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HEALTH SECTOR NEWS Letter to PM calls for regulatory changes
In a letter to the Prime Minister, leading fire safety experts and advocates have urged the Government ‘to implement immediately three important regulatory changes’ they say will ‘significantly improve fire safety for high-rise and high- risk buildings’.
For such buildings, the fire safety experts – whose call came in the run-up to last month’s publication of the ‘Hackitt Review’ into the Grenfell Tower fire and the Building Regulations – urge the Government to require immediately that: n Only non-combustible cladding and insulation be installed;
n Such buildings be fitted with automatic fire sprinklers; and,
n All new such buildings have alternative escape routes.
Signatories to the letter include architect, George Clarke, the European Fire Sprinkler Network (EFSN); Jane Duncan, chair, RIBA Expert Advisory Group on Fire Safety and former RIBA President; the Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association (MIMA); Ronnie King OBE, Honorary Administrative Secretary and
Principal Adviser to the All Party Parliamentary Fire Safety & Rescue Group and former Chief Fire Officer; the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association (BAFSA); Professor Richard Hull and Professor Anna Stec from the University of Central Lancashire; Professor Anne Power from the London School of Economics, and Sam Webb, architect and
Sarah Kostense-Winterton.
RIBA Expert Advisory Group on Fire Safety member.
While acknowledging that ‘official reviews are underway’, the signatories argue that ‘10 months on from the Grenfell fire, the UK is no closer to a safer system of fire safety regulation’. They say the steps they recommend would ‘substantially reduce the risk still facing many buildings in the UK, and reassure the many families and individuals living and working in high-risk buildings’. Architect, George Clarke, said: “The rules for how we build safe homes,
offices, schools, and hospitals, have for many years been far too open to interpretation – leading to poor design decisions that have compromised fire safety and put lives at risk. What we are arguing for could be implemented tomorrow, would be extremely effective in making buildings safer, and would help prevent a tragedy such as Grenfell
ever happening again.”
Sarah Kostense-Winterton, Executive director at MIMA, noted: “We’ve advocated for years using non- combustible cladding and insulation that can inhibit the spread of fire and won’t emit significant amounts of toxic smoke. Non-combustible materials can help contain a fire, making the difference between a fire in a building and a building on fire. The Government review and inquiry will run their courses, but there is every reason to make these crucial and logical changes straight away.”
Tailored courses for Water Safety Group members The management, design, operation,
maintenance, and cleaning, of a healthcare facility’s water systems and point-of-use services form the brief for the multi-disciplinary Water Safety Group (WSG) that leads on safe water in today’s healthcare environment. The Water Hygiene Centre says its open training courses are ‘designed specifically for the needs of WSG members – from those working in estates management, mechanical design, and hard and soft facilities management, to infection prevention and control specialists’.
The continuous open course programme includes: n Management Training – Role of the Responsible Person (1 Day).
n Management Training – Role of the Authorised Person (1 Day).
The Water Hygiene Centre said: “Courses are offered at high quality venues throughout the UK on consecutive days, giving delegates the opportunity to combine both courses into a two-day residential course providing
comprehensive coverage of water safety management. We can also provide the aforementioned courses and ‘Management Training – Role of the Competent Person/Awareness’ training at your premises.”
Be part of ‘the’ global FM gathering this month in London An event claimed to be ‘the largest event
in the FM calendar’ – The Facilities Show 2018, being held in association with the BIFM and CBRE, will see ‘FM professionals from across the globe’ descend on ExCel London from 19-21 June.
The organisers explain that this year’s Facilities Management Theatre will see each day split into three different themes: ‘The workplace’, ‘Technology’, and ‘People’. The programme will include presentations and panel discussions on topics including Workplaces of the
future; Security; Delivering ‘top-class’ FM on a budget; Leadership; Office refurbs and relocations; Technology disruption; Diversity, skills and recruitment, and Flexible working.
Other features will include the ‘BIFM Smart Client Programme – Tools For Smart Procurement’, ‘equipping attendees with the knowledge and tools to make smart procurement decisions’, and ‘inspirational’ keynote speakers including comedian and mental health expert, Ruby Wax OBE, Nicky Moffat CBE, and Sir Clive Woodward OBE.
There will also be a new zone dedicated to the ‘Occupational health and wellbeing of the workforce’, the popular Facilities Games Arcade – an area of the show floor that ‘provides all FMs with the opportunity to grow their professional community among like-minded peers’, and the opportunity to use a ‘complimentary matchmaking tool’, that enables visitors and exhibitors ‘to search and connect with each other before the show’. For more information, visit
www.facilitiesshow.com
June 2018 Health Estate Journal 13
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