Data reveals 170 fires at Scottish construction sites in last five years

NEW data from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has revealed there has been 170 fires at construction sites in the past five years. A...

East Kilbride fire testing firm acquired by SOCOTEC UK & Ireland

SOCOTEC UK & Ireland has announced the acquisition of East Kilbride-based United Kingdom Testing and Certification (UKTC). The firm - which specialises in testing, inspection,...
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...
Kelly Phipps

Glidevale Protect appoints head of sales specification for fire rated solutions

GLIDEVALE Protect has appointed Kelly Phipps to the role of head of sales specification for fire rated solutions. The move builds on the launch of...
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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...
Siderise Innovation Centre

Siderise Innovation Centre achieves UKAS accreditation

SIDERISE has announced its Innovation Centre has achieved UKAS ISO 17025 accreditation, validating that it operates with the highest technical competency and generates reliable...

Firm creates senior recladding and façades role

INSULATION specialist ROCKWOOL has promoted Hedley Thompson to the newly-created role of recladding and façades sector manager. The firm described the move as the first...

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,...
OFR Consultants team

Fire engineering consultancy switches to Employee-Ownership Trust model

OFR Consultants, a fire engineering consultancy with offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, has made the transition to an Employee-Ownership Trust (EOT) model. An employee-owned trust...
Tim Balcon

Free course aims to improve construction sector’s fire safety knowledge

CITB has announced that a free eCourse has been developed in partnership with Build UK and fire industry experts, designed to improve the sector’s...

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...

Glasgow homeowner receives new fire safety certificate following two-stage process

A Glasgow homeowner has become one of the first in Scotland to be awarded a EWS1 certificate (External Wall Systems) for the fire risk...

Scotland: building and fire safety regulation post-Grenfell

By Rosie Gollan, Edinburgh-based solicitor at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson FOLLOWING the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, the UK Government has been reviewing...
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...

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...
Greenhill Court, Rutherglen

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...

Fire protection business is aiming high with expansion plans

A family-run Dundee fire protection business has expanded into Manchester after its commitment to securing the highest levels of third-party accreditation and training helped...

Video series aims to stimulate debate on cladding topics

NON-flammable cladding specialist Vivalda Group has announced it is producing a series of videos to improve the construction industry’s understanding of issues such as...
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Ranger Fire and Security expands footprint with Secureshield acquisition

RANGER Fire and Security has announced the acquisition of Motherwell and Newcastle-based fire, security and critical services company, Secureshield. The move has been described as...
L-R: Matthew Marriott; Hervé Montjotin; Jim Clay; and Andrew Hutchison

Fire testing specialist begins construction of new East Kilbride facility

FIRE testing specialist, United Kingdom Testing and Certification (UKTC), has broken ground on a £2.5 million expansion at its East Kilbride testing facility. Acquired by...