Contents


26 Regulars


1 Viewpoint 4 Foreword 5 Contributors 6-21 News 15 RISCAuthority insight 47 Weighing up the law 52-53 Loss analysis 54-55 Member update


Sprinklers/watermist


22-25 Welcome news In light of news on the technical review of Approved Document B of the Building Regulations, Tom Roche refl ects on the current system, and examines proposals and mooted changes


26-29 Smart suppression Henrik Johansson, Steve Sims and Arjan ten Broeke review developments in the suppression technology sector to see what the future might look like for fire suppression systems


2 MARCH 2019 www.frmjournal.com Smoke ventilation


30-33 Coming of age As controlling smoke and airfl ow is so important during a fire, John Newton examines system features, alongside compliance and standards


34-37 A new dawn With audit guidance for high rise smoke extraction system designs lacking, Simon Plummer discusses why and how regulation changes would both simplify and improve the process


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