Legionella prosecution at Nursing Home Introduction Following the death of Kenneth Ibbetson, 86, who died after contracting Legionnaire’s disease at Hutton Village Care Home, Brentwood in June 2015, Bupa Care Homes (BNH) Ltd, pleaded to breaching Section 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at...
Two companies fined for serious breaches involving the removal of asbestos Wildheart Residential Management Limited, a residential property management company and Squaredeal UPVC & Renewables Limited, a specialist installation contractor have been fined after a resident raised concerns about soffit replacement work carried out on the guttering on three blocks of...
Multiple Health and Safety Failings during Care Home Build Exeter Magistrates’ Court has heard that Coast & Country Construction and Paul Humphries Architects “total disregard for health and safety and site management” during an extension job put 80 care home residents at risk of death. This has resulted in them...
QBriefing – Building a Safer Future Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: Final Report Building a Safer Future Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: Final Report On 17th May 2018 Dame Judith Hackitt’s final report was published. The report followed the publication of the interim report in December 2017 and has attempted...
Government Building Safety Programme Advice for building owners on assurance and replacing of flat entrance fire doors This new Advice Note 16 was published on 16.05.18. This advice note is for the attention of anyone responsible for the fire safety of residential flats that...
Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: final report The much-awaited final report from Dame Judith Hackitt has been published (17th May 2018). Click on the following link to read the Executive Summary. The full report is available from the same website. We will be produced a QBriefing on...
Building Safety Programme Newsletter – Issue 13. Following the Grenfell Tower fire, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has established a Building Safety Programme to ensure that residents of high-rise buildings are safe and feel safe from the risk of fire, now and in...
Dame Hackitt urged to introduce ‘duty holder’ role to increase accountability The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has called for a duty holder with responsibility for fire safety to be introduced through the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety headed up by Dame Judith Hackitt. According to Inside Housing,...
Are your Fire Doors Adequate? Following the recent letter from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, announcing that an internal fire door identified from Grenfell Tower only provided 15 minutes fire resistance that was meant to provide 30 minutes fire resistance, we thought...
Leasehold high-rise flats: who pays for fire safety work? Briefing Paper (Number 8244) This Briefing Paper, which is available in the House of Commons Library, considers the debate about where the costs of the necessary fire safety improvement works for high rise residential buildings, might fall. The Briefing Paper...