The Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI) and the Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) have published a revised Code of Practice for the selection of building hardware for fire-resisting and escape door assemblies and door sets.
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) will start "a full investigation" into the causes of a huge fire that ripped through a block of flats in Dagenham, east London this week.
Housing secretary Michael Gove has confirmed the government will require two staircases in all new residential high-rises taller than 18m, rather than the 30m threshold previously proposed.
RICS is offering training to enable Chartered Members to undertake external wall surveys to provide EWS1 forms and FRAEW reports for medium risk buildings, available now at a heavily subsidised rate.
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is supporting proposals for new residential buildings above 30m to have a minimum of two staircases to improve building safety.
The Executive Summary of PAS 9980:2022 Fire risk appraisal of external wall construction and cladding of existing blocks of flats – Code of practice has been published.
Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS) say three-quarters of fire doors failed inspections in the UK, prompting a warning of a "tragedy waiting to happen".
A lawyer for the government has told the Grenfell Tower Inquiry that a large-scale cladding fire could not have happened had Building Regulations, British Standards and statutory guidance been followed and enforced "with reasonable diligence".
A building in West Croydon has become the first in the UK to be fitted with a new cladding fire detection system that removes the need for waking watch patrols.
