HSE publishes fire safety guidance for building planning stage
August 17, 2023
Advice on the fire safety matters that should be considered by local planning authorities, and applicants has been published by HSE. Ron Alalouff reports. Read More
Mayor of London launches new fire safety planning guidance proposal
February 25, 2022
Sadiq Khan has launched a public consultation on draft guidance that puts fire safety at the centre of the planning process for new developments. Read More
Fire safety changes to sprinkler thresholds in Approved Document B come into force
December 7, 2020
Documents in Approved Document B, the documents relating to fire safety in the Building Regulations, were updated on 26th November to incorporate 2020 amendments. A key part of these changes is the trigger height to fit sprinklers in tall buildings has been reduced to 11m (typically four floors), from 30m (typically 10 floors). Read More
New sprinkler threshold welcomed by Bureau Veritas
July 8, 2020
Bureau Veritas has pledged its full support to the Government’s recent introduction of a new 11m threshold for sprinklers – asserting it marks a vital step forward in the journey towards enhanced fire safety regulation Read More
‘Biggest changes to building safety in a generation’ says UK Government
April 16, 2020
In early April, Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick MP, announced the UK Government’s “ambitious steps to further reform the building safety systems”, in line with the Building a Safer Future consultation. Read More
Building safety regulations: CIH urges builders to start preparing for post-Hackitt regulations
March 11, 2019
The Chartered Institute of Housing has urged buildings to start preparing now for tougher post-Hackitt regulations, which it believes will become law by 2022. Read More
Dame Judith Hackitt: ‘Simpler and more robust regulatory framework required’
July 16, 2018
Almost a year ago, Dame Judith Hackitt was tasked by the Government to conduct an independent review of building regulations and fire safety in high rise buildings in the wake of the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower and the report was published in May this year. Read More
Pre-Grenfell there was a “genuine belief that fire was under control and there were bigger fish to fry”
July 4, 2018
The chair of the Fire Sector Federation has said he was disappointed there had still been no review of Approved Document B – the framework setting out building regulations – a year after the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Read More
£250k fine for fire safety disregard
November 21, 2017
A London guest house owner who removed the staircase from his property has been fined £250,000 and given and a six month suspended prison sentence after being successfully prosecuted by London Fire Brigade. Read More
IOSH: Grenfell inquiry must be fire safety ‘watershed’
August 16, 2017
The news follows the government's announcement of the terms of reference for the inquiry. Read More
