The UK TFA has been proactive in addressing the issues. The association recently published its 16 steps to fire safety on timber frame construction sites. This intends to promote best practice for the ...

Fire safety specialist International Fire Consultants (IFC) has offered a third-party accreditation scheme for fire safety since 2007 but said it had only done one job. Peter Jackman, IFC chairman, ...

Responding to public outcry after a fire on a building in Camberwell, south London, killed six people, the report asked for more building control inspections and for social landlords to publish a fire ...

Timber frame industry tackles fire safety. By Thomas Lane 2011-12-02T00:00:00+00:00. ... Newman, technical director of the UK Timber Frame Association, told Building he recognised there had been an ...

An industry body for timber frame housing manufacturers has announced a construction site audit scheme to improve fire safety. The Site Safe scheme, launched by the UK Timber Frame Association, is ...

The timber frame industry has announced a three-stage approach to tackle the incidence of serious fires on construction sites, such as that in Peckham, south east London a fortnight ago. The UK Timber ...

The assembly ordered its planning and housing committee to look into fire safety in buildings in the capital, particularly timber-framed constructions, after a series of high-profile fires. The ...

An urgent review is needed into the regulations governing the construction of timber-framed buildings, according to fire chiefs.