Fire Safety Archives - The Institute of Construction Management

Functional Requirements are law ─ Approved Documents are guidance!

Written by David on October 5, 2024. Posted in Building Safety Act, Competence, Compliance, Fire Safety, Legal, Newsletter, Quality, Risk, The ICM Blog. No Comments on Functional Requirements are law ─ Approved Documents are guidance!

Vision Construct 2024 Following the series of major large conference events and, particularly, Vision Construct '23 held at Wembley Stadium at the end of 2023 as the new landscape of construction safety culture was evolving Resibuild Events recently hosted a Roundtable at the Building Centre in...

Demonstrable proof demonstrated

Written by David on July 14, 2024. Posted in Fire Safety, The ICM Blog. No Comments on Demonstrable proof demonstrated

Protecting the façade when fire exits openings ... Nothing beats a practical full size test to prove a point! The ICM was delighted to get an invitation from Ashfire to go to their works to witness a live test on a simple but effective solution to help protect the external façade when an...

The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill …

Written by David on November 1, 2022. Posted in Fire Safety, Safety, The ICM Blog. No Comments on The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill …

The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill had its second reading in the Commons on 25 October 2022 ─ will affect a full range of H&S regs ─ will AUTOMATICALLY BE REPEALED in just thirteen months on 31 December 2023 ... unless, of course, if ministers make specific decisions to...

The Institute of Construction Management recently responded to the British Standards Institute BSI consultation of their proposed publicly accessible standard (PAS) for principal designer

Written by David on February 2, 2022. Posted in Competence, Consultation, Fire Safety, Risk, Safety, The ICM Blog. No Comments on The Institute of Construction Management recently responded to the British Standards Institute BSI consultation of their proposed publicly accessible standard (PAS) for principal designer

The Institute of Construction Management recently responded to the British Standards Institute BSI consultation of their proposed publicly accessible standard (PAS) for principal designer. This is the new role which will come in to effect under the Building Safety Bill, and is not to be...

2022 ─ ICM Celebrating 180 Years since founding in 1842! ─ rising to the challenge of Digital Age Transformation ─ driving the future of a Safe Sector with Competent Organisations! ─ the voice for construction management …

Written by David on January 18, 2022. Posted in Competence, Fire Safety, General Interest, Quality, Registration, Risk, Safety, The ICM Blog. No Comments on 2022 ─ ICM Celebrating 180 Years since founding in 1842! ─ rising to the challenge of Digital Age Transformation ─ driving the future of a Safe Sector with Competent Organisations! ─ the voice for construction management …

"Wow! ─ what an incredible couple of years!" ─ at the start of 2022 David Jones shares our vision bringing the past, present and future into an interesting alignment with anecdotal waypoints along the recent unique ICM timeline ... ... '20/20 Vision' ─ a term used to express normal visual...

Building Safety Bill ─ Draft regulations published

Written by David on October 5, 2021. Posted in Accreditation, Competence, Fire Safety, Quality, Registration, The ICM Blog, Trademark Licence, Training. No Comments on Building Safety Bill ─ Draft regulations published

Draft regulations for delegated powers proposed in the Building Safety Bill, published to assist parliamentarians and others with understanding the contents of the Bill The Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations [2021] SCOPE: CLICK ON THIS LINK TO ACCESS...

BSi Guidance on Fire Risk Assessment ─ PAS 79-2 – would be withdrawn from sale “pending further consideration” …

Written by David on March 11, 2021. Posted in Fire Safety, Safety, The ICM Blog. No Comments on BSi Guidance on Fire Risk Assessment ─ PAS 79-2 – would be withdrawn from sale “pending further consideration” …

BSI withdraws its new guidance on fire risk assessments after a bereaved Grenfell family threatened legal action, saying it ignored critical inquiry recommendations relating to people with disabilities. Sakina Afrasehabi, was a disabled woman who lived with her sister Fatemeh on the 18th floor...

Fire Safety Training …

Written by David on November 9, 2019. Posted in Competence, Fire Safety, Safety, The ICM Blog, Training. No Comments on Fire Safety Training …

Fire Safety Training ... Fire Risk Consultancy Limited work closely with the Fire Service to develop courses to meet their training requirements and have close links with large institutions such as RICS and LABC ─ are proud to be an Institute of Fire Safety Managers approved centre and offer...

FIA Guide to the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Written by David on October 12, 2019. Posted in Fire Safety, Safety, The ICM Blog. No Comments on FIA Guide to the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2018

The Building (Amendment) Regulations which came into force in December 2018 introduce new restrictions on the combustibility of materials contained within external walls of “relevant buildings” in England.“Relevant buildings” includes residential and institutional buildings that are more than 18m...

Sign In

Register

Reset Password