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Mayplas’ in March, has now achieved an A2
The product is part of a range of insulation that Mayplas, a specialist acoustic and thermal insulation, offers the housebuilding and construction industries.
combustibility slab provides thermal
and acoustic insulation within performance to suit the construction,
facilitates thermal resistance values to Approved Document L. It is suitable for both masonry and timber frame constructions. It also provides resistance to the
passage of sound, synonymous with stone mineral wool insulation. cut to size on site to ensure an accurate the party wall.
Masonry build-up
through the product to the timber truss or masonry block using the correct
Timber build-up
length for the width WA234
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WA233
of the product. Mayplas can supply
substrate* and is also valid with or without a cavity to the opposite side.
commented Michael Hunter, Mayplas’ Technical Director. “The test results open up new applications which we look forward to exploring with our housebuilder customers and with the construction industry more broadly.”
to provide an effective vapour barrier A technical data sheet* is available
at:
www.mayplas.co.uk/housebuilding- solutions. Mayplas is a member of the Association
for Specialist Fire Protection and the Structural Timber Association, and is part of the Performance Technology Group.
New research has cast light on the urgent need for more industry education around tall building regulations, with 38% of architects saying they are spending considerable time educating their clients on the Building Safety Act (BSA). Almost a quarter (22%) of UK
architects say clients are confused as to what actually constitutes a high- risk building, while 24% say clients are unsure of the new roles and duties required by the BSA. Over half of architects themselves admitted to be ‘still trying to get their heads around the impact of changes to building regulations’, while 22% say that the BSA is “confusing”. Tall buildings have the potential to
More clarity urgently needed on high-rise regulations to avoid building delays Future gazing on what stricter building
country’s housing crisis. However, the URSA UK highlights that industry-wide education is now required before the UK can begin building upwards at pace. The impact of the knowledge gap has
already manifested in a large number of high-rise projects being rejected by the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) due to missing or inaccurate information, with structures over seven storeys facing lengthy delays at Gateway 2. In URSA’s research, 58% of architects said they’ve experienced hold-ups on one to two projects due to Gateway 2 checks, while 22% said they’ve suffered delays on haven’t been impacted at all.
regulations will mean for the future of high-rise development, more than half of architects said they believe designers will consider taller buildings/adding higher costs and delays during the planning stage. To help the industry build a better and
vital understanding of the landscape, URSA has launched the High-rise Hub – an evolving platform dedicated to continually sharing information on high- rise buildings. The hub is continuing to grow and will feature useful resources, blogs and statistics, as well as insights from a recent roundtable that URSA hosted.
www.ursainside.co.uk/high-rise-hub
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