In this webinar, RISCAuthority Technical Consultant Ian Abley will consider the problem of extensive cavities in Modular Towers as a new residential building type.

In this webinar, Technical Consultant Ian Abley introduces each of the Essential Principles for improvements in asset protection and explains their importance in the decision-making process of building projects.

Following the recent update to the LPC Technical Bulletins and the introduction of new LPC Technical Bulletins, this 1-hour webinar delivered by Dale Kinnersley will run through the changes and implications for the sprinkler industry moving forward.

The biofuel industry in the UK has grown from almost nothing in 2005 to one with a capacity to produce over 1.5 billion litres per year in 2021. This industry forms part of the UK strategy to reduce use of fossil fuels. This webinar covers the key hazards associated with commercial biofuel manufacturing plants and recommended risk controls aligned with expectations for chemical/process sector manufacturing plants.

In this webinar, the FPA’s Technical Director, George Edwardes will cover the current routes to compliance for external cladding systems and discuss the limitations of existing test methods. He will explain how RISC501 has overcome these limitations, detailing the new test method and explaining how it differs from the existing BS 8414 test. Despite the differences, the webinar will consider how a system can be tested simultaneously to both BS 8414 and RISC501.

With regulation focused almost exclusively on life safety, and the move to more sustainable and potentially combustible materials and methods of construction, buildings are becoming less resilient. Increased anticipated material damage, and associated material damage can impact insurability and security of investment. This webinar explores how the design community needs to respond, with the inclusion of features to limit the extent of loss over and above that demanded in (life safety) law.

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

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, 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.

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.