The proposed ban on desktop studies comes in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
The government is set to ban “desktop studies” as a way of assessing the fire performance of external cladding, as part of what it claims are tough new rules to strengthen fire testing for the systems.
Housing secretary Sajid Javid published the proposed regulations for residential buildings yesterday, ahead of a consultation on the plans.
The revisions come after recommendations made by Dame Judith Hackitt in her interim report from the review into Building Regulations and fire safety published last year in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster.
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