THE PROFESSIONAL architectural institutes of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland have formed a co-ordinated body – designated The Belfast Group – to ensure that architects across the UK and the Republic of Ireland benefit from standardised guidance when it comes to fire and life safety design.

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THE INSTITUTION of Fire Engineers (IFE) has appointed James Lane CEng FIFireE (director of fire engineering at specialist consultancy Wintech) as the organisation’s international president for 2025-2026.

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THE CONSTRUCTION Leadership Council (CLC) has published a suite of guidance on Building Control approval applications for new higher-risk buildings (Gateway 2). This guidance has been produced in collaboration between the CLC, industry stakeholders and the Building Safety Regulator.

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THIS QUARTER has witnessed a significant milestone in the evolution of British Approvals for Fire Equipment (BAFE) as an organisation. Although the organisation’s original name aligned with its initial mission, the decision has now been taken to update the name and company structure in order to better reflect the broader scope of current and future work.

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THE ROYAL Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched an online consultation focused on the second edition of its valuation standard for ‘Secured Lending Valuation of Properties in Multi-Storey, Multi-Occupancy Residential Buildings with Cladding’.

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FIRE, ACOUSTIC and thermal insulation solutions specialist Siderise Insulation Limited has been removed from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s list of banned suppliers/sub-contractors. The company had been added to that list late last year subsequent to the publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report, which was issued in early September.

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THOUSANDS OF buildings wrapped in unsafe cladding are set to be remediated on a faster basis thanks to new legislation and upwards of £1 billion of investment in the social housing sector. The Government has published a joint plan with the social housing sector to accelerate progress on this matter across England, as well as outlining proposals for a new law as part of the second phase of the Remediation Acceleration Plan.

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DURING THE organisation’s 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM), the Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) introduced those members in attendance to the newly appointed Board of Trustees.

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DEBARMENT INVESTIGATIONS into seven organisations criticised during the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, relating to their eligibility for public contracts, have been paused to prevent any impact on the criminal investigations process.

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THE ASSOCIATION for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) is actively progressing a wide range of initiatives aimed at strengthening industry competence, enhancing technical resources and expanding global influence.

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THE NATIONAL Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has welcomed Fire Minister Alex Norris’ address at the NFCC’s Spring Conference, which ran on 7-8 July at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in Oxford. Norris set out the Government’s priorities for Fire and Rescue Services and committed to reform being driven forward in collaboration with the sector.

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THE FINALISED programme for the 24th iteration of the International Water Mist Conference (IWMC) has now been released. Further to this, organiser the International Water Mist Association (IWMA) is pleased to announce that pre-registrations are pointing towards the largest number of participants for this event to date.

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IN ITS role as the Building Safety Regulator, the Health and Safety Executive has appointed Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures (CROSS-UK) as the official voluntary reporting system for structural and fire safety “until at least 2028”.

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PROMAT HAS released a significant update to its renowned Passive Fire Protection Handbook, which offers a ‘go-to’ resource for Best Practice in specifying and installing passive fire protection systems across the UK’s construction sector.

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FROM 6 April 2026, the Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025 will require ‘Responsible Persons’ (typically building owners or managers) to identify residents who may need help evacuating in a fire and to take steps to support them. These residents, referred to as ‘relevant residents’, may have mobility, sensory or cognitive impairments.

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SIDERISE HAS provided a suite of masonry passive fire protection products for Waterhouse Gardens, an exciting five-tower development built on the historic former Boddington Brewery site in the heart of Manchester’s city centre.

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THE BRITISH Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association’s (BAFSA) online learning centre has reached a key milestone by issuing its four-hundredth certificate for the Awareness of Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Continuing Professional Development course since the latter was launched last October.

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AN EXCITING milestone for the professional AV and systems integration community has been realised by Nineteen Group with the launch party for the all-new Pro Integration Future Europe exhibition, which was held at Aures London on 2 July.

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THE ASSOCIATION of Construction Quality Professionals (ACQP) has welcomed the appointment of Andy Roe KFSM as the non-executive chair of the new Board put in place by the Government to oversee the Building Safety Regulator. According to the ACQP, Roe brings “significant operational leadership and Emergency Services experience” to the role, qualities which the organisation believes to be essential for driving improvements in the UK’s building safety culture.

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FOLLOWING ON from the success of The Event Manchester in 2024, the Protec Fire and Security Group continued its national outreach by hosting The Event Leeds, which was held on 15 May at the prestigious Aspire venue in the heart of Leeds city centre.

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