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One of our surveyors recently sent this photo to us following an inspection at a factory.
Extensions and alterations had been carried out to the factory to create additional space as the company expanded.
Unfortunately, one alteration involved a previous emergency exit being enclosed to…
During the evening of Thursday 1 August, a fire ignited in an empty building in in Mytholmroyd, Calderdale and by the early hours of Friday, it was clear that, despite the considerable efforts of West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, the roofs and floors of the former Walkley's clog…
Timloc Building Products’ Thermo-loc FR cavity closer is a fire-rated cavity closer used to close the cavity at external doors, window jambs and sills.
It is made up of rigid, lightweight UPVC profiles fitted with fire-rated Rockfibre mineral wool insulation material (0.035W/mk) and is available…
LABC have announced two more dates for its Fire Safety Specialist competence validation programme. Assessment days in London, Birmingham, Bristol and Manchester will be held on 25 September and 30 October.
The assessment has been developed by LABC for its most experienced (Level 6) surveyors to…
Manchester City Council Building Control (MCCBC) surveyors have spent the last 48 hours dealing with two serious fire incidents that have left a trail of destruction in the city.
A building control surveyor was first called out by the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) in the…
Joe Strafford was one of 200 local authority building control surveyors who passed an LABC five hour fire safety validation exam recently - and became the first in his county to do so.
To make Joe's year even better, he was then promoted to lead the seven person building control team…
Welcome to the Welsh Technical Guidance page for Part B of the building regulations.
This section deals with all things relating to fire safety, including means of escape, fire spread, structural fire protection and fire service access.
The approved document to satisfy the requirements can be…
Part of a set of official documents that support the technical parts of the building regulations. Part B Volume 1 focuses on fire safety in dwellings and houses. Topics include means of warning and escape, internal fire spread (linings), internal fire spread (structure), external fire spread,…
Part of a set of official documents that support the technical parts of the building regulations. Part B Volume 2, focuses on fire safety in buildings other than dwelling houses. Topics include means of warning and escape, internal fire spreading (linings), internal fire spread ( structure),…
This section deals with all things relating to fire safety, including means of escape, fire spread, structural fire protection and fire service access.