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TWO CHESHIRE CARE HOMES, TWO FIRES, TWO OUTCOMES

By Iain Cox, Chair of the Business Sprinkler Alliance

In August 2019, a fire started in the roof area of a care home in Crewe but then spread rapidly and completely destroyed the complex....

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...