THE NEW UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence and Commitment contextualised for Higher-Risk Buildings (UK-SPEC HRB) has been developed and introduced by the Engineering Council.

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KENT-BASED business The Swan Brasserie Limited has been sentenced after failing to implement sufficient fire safety measures in order to protect its members of staff and customers.

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THE LONDON Fire Brigade is urging Care Home providers and carers to switch to non-flammable emollient creams which don’t contain paraffins, petroleum or natural oils. According to the Brigade, Care Homes should also ensure that every resident has a plan in place that accounts for their use of cigarettes, skin creams and oxygen equipment.

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THE FIRE Brigades Union (FBU) and building safety campaign groups have sent a letter to Sadiq Khan (the Mayor of London) and Bromley Council leader Colin Smith calling for the Greater London Authority (GLA) and the Council to prevent the building of what they feel is an “unsafe” tower block in Penge.

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ESTABLISHED BACK in 1975, the Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) was founded to promote the highest standards in the protection of structural steelwork. Now celebrating five decades in operation, the organisation has consistently been at the forefront of passive fire protection, playing a pivotal role in safeguarding life, property and infrastructure.

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FIRE SAFETY Matters has launched a new online webinar Continuing Professional Development (CPD) streaming service called Ignite CPD. Ignite CPD is a fully searchable platform that plays host to all of the webinars that have been run by Fire Safety Matters and Health and Safety Matters in an On Demand format and provides a personalised CPD certificate for each webinar that’s watched by subscribers.

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THE FIRE Protection Association (FPA) has been conducting fire research since 1946 and its Fire Testing Laboratory in Gloucestershire is UKAS accredited to test to several British Standards (including BS 8414 for cladding, BS 8458 for watermist systems and a range of fire resistance test standards for building products and systems).

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REVISED GUIDANCE providing critical information on fire protection in and around non-domestic premises is being published by the British Standards Institution (BSI) in its capacity as the UK’s national standards body.

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THE GOVERNMENT has announced the appointment of five members to the Building Control Independent Panel. This delivers on a Grenfell Tower Inquiry Panel recommendation, accepted by the Government, to establish such an entity that will carry out a review of whether or not to change the way in which Building Control is delivered in England.

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DECONSTRUCT UK, the specialist demolition contractor, has been appointed by the Government to carry out highly sensitive work that will see the Grenfell Tower structure in London’s North Kensington carefully taken down.

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