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Construction and fire industries set out sweeping proposals

By David Thomas posted 28-08-2019 09:17

  

A radical and wide-ranging set of measures to improve the competence of those who design, construct, inspect, maintain and operate higher risk residential buildings (HRRBs) and make them safer for the public has been set out by a cross-industries group backed by Government, the Industry Safety Steering Group and Dame Judith Hackitt. 

The measures are being proposed by the Competence Steering Group (CSG), set up by the Industry Response Group (IRG) to tackle competency failings identified in the Hackitt Review, ‘Building a Safer Future’, following the Grenfell Tower fire.  The CSG has brought together more than 150 institutions and associations across the full spectrum of construction, built environment, fire safety and building owner/manager sectors; all working towards the common purpose of raising competences to improve life safety. 

In its interim report Raising the Bar, published on 16th August 2019, the CSG is urging all life-safety-critical disciplines working on HRRBs, including designers, engineers, building standards officers, site supervisors, fire safety enforcement officers and fire risk officials, to adopt the measures. 

The Interim Report, Executive Summary and accompanying Annexes can be downloaded from the Construction Industry Council (CIC) website: http://cic.org.uk/news/article.php?s=2019-08-16-construction-and-fire-industries-set-out-sweeping-proposals


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