CABLING & CABLE MANAGEMENT SUPPLEMENT FEATURE
Information Modelling (BIM) and all best practice of fire safety engineering methods should be observed in conjunction with project partners. There have been concerns over a
number of years around the fire protection regime for new buildings expressed by the architects and designers themselves. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) points to the delays to approved document B with regard to the relationship of building regulations to changing design and construction. RIBA is anxious about creating an approved document, which together with related British Standards provides a very comprehensive but highly complicated regulatory framework. The architectural group is also concerned about the impact of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, in particular the introduction of a regime of fire risk self-assessment and the repeal of fire certificate legislation overseen by the local fire authority. It also says it is worried that the lead designer - architect or engineer – is no longer responsible for oversight of the design and the specification of materials and products from start to completion of the project, with design responsibility often transferred to the contractor and sub-contractors, and no
single point of responsibility. RIBA says the virtual disappearance of the role of the clerk of works or site architect and the loss of independent oversight of construction and workmanship on behalf of the client is a further issue for concern. In essence, RIBA believes that future proposals for the fire safety regulatory regime should be informed by the specialist fire safety expertise of relevant professional organisations and groups, and also take full account of this wider set of construction industry regulatory, practice and process issues. As the inquiry into Grenfell unfolds, it is clear that Part B of the Building
Raising standards using best practice in new complex modern public buildings has never been more important
Regulations for fire safety will come under further scrutiny, especially where projects may have been compromised in the past. Dame Judith Hackett, who is leading the Grenfell inquiry, sums it up: “As the review has progressed, it has become clear that the whole system of regulation, covering what is written down and the way in which it is enacted in practice, is not fit for purpose, leaving room for those who want to take shortcuts to do so. What is initially designed is not what is being built, and quality assurance of materials and people is seriously lacking.” AEI Cables provides a full range of
cabling products through its Total Fire Solutions service with the support of its parent company Ducab based in Dubai, with the design, manufacture and supply of MIC, Firetec Enhanced or Firetec Power depending on specific needs. We believe the electrical industry supply chain should increasingly work together to get it right. There can be nothing more important where lives and property are at stake. For further information contact AEI on the details below.
AEI Cables T: 0191 410 3111
www.aeicables.co.uk
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