Aman Sharma MBE is the new chair of BSI’s strategic fire safety committee for the built environment. He tells CM what new standards construction should look out for.

A CIOB fellow is calling on built environment professionals to go beyond competence and “think about their moral duty from the outset of any project” when it comes to fire safety.

An Essex developer has been fined £40,000 and its director given a 12-month community order after failing to fix serious fire safety breaches at a seafront apartment block in Felixstowe, Suffolk.

The Office for Product Safety and Standards has recalled from the UK market a timber product used for construction sheeting after it was found not to consistently achieve the declared reaction to fire performance.

An Altrincham-based construction company has been fined £165,000 after it repeatedly failed to implement fire precautions during the renovation of a residential project in Preston.

Passive fire protection relies on the effective compartmentation of a building. It is made up of fire doors, walls, and floors, and works alongside active systems such as sprinklers and fire alarms.

A fire service has dropped its prosecution case for alleged breaches of fire safety regulations against four companies involved in the design, risk assessment, management and maintenance of a care home in Crewe.

Following a deadly fire in a nightclub in North Macedonia, Neil Gibbins examines the need for increased awareness of the risks in similar UK venues, especially the use of pyrotechnics and management of fire safety measures.

McGee, Erith and Turner & Townsend are among the 66 specialist firms awarded a slot in a new building safety and fire compliance framework agreement for the NHS estate and wider public sector.

Anthony Walker looks at the fire safety issues facing landlords in the social housing sector.

Fire engineer training must go further than theory if the built environment wants to prevent more deadly disasters, an industry expert tells CIOB People

BSI is due to publish soon a revision of BS 9991 – an essential fire safety standard for residential buildings which will now include care homes.

Structural safety group CROSS has issued a ‘red alert’ after receiving reports of construction work, including cladding remediation, blocking smoke vents on buildings.

What’s Autodesk University like? Is it worth the cost of attending? HKA associate technical director Sarah Keyte attended the event a few weeks ago and sent in this dispatch.

Changes to regulations mean sprinklers must now be included in new buildings but not existing care homes. By Will Mann and Cristina Lago.

Ashe Construction quality manager Rob Hatchett MCIOB explains the importance of planning passive fire protection at the outset of a project.

A Surrey landlord has been fined over £31,000 after running a 21-room HMO which local authority officers described as a “firetrap”.

The government has confirmed the withdrawal of the national classes of fire testing standards in England will come into force on 2 March 2025.