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Architectural ironmongers make robust challenge to fire door testing proposals
24 March 2023
THE GUILD of Architectural Ironmongers has strongly challenged new Government proposals for fire door testing. The proposals from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities would remove the national classification system for construction products – BS 476 – and instead require classification to the British Standard version of the European Standard EN 13501, with testing to EN 1634 test standards becoming the new norm. [Read More]
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Fire Sector Federation issues benchmark standard for fire risk assessors
20 March 2023
THE FIRE Sector Federation has published its new Industry Benchmark Standard for Fire Risk Assessors in order to provide practical guidance for those risk assessors who want to understand the application of fire risk assessment across a range of building types. The overriding aim is to support the delivery of comparable standards right across the sector. [Read More]