With the forthcoming changes to BS 7671 18th edition relating to AFDD’s should we, from the perspective of fire risk assessments be looking to expect the retrospective change to AFDD devices in sites with either a sleep-in capability or where there is a previously identified high risk – maybe a DSEAR report or similar identification…
Most FRA submissions do not include reference to lighting or surge protection (mine do) however what is even more of a concern is the fact that the insurance industry does not appear to offer clients much advice on the what and the why for this type of bolt on to the electrical program, instead they…
On commercial sites where the end user client has opted for roof mounted solar panels as a method supporting their electrical use and costs there are 3 specific issues that should be considered both in terms of the life safety provision and the insurance provision. What is the provision to isolate the stored energy retained…
With the introduction of the new requirements of BS 7671 getting ever closer how many fire and life safety projects that are currently under way but will not be commissioned until after the holiday where zip ties and other non-fire retardant fixings are being used, these will constitute a non-compliance and as such require qualification…
Since 2017 it has been a mandatory requirement to disclose to the insurance provider by the client or broker, any and all formally advised non compliance issues relating to the electrical and life safety systems within the building that have not been the subject of a formal instruction to rectify these. At each service or…
Changes to the requirements for fire doors and fire stopping under BS 476 post Grenfell and as a result of the preliminary notes from the Hackitt report require that ALL fire door work and passive fire stopping must follow an expected and recognised code of practice like the Q Mark as provided by both Gerda…
Changes to the emergency escape lighting rules under BS 5266 have made the provision of higher lux levels are now mandatory in (1) escape doors ie adjacent call points (2) identified areas of special need ie disabled WC areas and adjacent corridors and stairwell landings where a refuge point is located, as a footnote to…
A Hatfield-based landlady has received a 10 year ban from managing properties after she was charged with housing multiple occupation (HMO) offences.
A BETHNAL Green guest house owner who removed the staircase from his property has been hit with a £250,000 fine and a six-month suspended prison sentence. Fire officers described the ‘City View Guest House’ on Cambridge Heath Road E2 as a ‘potential death trap.’ Mehmood Butt was converting the building into guest house accommodation from a…