts risk assessment review, Bureau Veritas tells duty holders

Leading safety and compliance expert, Bureau Veritas is encouraging landlords and duty holders to prepare ...

Leading safety and compliance expert, Bureau Veritas is encouraging landlords and duty holders to prepare for the Fire Safety Act 2021 which will make significant changes to fire safety regulation — d ...

11 August, 2021
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Social housing partners needed to test new compliance tools

|Date: 7 July, 2021

Social housing partners needed to test new compliance tools

Housing providers keen to explore how they meet the new Building Safety Bill requirements are invited to ...

Housing providers keen to explore how they meet the new Building Safety Bill requirements are invited to help test two new compliance products — for free. UL is seeking building safety professionals ...

7 July, 2021
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FireAngel | Debating the future of fire safety for 2021 and beyond

|Date: 7 January, 2021

FireAngel | Debating the future of fire safety for 2021 and beyond

While 2020 presented the social housing industry with some of its toughest challenges to date, particular ...

While 2020 presented the social housing industry with some of its toughest challenges to date, particularly in relation to COVID-19, it also offered significant opportunities for evaluation and improv ...

7 January, 2021
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FireAngel | The future of fire safety for social housing

|Date: 10 June, 2020

FireAngel | The future of fire safety for social housing

As housing associations and social housing providers across the UK look to maximise asset protection whil ...

As housing associations and social housing providers across the UK look to maximise asset protection whilst simultaneously providing the highest standard of safety for tenants, connective technologies ...

10 June, 2020
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FPA releases new research on the smoke toxicity of building cladding

|Date: 30 November, 2018

FPA releases new research on the smoke toxicity of building cladding

The Fire Protection Association has launched a report detailing initial research into the smoke toxicity ...

The Fire Protection Association has launched a report detailing initial research into the smoke toxicity of cladding used on buildings. The Association is calling on government to consider the role th ...

30 November, 2018
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Government bans the use of combustible materials in new high-rise buildings above 18m

|Date: 2 October, 2018

Government bans the use of combustible materials in new high-rise buildings above 18m

At the Conservative Party Conference, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Governmen ...

At the Conservative Party Conference, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, James Brokenshire, announced that Government will be banning the use of combustible material ...

2 October, 2018
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The Hackitt Review: Industry responses

|Date: 17 May, 2018

The Hackitt Review: Industry responses

Following months of consultation, Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fi ...

Following months of consultation, Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety has finally been released. The industry responds. Announced by the Government in July ...

17 May, 2018
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