British Government launches a call for evidence to review regulatory guidance
More than a year and a half after the Grenfell Tower disaster, the British Government has launched a call for evidence to review ifs fire safety regulatory guidance. See AD B Review. The process in the past has taken three
Australia to require sprinklers in apartment buildings
The Australian Building Codes Board has announced that from May 2019 it will require sprinklers in apartment buildings of four storeys or more. Currently the height threshold for sprinklers is 25m. At the same time, Australia is introducing national standards
Scotland to require sprinklers in new flats
Yesterday, 6 December, the Scottish Government announced that it will introduce legislation next year to require sprinklers in new apartment buildings. Meanwhile, the value of sprinklers was once again demonstrated when a chip pan (deep fat fryer) fire was extinguished by