In this webinar, RISCAuthority Technical Consultant and author of BDM01, Ian Abley will introduce the 26 Essential Principles over 6 phases of decision making, arranged against the RIBA Plan of Work 2020. These give a memorable framework for the enhancements on statutory guidance to Building Regulations that insurers value, and logically combine as a checklist of 300 decisive actions.

The Supply Chain Toolkit is a valuable resource for small and medium size businesses to help them manage the risks associated with supply chain interruptions. Developed by RISCAuthority’s Business Continuity Working Group and recently upgraded to improve and simplify the user experience, member companies can now control the resources provided on their own versions of the website. This webinar explains the website changes and provides an overview of how the toolkit works.

Class 0 was said to be the highest national performance classification for construction materials and products, such as in external walls, until the fatal fire of Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017. It was defined in the statutory guidance of Approved Document Part B and not in any British Standard. The 72 deaths were a high price to pay for British society to discover that Class 0 could in fact be achieved by composite products with highly combustible cores. This webinar explains the Class 0 Conundrum using the evidence from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.

Class 0 Conundrum Slide Pack.

In this webinar, RISCAuthority Principal Consultant, Adrian Butler will explore fire safety for combined heat and power installations ahead of the publication of Need to Know Guide RE5: Combined Heat and Power.

By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

1. Describe the most common types of combined heat and power (CHP) in use, including the principles of combined cycle units
2. Identify key fire hazards and controls for typical CHP units
3. Explain the emerging fuels that are most likely to have an impact on energy demands in the future and how these compare with respect to their key characteristics, including energy density

In this webinar, RISCAuthority Principal Consultant, Adrian Butler will focus on fire safety for commercial and industrial rooftop PV installations, covering both hazards and good practice risk control measures. Adrian will reference the new RC62 Joint Code of Practice: Recommendations for fire safety with PV panel installations and the related Need to Know Guide.

In this webinar, RISCAuthority Principal Consultant and author of RC59, Adrian Butler will cover a hazard review and key guidance for charging EVs with lithium-ion batteries from the recently updated RC59 document, including a review of major enclosed car park fires.

It is environmental policy to encourage Green Walls along with Green Roofs, and planning can be conditional on their provision. Clients are experimenting with ways to add Green Walls into their projects, and at greater height, as Nurseries develop systems for consultants and contractors. In this webinar, the approved convention of testing planting is considered, and another approach involving R&D among the Green Wall providers is suggested.

In this webinar, the FPA’s Technical Steering Group Manager, George Edwardes addresses how the chemistry behind insulation materials has secretly changed over the last 20 years and the impact this has had on fire performance.

An inevitable consequence of the Net-Zero ambition will be the increased use of wood as a structural building component of large buildings. For the insurer this presents a number of challenges derived from the change in materials used, the ways they are assembled, and the additional insured perils that come into play. To ensure the insurer viewpoint is appropriately communicated to all stakeholders, this webinar introduces the key concepts of the white paper: ‘Insurance challenges of massive timber construction (and a possible way forward)’.

In this webinar, FPA Deputy Managing Director, Howard Passey will cover the extensive legislative changes implemented following the Grenfell Tower fire to address the recommendations made in the Building a Safer Future Report. He will focus on the principal changes introduced and consider, where practicable, the likely impacts.

By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

1. Explain the current legislative landscape for fire and changes implemented since Grenfell.
2. Describe the changes implemented through the introduction of The Building Safety Act 2022, The Fire Safety Act 2021, The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
3. Appreciate the principal facets of the Building Safety Act in particular its scope and those in relation to the Building Safety Regulator, safety cases, the ‘golden thread’ and construction ‘Gateways’.
4. Describe the requirements for the competence for all involved in the design, construction, and management of buildings with a particular focus on fire risk assessors.

Legislation and Impacts Slide Pack