The fire safety sector can only develop better outcomes if it unites to tackle issues such as modern building methods, sustainability and compliance with standards, says Brian Robinson.
Have developers changed their tune about which purpose group to categorise high rise student accommodation since the requirement in Approved Document B for sprinklers in blocks of flats over 30m? Paul Clayton thinks they have.
The issue we face is not one of a blanket need for tougher regulation to ensure the safety of life and therefore, by default, the protection of property, but rather one of enforcement of the very regulations already in place.
Landlords of residential blocks may be profiteering from so-called remedial fire safety work, which is often no more than an accumulation of maintenance issues, says David Sugden.
Simon Ince of Warrington Certification Ltd hits out at what he sees as the foot-dragging of professional and industry bodies on the subject of unified fire risk assessors schemes.
If a bloke with a large brass neck comes in to try and bring back a shirt, refer him to the queue that resembles the one in our local post office on a Saturday morning
In general, the ‘arms length’ companies formed to date are using the brand of their associated service – surely this is using taxpayers’ money to subsidise the trading company?
Dodgy enforcement notices, the fire and rescue service's career prospects in fire safety, and the 'prosecution lottery' in enforcement – click here to access Colin Todd's archived blogs
Trade association tribal warfare, putting the government's house in order, and taking ourselves too seriously are all fair game for Graham Ellicott's sideways look at the fire industry.
