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…
DetailsChanges 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…
DetailsChanges 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…
DetailsA Hatfield-based landlady has received a 10 year ban from managing properties after she was charged with housing multiple occupation (HMO) offences.
DetailsA 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…
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