Lifecycle safety
the stages, more detailed performance criteria are required, while collaboration with technical fire experts and engineers becomes essential.
It is planned that this initiative, with details
about installation and certification, will result in a manual which can be used to check the process. Also, in parallel to this, Sherwin- Williams joined forces with other members of the ASFP in order to produce a guide targeted at specifiers such as architects. The guide is entitled ASFP-BCF Best Practice Guide for Specifying Reactive Coating Fire Protection for Steel Structures.
Auditable trail
Currently, a discussion is underway to see whether inspection sign off should be a regulatory sign off, as is the case in Ireland. Ensuring that there is a fully auditable trail is an important part of the improvement proposed, although identifying who exactly is responsible for carrying these out has not yet been established. Meanwhile, following the Hackitt review
into the Grenfell fire, the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety was published by the cross party Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee. The report calls for the proposed ban on combustible cladding to be extended to existing high rise residential buildings, as well as high risk buildings such as residential
homes, hospitals, student accommodation and hotels.
It also calls for action to tackle the lack
of ‘independent oversight’ of the industry, specifically builders who are able to appoint their own inspectors, and manufacturers able to choose their own testing bodies for their products.
MPs on the committee have stated publicly
that it is ‘disappointing’ that the review does not identify specific changes to the Building Regulations which could help to make buildings more safe in the future. The Secretary of State for Communities, Housing and Local Government, James Brokenshire, has confirmed that he will conduct a full scale review of ADB, saying that he will not hesitate to go further than the recommendations, where it is necessary. In a separate initiative, we have joined a
number of other organisations and worldwide industry bodies in supporting the International Fire Safety Standards (IFSS) Coalition, which aims to develop a set of common, high level standards to address fire safety in buildings. Our commitment to best practice and the application of the very latest science and technology is continuing to support all means of improving fire protection performance in our buildings
Bob Glendenning is global fire engineering manager at Sherwin-Williams. For more information, see page 5
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