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Sprinkler Week starts and ends with a major building fire – Why don’t we learn?
March 16 2018
This week is Sprinkler Week and it is ironic that the week starts with the announcement of a massive fire in Daventry that saw the total destruction of a 400,000 square foot warehouse – a...
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Building Regulations Review – Are we just going to be papering over the cracks?
March 07 2018
While the tragedy at Grenfell last year offered us a sharp reminder of the devastating effect that fire can have, it also starkly highlighted the ambiguity within our whole system of fire...
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Sprinkler Systems: Myths & Misconceptions
March 02 2018
They have been around for more than 140 years and operate on a tried and tested principle – being set off by heat. Notwithstanding that, sprinklers have been refined and improved over the...
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Requirement for sprinklers in car parks – “an outstanding issue”
January 22 2018
In a letter to Nick Hurd MP, Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service, the Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, has questioned whether the existing building regulations are fit for...
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