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28 April 2025

SIDERISE – THE specialist designer, manufacturer and supplier of high-performance passive fire protection solutions for building envelopes – has opened a new production facility in Dubai. Given that it’s the company’s first manufacturing site outside of the UK, this marks a key milestone in the Siderise vision to become global market leader.

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25 April 2025

AN ONLINE selection tool designed to make it both easier and quicker for installers to access information on the company’s fire stopping products (and assist them in identifying the best systems to use) has been launched by FSi Promat.

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17 April 2025

PASSIVE FIRE protection solutions developer Promat has secured Indoor Air Comfort Gold certification in Eurofins’ volatile organic compounds (VOCs) testing to demonstrate its fire protection boards support a healthy indoor environment and sustainability-led building design.

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10 April 2025

THE ETEX Group has launched a third party-tested solution for securing steel infill wall systems to fire protected structural beams in order to ensure the highest standards in protecting structural and fire integrity for building façades.

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07 April 2025

THE QUEENS Drive regeneration project is a welcome initiative from Swindon Borough Council. Addressing the town’s social housing needs, this project has created 149 affordable homes that will act as a gateway to the town. Quelfire was enlisted to take care of the project’s passive fire protection requirements.

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07 April 2025

PASSIVE FIRE protection solutions manufacturer Promat has launched a new digital portal to allow for faster and more accurate design of passive fire protection systems at the earliest stages of a given project.

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07 April 2025

FIRE DOOR Maintenance (FDM by UAP Ltd) has launched its GQA Level 3 Diploma focused on the Inspection of Fire-Resistant Door Sets, which certifies individuals as having the necessary levels of skills and knowledge to carry out non-invasive inspection procedures.

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24 March 2025

FIRE-RESISTANT glazing specialist Promat has developed a solution to enable sun tunnels to perform their core function of illuminating interior spaces with natural light, while also maintaining a high level of fire safety within the building.

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24 March 2025

ACROSS THE years, Quelfire – the trusted supplier of passive fire protection products – has established a strong partnership with Ark Fire Protection, the company dedicated to ensuring the highest standards of passive fire protection services. One of the most notable collaborations between the two businesses has now taken place on a Bouygues site near King’s Cross in London.

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17 March 2025

FIRE STOPPING specialist FSi Promat has successfully reduced carbon emissions in a key part of its manufacturing process by 52.5% as a direct result of switching to a demand-responsive system.

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10 March 2025

GLOBAL HSE Group has announced that, following a rigorous external quality assurance audit conducted by the awarding body of the Built Environment (ABBE), its Global Academy division has been awarded Direct Claims Status for several of its qualifications. This development underscores the Global Academy’s ongoing commitment to delivering high-quality training and assessment standards.

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10 March 2025

GIVEN THAT practitioner competency is now very much under the spotlight, it’s vitally important that all construction sector professionals are able to enjoy easy access to high-quality educational opportunities. With this in mind, the Siderise Academy has launched an online learning platform designed to help the industry build its understanding of passive fire protection and acoustics in the built environment.

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19 February 2025

GLAZING CONTRACTOR PGS Glass has partnered with passive fire protection solutions specialist Promat UK to provide fire resistant screens and fire doors for a project involving the conversion of a disused listed building into a new Travel Centre for Trailfinders.

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14 February 2025

FIREFLY – ITSELF a division of TBA Protective Technologies – is exhibiting at The Fire Safety Event 2025, the Nineteen Group trade show that runs at the NEC in Birmingham from 8-10 April. The company will be showcasing its full range of flexible fire barriers on Stand J75 in Hall 4.

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10 February 2025

SIDERISE HAS launched a suite of new digital Specification Packs purpose-designed to support architects, design teams, fire engineers, consultants and specifiers in collating the rich technical data they need to ensure accurate passive fire protection specifications.

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26 January 2025

PROMAT’S TECHNICAL director Nigel Morrey has been recognised by the Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) with a Lifetime Contribution Award for his commitment to the fire safety sector.

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24 January 2025

AT THE recent Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) Awards, FSi Promat was named as the winner of the Marketing Campaign of the Year category for its ‘Every Clad Needs a Silverliner’ campaign.

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24 January 2025

PENTRE AWEL is the first development of its scope and size in Wales and one of the highest-valued schemes Carmarthenshire County Council has ever undertaken. This £84 million project covers 83 acres and has created an estimated 1,800 jobs, duly providing excellent medical research and healthcare.

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22 January 2025

IN ORDER to meet the growing industry demand for fire resistance performance that goes beyond the standard requirements, passive fire protection solutions manufacturer Siderise has now launched a two hour-rated version of its RH25 rainscreen horizontal cavity barrier, which is suitable for air gaps of up to 25 mm.

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20 December 2024

PASSIVE FIRE protection specialist Promat has appointed a new architectural specification manager for the North and Midlands in order to broaden the company’s support capacity in the region as demand grows. Martin Wrigley joins the team to work in the region alongside Harvey Brown, who has recently taken the position of national specification manager.

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FEATURES

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09 January 2025

2024, STATES Philip White, marked the shift from groundwork to meaningful action. There has been a demonstration of what’s possible when unity develops behind a shared goal, but that’s just the beginning. The long-term journey is all about building and managing a safer and more accountable built environment for everyone.

