Following on from the Grenfell fire last year the spotlight has been rightly shone on the practices and procedures used in construction industry and t…
ASFP Comment
Is there still a place for desktop studies?
One of the recommendations of Dame Judith Hackitt’s Interim Report on the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety was that the Gove…
Demonstrating competency
The Interim report from the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety led by Dame Judith Hackitt, released in mid-December 2017, reco…
After Grenfell, three issues to consider
Following the Grenfell tower fire in June, the British government set up an independent review into Building Regulations and Fire Safety led by Dame J…
A near miss too many?
ASFP COO Niall Rowan comments on recent failures in the quality of construction and fire-stopping installation in a number of Edinburgh schools. The R…
The price of failure
The recent case of Southwark Council being taken to court on 22 charges relating to fire safety in Lakanal House should concentrate the mind of anyone…
A plan of action
In the September issue of IFP, the ASFP outlined the lessons learned from its interactive question time event, held during Firex International in Lond…
Designing for Fire Safety – New Wiring Regulations
We are now past the 1st July 2015 deadline for installers being compliant with a new wiring regulation in the UK to secure cables of all categories in…
Designing for Fire Safety – Turning Aspiration into Reality
In the grand scheme of things, where does the issue of appropriate fire safety fit within the conceptual design of a building? In all probability it m…
