NEW GUIDANCE: Green and Living Walls as Cladding
A recently released guide addresses the possible dangers of using living and green walls for external cladding. Click below to download...
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UPDATES SECTION
Welcome to our Updates Section, where you will find the most recent updates to Health and Safety and Fire Safety Regulations, Guidances and much other useful information.
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Oct 27, 20231 min
NEW GUIDANCE: Guide to Fire Doors checks
The Secretary of State in accordance with Article 50 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 issued a simple guide to fire...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Oct 22, 20231 min
Landlords Law Update: The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022
The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022 came into force on 1 October 2022. The regulation have been updated for...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Oct 15, 20231 min
Fire Door Guidance in accordance with Art. 50 of RRFSO 2005
The Fire Safety Act of 2021 made it clear that the Fire Risk Assessment required by the Fire Safety Order must take flat entrance doors...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Sep 24, 20232 min
Building Safety Act 2022 – Section 156
From 1 October 2023, new fire safety legislation comes into effect which will impose new duties on businesses and buildings owners. The...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Sep 24, 20231 min
Registering high-rise residential buildings: deadline approaches
All high-rise residential buildings in England must be registered with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) by 1 October 2023. A high-rise...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Sep 24, 20231 min
Building Inspectors for High Rise Buildings
From October 2023, developers of high-rise buildings will no longer be able to choose whether they want to use local authority building...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Sep 24, 20231 min
NEW GUIDANCE: Preparing a safety case report
GOV.UK has published a new guidance page on the responsibilities of the principal accountable person regarding a high-rise residential...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Aug 11, 20232 min
Fire Safety Reform Programme Update
The Home Office has released a new update on the fire safety reform programme, which covers the following: Upcoming changes to the...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Aug 8, 20231 min
HSE inspections of schools to assess the management of asbestos
HSE carried out over 400 inspections of primary and secondary schools across England, Scotland and Wales to assess how they are managing...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Aug 8, 20231 min
Unsatisfactory School Assessments
‘Unsatisfactory’ fire safety found in 30% of inspected schools Approximately 30% of the schools inspected up to the year ending March...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Aug 4, 20231 min
Approved Document B: Fire Safety Update
Updated Approved Document B: Fire Safety - Incorporating Insurers’ Requirements for Property Protection has been released. Volume 1...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Aug 4, 20231 min
New Guidance: Contractor CDM Fire Safety Arrangements
The Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC) Managing Risk Well Working Group have released a document regarding CDM Fire Safety...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Jul 27, 20231 min
Guide to Managing Fire Safety on Construction Sites
The Construction Industry Advisory Committee (CONIAC) has published new fire risk management guidance about Fire Safety on Construction...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Jul 27, 20231 min
Long-term Plan for Housing
The government published an announcement in which two following points were related to fire safety: Confirming the intention to mandate...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Jul 27, 20231 min
Interim Guidance: Electric Vehicles in Covered Car Parks
The government has published interim guidance produced by Arup regarding fire safety considerations and measures to support the parking...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Jul 27, 20232 min
Building Safety Act 2022 - Section 156
Section 156 of the Building Safety Act (BSA) 2022 is being commenced in October this year, except for subsection 4 (on the competence of...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Jul 25, 20231 min
Higher-risk Building Guidance Occupation Phase
"Criteria for being a higher-risk building during the occupation phase of the new higher-risk regime" is a new piece of guidelines...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Jul 24, 20231 min
Building Safety Regulator - a high-rise residential building
The Government have released a new guidance titled “Building Safety Regulator: giving us structure and safety information”. This guidance...
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HSGenerator Fire and Safety Consultants
Jul 24, 20231 min
HSE Safety Notice - LPG Forklift Truck Fire Risk
The build-up of deposits in fuel systems, in particular, the vaporiser units of LPG-powered vehicles, such as forklift trucks, has led to...
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