On Tuesday 21st January Robert Jenrick MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, announced new measures which go faster and further to improve building safety. Key points made by the Minister covered:
In addition to the above summary, the Independent Expert Advisory Panel (the Expert Panel) has issued a number of advice notes for building owners on the measures they should take to ensure their buildings are safe. These include:
The BWF are currently working through these documents to determine what this means for the fire door industry, in particularly to our members who manufacture fire doors. An update will be issued to our members in the forthcoming weeks.
All timber fire doors which underwent fire-resistance testing by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) were found to have met required standards, exceeding the minimum 30-minute burn time requirement.
This is in direct contrast to glass reinforced polymer foam filled fire doors – the type recovered from Grenfell tower, which initiated this investigation – three quarters of which failed MHCLG tests in results published earlier last year.
Click here to read a summary of the Minister announcement from Tuesday 21st January 2020.
Click here to read the advice notes issued by the Independent Expert Advisory Panel on Tuesday 21st January 2020.