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Combustibles ban should be ‘based on risk, not building height’

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  1. Be careful what you’re wishing for. Before you start endorsing blanket bans on modern materials, remember why we have them in the first place. Which is, they were developed as a response to clients’ discontentment with the shortcomings of traditional materials.

    Let’s not call for emotive bans. Let’s call, rather, for high quality science-based evidence upon which professional specifiers can base procurement approaches which satisfy customer requirements.

    Construction professionals — not pressure groups like the FPA, and certainly not politicians — are the best people to design the best properties. To do so, they need more, not less, choice of materials.

  2. Risk is not enough it should be everything across the board

  3. In response to the comment from Chris Pateman regarding the shortcomings of traditional materials it is worth reflecting on the longevity of buildings constructed from materials such as stone, brick, timber and lime. Many of these buildings are entering their second or third century of useful life. Modern materials may offer a number of benefits but will the buildings constructed with them still be in use in 200 years? We should not neglect the benefits and longevity of traditional materials.

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