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Fire doors, escape doors and the legal obligations

Since 2013 when the first pioneer FDIS Certificated Fire Door Inspectors qualified and started to offer their services to building operators there has been a marked increase in demand for the services of qualified fire door inspectors, installers, repairers and maintainers. This has in-turn led to increased demand for education and training and of course is a positive step in helping to make buildings safer in the event of a fire. Here, Neil Ashdown, general manager of the Fire Door Inspection Scheme, looks at fire safety law, the issues around fire doors in public buildings and the useful resources available to help building owners and operators meet their legal obligations.

Fire breaks out at Clandon Park in Surrey

We are saddened to say that a fire broke out on Wednesday 29 April at Clandon Park in Surrey.

Speaking from the site of the blaze, our Director General, Helen Ghosh, said:

'The fire is now out but the scale of the damage to the mansion has been devastating. The house is now essentially a shell, most of the roof, ceiling and floors have collapsed into the bottom of the building.

Building a workforce of the future as nine new apprentices come on board

The foundations for a solid career have been set, as building and roofing specialist, Hodgson Sayers, welcomes nine new apprentices to its team.

The Stanley-based company is committed to developing the next generation of its team and to making apprentices 10% of its workforce. The company has more than achieved this with a total of 16 apprentices making up the 100 headcount.

Developing the North East’s young talent

On 23 April the Hardwick Hall Hotel in Sedgefield witnessed the presentation of the 2015 North East Business Awards. The winner of the Apprenticeship category was Co Durham-based Hodgson Sayers.

Managing director John Sayers expressed his delight at the award. 'This is a tremendous accolade for the business,' he said, 'as we have always had a commitment to ensuring we source the very best youngsters and provide them with the skills to bridge the gap in the construction industry.

Newcastle’s Swing Bridge undergoes specialist make over

There may have been fog on the Tyne when building and roofing specialist, Hodgson Sayers, undertook work on Newcastle landmark, the Swing Bridge, but the project was music to the ears of the team involved.

Standing impressively over the River Tyne, the bridge first carried road traffic in 1876 before it was opened for river vessels the following year.

Tudor introduces new clay roof tile for heritage properties

Tudor Roof Tile Co Ltd, Britain's foremost independent handmade clay roof tile manufacturer, has introduced a mellow earth tone into its standard range of peg and plain tiles.

Known as ‘Weathered Earth’, this subtle shade has a depth, which is ideally suited to restoration and heritage styled projects as it helps re-create the mature and time-worn appearance of clay tiles that have naturally darkened with age.

Roofing for listed buildings - Windsor firm holds the key to success

Through years of experience in the roofing industry, Windsor-based Keay Roofing has earned it’s reputation as a trusted roofing contractor for many homes and businesses across the Thames Valley.

As specialists in working with listed buildings and in conservation areas, they hold an in-depth knowledge on using traditional roofing materials such as lead, copper and slate.

How accessible is your church?

Have you considered how disability friendly your church is? Surrey-based DP Consulting (Disability Equality Services) Ltd work with different churches to assist them in achieving best practice standards of accessibility.

Church congregations across England have been fluctuating over the last 20 years. Regular church attendance has been in decline since 1998 (English Church Census, 2005), but we are now seeing a rise in the number of new churches, offering services that help tackle this issue.

Disabled Access in church and listed building restoration. The cost of defective design.

Good design is important regardless of the property, the product or the people using it. The additional factor when designing to accommodate access for disabled people is that you may face the costs of fixing any errors – and of any dealing with any discrimination claims which may result.

That can leave you facing a triple whammy of paying for improved design, loss of business and customer compensation, and it underlines the importance of getting the design right at the outset.

John Moore Museum regenerates important 15th century building with Heritage Lottery Fund investment.

The John Moore Museum in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire has received a grant of £189,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), it was announced today. Alongside other funds that have already been raised and pledged,the grant will enable the museum to refurbish the Old Baptist Chapel, a Grade II* listed building which is believed to be the earliest Baptist meeting house in the UK.The project, which will cost £250,000 in total, starts in April and is due to run until May 2018.

Dernier & Hamlyn calls time on outdated lighting design

JD Wetherspoon’s latest pub to open is The Twelve Tellers in Preston named because the site was formerly a bank back in the 1930s. KD Paine & Associates was responsible for the building’s redesign and refurbishment and, while they were keen to make it a contemporary environment, they wanted to give due regard to the building’s history. When it came to the lighting they used historic photography of the building’s former incarnation to influence the styling of the pub’s chandeliers and wall lights and called on Dernier & Hamlyn to design and manufacture lighting to suit their interior design.

Tudor urges the importance of using sympathetic roof tiles

Tudor Roof Tiles, manufacturer of genuine handmade clay peg and plain tiles with a traditional sand-faced rustic look, is encouraging the use of historically sympathetic clay tiles for the repair and restoration of church roofs.

In its latest downloadable information leaflet, “Chapels to Cathedrals” the company sets out some of the key issues involved when considering replacement peg and plain tiles in older ecclesiastical properties.

UK Roofing Awards 2015 shortlist

The call for entries for the 10th UK Roofing Awards went out in September 2014 and closed in January of this year and, at the end of February, a panel of judges whittled down entries from across the UK to 48 finalists across 12 categories.

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