Building safety seminars
Dame Judith Hackitt will be among speakers taking part in two webinars hosted by FireDNA next month.
She will be speaking at “All buildings, all builders – an essential guide to the widespread impacts of...
More fire door endorsement for Framexpress
Framexpress has earned two new BM Trada Q Mark accreditations is support of its range of third-party certified fire doors.
The accreditations, for Fire Door Installation and Fire Door Maintenance, are in addition to its...
Yale backs Fire Door Safety Week
Yale has pledged its support to Fire Door Safety Week for the fifth year running,.
The annual campaign, which runs all this week, raises awareness of the critical role that fire doors play in saving...
Shelforce signs first major fire door deal
Birmingham fabricator Shelforce has received the first major order for its newly-launched Fireshel 30-minute fore door, for 210 units for three blocks of flats in the city.
The company, which employs a high proportion of...
FDIS warns of tragedy ahead as 75% of fire doors fail inspection
The Fire Door Inspection Scheme has warned of ‘a tragedy waiting to happen’ after revealing that three quarters of the fire doors inspected in the UK by its approved inspectors failed to meet the...
Warringtonfire upgrades test lab
Warringtonfire, part of Element Materials Testing, has invested in expanding its High Wycombe testing facility to meet anticipated growth in demand.
The transformation of the fire testing, inspection and certification facility includes refurbishment of its...
BWF partners with Open College for fire door awareness
The British Woodworking Federation has partnered with the National Open College Network, an Ofqual Regulated Awarding Organisation, to produce a two-day Fire Door Installation Awareness course.
Working together under the Network’s SiteRight brand, the federation...
GGF meets over high-rise laminate ban
The Glass & Glazing Federation is continuing to press the government over its ban on the use of laminated safety glass in high-level balconies and balustrades.
Members met this week by webinar after the organisation...
Pyroguard owner TFSG to merge with svt after Ergon buy-out
Technical Fire Safety Group with its Pyroguard and Fire Glass UK brands, is to join forces with the svt Group of Companies, following a buy-out of the group by Ergon Capital, backers of the...
TWC joins Federation for a voice in fire door debate
Commercial installer The Window Company (Contracts) has become an Associate Member of the British Woodworking Federation, partly so that it can join the ongoing debate on the replacement of fire doors in social housing.
Chairman...
