External Cladding Inspections Non-loadbearing external cladding systems have for many years been used to increase the thermal performance of multi-storey residential tower blocks and hence the buildings lifespan. Increasingly, these systems are being used in new build with the cladding systems being fixed...
BAFE Fire Detection and Alarm System Provider Scheme (SP203-1) As a BAFE Registered company we are keen to share this information video. A provider that is third party certificated and BAFE registered to the BAFE Fire Detection and Alarm Systems (SP203-1) scheme will be able to assist you in...
What is Third Party Certification? As a BAFE Registered company, we are keen to share this information video regarding UKAS Accredited Third Party Certification. The BAFE Fire Safety Register is the independent register of quality fire safety service providers nationwide. The BAFE Fire Safety Register...
BAFE Fire Extinguisher Service Provider Scheme (SP101) As a BAFE Registered company we are keen to share with you the below information video, provided by BAFE, relating to the BAFE SP101 scheme. The scheme exists to ensure that organisations and the technicians they employ are competent to...
Two construction firms to pay over £900,000 after worker fell to his death Two construction firms must pay more than £900,000 after a labourer died when a temporary platform collapsed and the worker fell 14 m. In July 2015 Vasile Nichitut was working on the fifth floor of a block of flats in...
Are you aware of your fire safety responsibilities? As a BAFE Registered Company we are keen to share the below information video regarding fire safety responsibilities. It has been provided by the BAFE Fire Safety Register, the independent register of quality fire safety service providers nationwide. The BAFE...
Qcom – the NEW compliance information app for Property Managers We identified a need to provide a convenient reference tool containing relevant technical compliance summaries which property managers could access when in the office or when on site. We also identified a more convenient way of delivering relevant health and...
Advice for owners of buildings with smoke control systems This Advice Note produced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, provides advice to building owners on Smoke Control Systems. Although written for those responsible for the safety of residents of high rise (18m or more) residential blocks...
New Cladding Materials Tests Announced The Government has widened its fire testing regime to include other materials than aluminium composite material (ACM), which could mean ‘potential uncertainty for thousands more residents’. The Guardian reported on the announcement that the government’s Housing Minister, Kit Malthouse, has...
Death of daughter, five, whose head got trapped in a lift Two companies have now been fined more than £1.5m after the death of a girl, five, whose head got trapped in a lift. Alexys Brown died from 'horrific' head and neck injuries when she got her head trapped between a...