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21 October 2024

IN ORDER to achieve the United Nations’ stated goal of ‘Net Zero’ carbon emissions by 2040, significant changes must be made, and particularly so in the construction sector. As the global population continues to grow, streamlining the construction industry becomes increasingly essential, emphasising the need to adopt more sustainable practices, as Ramtech Electronics reports.

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30 September 2024

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL Development (CPD) is essential for fire safety and HVAC engineers such that they can stay ahead in what is now a rapidly evolving industry, particularly so in view of the increasing demands exerted by the Building Safety Act 2022. Here, SMAY Ventilation Systems’ David Fitzpatrick examines the importance of CPD in fire safety and HVAC system design.

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24 June 2024

THE SEVENTH anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire occurred on 14 June. In the time since that tragedy, we’ve focused on themes including the importance of responsibility and cultural change within the construction industry. While challenges remain within the built environment, many positive changes are taking place. Here, Craig Wells highlights the improvements being made.

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29 January 2024

LATE LAST year, London Build Expo ran at London’s Olympia. As part of the conference programme for The Fire Safety Stage, a Quelfire-sponsored panel discussion involving selected professionals took place on 16 November from 11.00 am-11.50 am. The core subject up for debate? Standardising processes when it comes to firestopping. Fire Safety Matters reports on the key points that emerged.

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15 January 2024

SELECTING AND then installing the correct passive fire protection system can be confusing given that there’s a range of application requirements and legislation in place, not to mention a host of products from which to choose. Here, Ken Francis addresses some of the most frequent questions posed by customers to members of the technical team at Promat.

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08 January 2024

THE FIRE at the Beechmere Retirement Village in Crewe was one of the biggest incidents attended by the Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service, writes Tom Roche. Occupied by elderly people, many of whom needed assistance, the facility was located in an unsprinklered building that was vulnerable to fire damage.

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08 January 2024

2024 WILL witness a period of significant change for the construction industry as a whole, with a particularly keen focus placed on fire safety issues (including the provision of passive fire protection). Here, Christophe Bind looks ahead to what’s in store in the New Year.

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02 October 2023

ARE YOU familiar with instances where firestopping installations may not have been entirely compliant? Maybe a fire collar was not mechanically fixed, a wrap was used in an oversized hole or PU foam was employed to seal around services? If so, the benefit of the doubt is yours. You were working to the best of your knowledge at the time. Indeed, acknowledging how you’ve worked in the past is the first step towards improvement, asserts Darryl Wells.

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04 April 2023

HAVE YOU ever thought that Quelfire’s products are perhaps too expensive for the project you’re working on? Here, Craig Wells determines to change that mindset by focusing on the importance of test evidence underpinning fire products and systems used as part of the construction process.

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26 January 2023

THERE IS often talk about why the construction and fire safety industries need to embrace cultural change and what both can do to facilitate that change, but in parallel it’s easy to forget to recognise those steps that have already been taken in the right direction. Here, Rebecca Croton focuses on some of the positive changes realised of late and celebrates the successes of all parties involved, from architects to installers, in making a positive difference.

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16 November 2022

THE COST of living is at an all-time high just now, so as a business owner how can you deliver a price increase announcement for your customers? Here, Simon Tushingham Jones provides key tips on how to do just that, as well as explaining an effective way in which to increase costs without losing valuable customers.

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28 May 2022

THE SUBJECT of competency in relation to fire safety was brought to the fore in the wake of Grenfell Tower and Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety. Here, Justin Maltby-Smith discusses the importance of confirming competency and individuals’ responsibilities within the ‘golden thread’ of fire safety.

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28 May 2022

SINCE THE beginning of the year, there has been a raft of new announcements from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the subject of building safety and, of course, the cladding crisis. Niall Rowan discusses their implications for the construction industry.

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22 July 2021

Peter Baker is at the very forefront of establishing the new Building Safety Regulator within the Health and Safety Executive and leading on the delivery of a stronger and more robust safety regime for higher risk residential developments. Brian Sims unearths more of the underpinning detail in conversation with the newly appointed Chief Inspector of Buildings

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16 July 2021

What steps can fire safety engineers and specifiers take to identify suitable construction products and how can manufacturers – and notably so the manufacturers of fire safety solutions – better support them in ensuring that every building is safe, compliant and built to last? Graham Laws searches for some definitive answers

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09 July 2021

Sadly, the most common cause of death in a fire incident continues to be the excessive inhalation of gas, smoke or toxic fumes. In-built fire curtain barriers are included as one element of building designs to prevent the spread of flames and smoke and, as a result, reduce the risk to occupant safety. David Keeble focuses his attentions on the fine detail

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07 July 2021

Those industry professionals visiting Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre in early September to attend Nineteen Group’s Safety and Security Series will be privy to the UK’s largest group of events wholly dedicated to protecting people, property and assets. Here, Fire Safety Matters takes a look at what’s in store for practitioners at The Fire Safety Event

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07 July 2021

From 7-9 September, The Fire Safety Event makes a triumphal return to the NEC in Birmingham, with organiser Nineteen Events promising a show that’s bigger and better than ever. Here, Fire Safety Matters learns all about what’s on offer for visitors and seminar delegates from event director Tristan Norman

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15 June 2021

FOUR YEARS on from the Grenfell Tower disaster we mourn those who died, writes Reece Goodman, but also take stock of what has happened since then.

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