All fire safety articles – Page 5
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Kingspan used test results from trial product to reassure worried contractors
The trial insulation product tested was not what was being sold on the market, inquiry hears
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Kingspan threatened NHBC with legal action after flawed tests were exposed, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Kingspan employee responsible for testing was a ‘functioning drug addict’
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Tests for external wall fires based on how flames behave indoors, Grenfell Inquiry told
Expert witness Barbara Lane queries decades-old testing regime
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Research key to ensure high-rise office fire safety, BCO warns
Report author warns more scenario planning is required
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ safety body appoints chemicals chief as inaugural chair
Industry experts including Graham Watts also appointed to board of directors
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Host of consultants win spots on fire safety framework
Arup and Ridge among firms appointed to four-year framework
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Housing association puts £120m fire safety job up for grabs
Optivo looking to shortlist six firms
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Change now if you want to survive the new building safety regulator, Hackitt tells firms
Legislation due before parliament later this autumn
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Anger over defeated Fire Safety Bill amendment is misplaced
Change may not be fast enough for some but it is coming, says Andrew MellorÂ
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Schools three times more likely to be a high fire risk, study finds
Insurer Zurich calls for sprinklers to be made mandatory in England
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Government meets RICS to tackle market impasse over fire safety form
Fire minister held talks with group last month
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Combustibles ban could hit green walls, warns designer
Restriction was introduced a year ago in response to Grenfell disaster
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Camden council makes £130m High Court claim against tower block contractors
Legal action centres on Chalcots Estate evacuation in June 2017
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Ban all combustible materials following Bolton blaze, says fire group
Student block was clad in high-pressure laminate panels
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Hackitt slams safety costs fears
Grenfell report author says ‘widespread culture of indifference’ in construction remains
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Facing up to the fire safety challenge
The Worcester Park development fire throws up questions beyond the use of timber frame
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How safe are timber-frame buildings?
Joey Gardiner reports on what experts are saying about the Worcester Park fire, the implications for the building method and how it is regulated
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Fire brigade drops ‘stay put’ advice after latest homes blaze
Residents living in Worcester Park scheme told to evacuate in the event of a fire
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‘Give us more info’, fire brigade expert tells industry
Emergency services after Grenfell need to know more about a building’s construction
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Hackitt: Where do we go from here?
Two years on from the Grenfell fire and a year after the resulting Hackitt report, the government is at last moving forward on strengthening the regulatory environment for construction. To assess the industry’s progress so far, ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ carried out a survey ahead of its upcoming conference