Ian Streets, managing director of About Access, says access professionals are in demand for their world-beating expertise and understanding in making premises accessible.
The UK’s leading provider of lightweight construction solutions, Etex Building Performance has renewed its membership with Secured by Design (SBD) under its Siniat brand.
Hertfordshire Building Control hosted an impactful Continuing Professional Development (CPD) event that brought together industry experts on all topics related to competence and new building safety regulations.
Current Building Regulations are inadequate in ensuring energy efficiency in new homes. We must go beyond them to achieve comprehensive building assessments that measure energy consumption – with the current EPC system being notoriously inaccurate – as well as sound levels, relative humidity and CO2 levels, argues Andy Mitchell of 21°.
Assent and subsidiary company Xact offer a variety of building control and fire safety resources, from training and qualifications to apprenticeships and more.
Leaving the design of passive fire protection until the construction phase is preparing to fail, writes Adam Shipstone of the Association for Specialist Fire Protection.
In this evolving world, threats to critical infrastructure often come from new and surprising places. The protection of essential assets - ranging from public buildings and spaces, power grids and communication networks to transportation systems and water facilities - faces varied challenges that require different approaches to safety.
BCC Consultancy reflects on its journey in building safety compliance following the introduction of the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Building Safety Regulator.
The expansion of the gateway scheme and the introduction of the Building Safety Act will make early specification a necessity. For passive fire protection, the benefits are clear with the approach helping to drive up standards to make buildings as safe as possible.
ICW, one of the UK’s leading providers of residential and commercial warranties, plays a pivotal role in delivering quality new homes and raising standards across the housebuilding industry.
New whitepaper explores how to identify and mitigate fire risks for flat roofs functioning as additional social or practical spaces of a building, including for solar installations.
CIBSE Certification has introduced an innovative scheme designed to assess the competency of individuals offering specialist services in management systems.
