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Tag: Building safety
Clarifying fire safety: understanding new standards
The updated BS 9991:2024 ushers in a new era of fire safety design for high-rise flats, with guidance on escape staircases, open-plan spaces, evacuation lifts, sprinklers, smoke control and care homes. Calum Smith explores the key updates
A safer future for NHS estates
The complexity of hospital estates makes it particularly challenging for NHS Trusts to meet the requirements of the Building Safety Act. The NHS has issued guidance in response, and published key resources around competency and the golden thread
Alive to opportunities: Build2Perform 2024
The two days of CIBSE Build2Perform Live showed that designing and maintaining sustainable buildings not only benefits the environment, but also has a significant positive impact on people’s lives, reports Alex Smith
A healthy balance: tackling net zero and IAQ
There is growing awareness of the synergies and conflicts between IAQ and zero carbon. Foster + Partners’ Jiannan Luo looks at optimal strategies
Build2Perform Live preview
CIBSE Build2Perform Live returns to London ExCeL on 13-14 November. Don’t miss out on the industry’s biggest conference and exhibition, featuring the latest technology, guidance and regulation in building services
The challenge ahead: CIBSE’s role in leading industry innovation
Climate change, building safety and the emergence of artificial intelligence are three huge issues defining the role of the engineer. Anastasia Mylona describes these and other technical challenges for 2025-30
Building safety: why competence is key
The Building Safety Act introduces new requirements for engineers to demonstrate competence on the buildings on which they work. CIBSE President Elect Vince Arnold FCIBSE discusses the initiatives by CIBSE and others to raise standards
Low carbon, high safety: fire engineering and embodied carbon
The embodied carbon impact of fire safety measures is relatively unknown. Arup’s Grete Wilson and Dr Emma McIntyre have created a roadmap to establish how engineers can create low carbon designs without compromising fire safety
‘Asking the right questions’: meeting building safety requirements
As chair of the new Industry Competence Steering Group, Hanna Clarke has a crucial role to play in making sure the construction sector comes together to improve competency and meet the requirements of the Building Safety Act. Alex Smith speaks to the artist turned safety expert with a painter’s eye for detail
