RIAS president Karen Anderson

Architectural institutes unite for fire and life safety design guidance

THE architectural professional institutes of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland have formed a coordinated body to ensure standardised guidance...

Thinking smart over fire safety

By Rebecca Goldsmith​, product marketing executive at MEDITE SMARTPLY WOOD panel products incorporating flame retardant treatment will slow down the development of a fire, allowing...

New CPD educates on fire doors

GEZE UK has revised its RIBA-approved CPD, titled Specifying, Installing and Maintaining Ironmongery for Fire Doors. The completely revised CPD includes new visuals and updates...
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New firm brings vital fire suppression services to Scotland

A new Scottish company has been launched with the intention of meeting the need of vital fire safety legislation in new-build affordable housing. Sprinklers Scotland...
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University of Edinburgh receives national honour for global fire safety team

THE University of Edinburgh has won a Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education in recognition of  its Centre for Fire Safety Engineering. Founded in the early...

CCG completes Maryhill planned maintenance works

CCG has announced the completion of its latest planned maintenance contract for Maryhill Housing with the installation of high-performance fire doors. One of two phases,...

Insurance repair specialist delivers festive fire warning

THE boss of an Edinburgh-based all-trades reinstatement firm is urging the public to stay safe this Christmas by taking extra care with electrical appliances...
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Grenfell: Scottish Government to ‘carefully consider’ inquiry recommendations

SCOTLAND'S housing minister Paul McLennan has revealed he has met with UK Government ministers to discuss how they can work collaboratively to take the...

Study finds construction workers put their lives at risk by ignoring alarms

HIGH rise construction workers are ‘risking their lives’ by not treating evacuation alarms seriously enough, according to new research. Researchers from the University of Greenwich,...

Door screens bring safety benefits to Gorbals residents

TWO high-rise tower blocks in Glasgow's Gorbals area have benefited from new door screens as part of a renewals programme undertaken by New Gorbals...
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Rutherglen multi-storey residents benefit from new fire doors

ENGINEERED timber fire doors have been supplied and installed by the CCG Group in Rutherglen, in a project designed to enhance fire safety for...

CCG completes latest phase of fire safety measures in East Kilbride flats

CCG Group has supplied and installed enhanced fire door sets to more than 150 residences in East Kilbride. The work was carried out on behalf...

Fire training exercises held at Highland homes set for demolition

VACANT council houses in Dingwall set for demolition in June are being used as settings for vital fire and rescue training exercises. The 12 properties...
Calton Village development

Collaboration is key to fire safety at Glasgow multi-storey development

RESIDENTS at an eight-storey residential building under construction in Glasgow are set to be protected by a comprehensive fire safety solution that goes beyond...

Linear Group acquires stake in fire safety consultancy

LINEAR Group has acquired a stake in fire safety consultancy Kyle Management Solutions, to create Linear Fire Safety (LFS). Based in the group’s Glasgow HQ, the...

Edinburgh residents urged to have their say on cladding proposals

EDINBURGH residents have been urged to have their say on legislation addressing unsafe cladding. The call comes after a Holyrood committee visited a building in...

Fire safety firm set for £2.5m expansion of its East Kilbride site

EAST Kilbride-based United Kingdom Testing and Certification (UKTC) has received a grant award of £835,000 from Scottish Enterprise towards an expansion project totalling £2.5...

Fire sprinklers set to become mandatory for historic hotel conversions

SPRINKLERS are to become a mandatory requirement for traditional buildings that are newly converted into hotels in Scotland if new laws are passed, the...
Ecosystems Technologies' mass timber project using cross-laminated timber, glue-laminated timber and nail-laminated timber.

BE-ST secures funding towards mass timber research and policy roadmap

BUILT by Nature has awarded a €219,000 grant to Built Environment–Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) to spearhead research into fire safety in mass timber buildings across...

Contractor upskills employees with bespoke fire awareness training

GRAHAM has invested in enhanced fire awareness training for more than 100 of its employees in partnership with Nullifire, a fire stopping solutions and...