Allan Jowsey and John Dunk, Directors at PFP Specialists Ltd on the importance of demonstrating fire protection capability in older buildings PFP or Passive Fire Protection products and materials are installed in structures to provide fire protection in the event ...
Read More »Floor matting systems
Lee Fox, Sales and Marketing Director for Kleen-Tex UK, discusses the key compliance areas facilities managers should be aware of when choosing, installing and maintaining floor matting systems As many businesses prepare to reopen their premises to employees, customers and ...
Read More »Are you sure your premises are not at risk from high levels of radon gas?
Exposure to high levels of natural radon gas remains one of the least understood areas of statutory compliance, this is despite radon being the second highest cause of lung cancer and directly attributable to thousands of deaths each year. With ...
Read More »Life safety fire risk assessments
Richard Jenkins, Chief Executive of the National Security Inspectorate, explains the implications of life safety fire risk assessments and how ‘Duty Holders’ can best discharge their legal responsibilities. No matter how extraordinary the now routine pandemic circumstances, it’s important to ...
Read More »Kalzip’s Fc rainscreen façade system: Fire performance compliance without compromise
In conjunction with Knauf Insulation, SFS Intec and Siderise, Kalzip has had its FC rainscreen façade system tested in accordance with BS 8414-1 and has successfully met the requirements of BR 135. Kalzip’s FC rainscreen is a non-penetrative façade system ...
Read More »Changes to red diesel regulations: Advice on maintaining critical assets
Mark Griffiths, Head of Business Development at Adler and Allan, discusses the importance of evaluating your assets in preparation for upcoming legislative reform to red diesel. In the 2020 budget, the government announced that many sectors will lose their entitlement ...
Read More »Legionella: Risks during and after lockdown
Many workplaces have laid dormant for weeks as the Coronavirus has taken hold of the country. This has introduced new challenges, such as the management of legionella Legionnaires’ disease is a type of pneumonia, which can cause serious respiratory illness ...
Read More »Cleaning and hygiene
Ensuring that a building, site or location is kept clean is not only a legal requirement, but it can have a positive impact on visitors to the organisation. And in the current COVID-19 pandemic, it is crucial that businesses are ...
Read More »Develop Training unveils its first blended learning course as Covid-19 hastens the industry’s “great leap forward”
Leading technical and compliance training provider Develop Training has hailed a “great leap forward” for the industry after it brought forward the launch of its first blended learning course due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Develop Training, part of the JTL ...
Read More »Contact tracing and COVID-19
There are regulations in place for certain industry sectors to ensure that they have track and trace controls in place. This specifically relates to venues in hospitality, the tourism and leisure industry, close contact services and local authority facilities. THESE ...
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