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SPRINKLERS: THE BUFFERS NEEDED TO MAKE BUILDINGS RESILIENT

By Iain Cox, Chair of the Business Sprinkler Alliance

A recent Financial Times article, written by the Governor of Denmark’s National Bank Lars Rohde, highlighted the fact that a bank’s...

UPWARDS EXTENSIONS PERMITTED BUT WHAT ARE THE FIRE IMPLICATIONS?

By Iain Cox, Chair of the Business Sprinkler Alliance

The new permitted development right (PDR) allowing additional storeys on homes and residential buildings may well be one panacea to the...

Building Safety Bill: An Opportunity To Make All Buildings Resilient to Fire

Input to the pre-legislative scrutiny for the draft Building Safety Bill by the Select Committee closes on the 14th September. The draft bill is a long-awaited and welcome reform that focuses on...

Holt Supermarket Fire: Why Are ‘Critical’ Buildings Not Protected?

The wider impact of a fire which destroyed the only supermarket in a Norfolk town has far reaching ramifications for the community, especially at such a critical time when businesses such as...