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Unlock the future of building safety with the BRE’s new training course
The BRE is excited to launch a new online awareness level training course: The Digitalisation of Building Safety and the Golden Thread
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Revisit: FCBS goes back to the Energy Efficient Office of the Future
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios associate Ron Nkomba talks about the practice’s experience of retrofitting the building it designed nearly 30 years ago for BRE
BRE technician ‘did not know’ about Grenfell insulation fire test hustle
A senior technician at the Building Research Establishment (BRE) has said he did not know about the addition of flame-retardant panels to a fire safety test for the Celotex RS5000 insulation used on the Grenfell Tower
BRE accused of enabling ‘criminal’ Grenfell cladding manufacturers
The Building Research Establishment (BRE) has been accused of helping manufacturers to misleadingly market their insulation products as safe for high-rise buildings
The Regs: Regulators are looking at Plan B for fire evacuation
Geoff Wilkinson explains BRE’s study of lifts as an alternative means of fire escape
Nine out of 10 towers fail post-Grenfell fire cladding safety tests
Less than 10 per cent of high-rise social housing blocks fitted with cladding have been deemed as safe, the Department for Communities and Local Government has revealed.
Grenfell disaster: ACM cladding system passes fire test
Fire safety testing has shown that some aluminium composite cladding complies with Building Regulations in particular circumstances
Sajid Javid asks hospitals and schools to carry out extra fire safety checks
Communities secretary Sajid Javid has asked all hospitals and schools to carry out additional fire safety checks following the Grenfell Tower tragedy
How Theresa May can say ‘no’ to Hinkley Point and still work with China
Theresa May is on the brink of approving a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point. But with Chinese sustainable-energy technology now so advanced, there really is no need for it, argues Bill Dunster