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FIRE SERVICE AND GENERAL FIRE SAFETY TOPICS => Fire Safety => Topic started by: JC100 on June 06, 2017, 09:59:44 AM

Title: Building Regulation 7
Post by: JC100 on June 06, 2017, 09:59:44 AM

Interesting read on the impact of poor workmanship http://mobile.dudasite.com/site/construction-managerCM2?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.constructionmanagermagazine.com%2Fnews%2Ffi3re-invest8igations-unco9ver-cost-scale-poor-wo%2F&utm_referrer=#2548 (http://mobile.dudasite.com/site/construction-managerCM2?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.constructionmanagermagazine.com%2Fnews%2Ffi3re-invest8igations-unco9ver-cost-scale-poor-wo%2F&utm_referrer=#2548)

Title: Re: Building Regulation 7
Post by: jayjay on June 06, 2017, 09:48:31 PM

Confirms what I have been finding and commenting on for years.

Title: Re: Building Regulation 7
Post by: Fishy on June 08, 2017, 09:15:28 AM

BRE (and especially my good friend Martin Shipp) have been doing this 'Fire chasing' work on behalf of the Government for years, & the results will be a surprise to few on here, I'm sure.  Quite apart from any safety issues, the things that annoys me is that clients simply aren't getting what they pay for!  The recent horror stories re: schools and hospitals having to be re-built illustrate the problem.

We're getting asked (more and more) to act on behalf of clients & go on site to verify and assure that what's been installed meets its required duty.  This always reveals issues, and I've lost count of the times the response has been "...but I've been doing it this way for years, and it's never been a problem before....  It's not a cheap service, though, & it's really only the major projects where the client is also the owner/occupier that tend to see it as an investment.

Having said all the above, things are getting better & the various third-party installer / inspection schemes and other initiatives by the likes of ASFP are having a positive effect.  I still wouldn't live in a timber-framed block of flats though!

Title: Re: Building Regulation 7
Post by: lyledunn on June 19, 2017, 09:03:23 AM

I wonder, JC, if Grenfell will be the sorry start to a root and branch review of the need to control workmanship issues. Proper, competent oversight and thorough, independent inspection are, unfortunately, in short supply.
I have been involved in the construction and refurbishment of many buildings within the licensed trade. I can tell you that BC thoroughness is a flip of a coin depending on area and individual inspector. However, although I could not see every aspect of the erection process, everyone on site knew that if it wasn't right Lyle Dunn would require it to be ripped out! Caveat Emptor is no longer sufficient!