Renewable energy: Updates

WOBO thanks Renewable Energy for a sample of energy developments in progress Multilab Separations Consortium Puts Biofuel on the Path to Decarbonization Biomass — a renewable energy source that comes from living things — has been in use since man first began burning wood to...

Fire Safety

WOBO thanks Fire Safety Matters for their news items Calls for industry-wide adoption of product traceability policy “growing too loud to ignore” DAME JUDITH Hackitt has once again called for product traceability to form part of regulatory measures designed to increase building standards and safety....

IBQC: Risk-Based Building Classifications & Mandatory Inspections- The Key Benefits

WOBO recognizes the work carried out by Lovegrove and Cotton Lawyers Mandatory inspections are a vital component of a good practice building regulatory ecology. Risk-correlated building classifications offer a calibrated medium through which mandatory inspections may be targeted. This article discusses how enlightened building regulation...

Fire Safety Updates

WOBO thanks Fire Safety Matters for their ongoing news items Halma Group acquires FirePro in major £132 million deal HALMA, THE global group of life safety technology-focused companies, has announced its acquisition of FirePro, the leading designer and manufacturer of aerosol fire suppression systems headquartered...

‘eddie’: Environmental updates

WOBO welcomes the environmental updates from eddie The Green Finance Institute (GFI) has confirmed it is working with Defra to deliver a body of research outlining nature-related financial risk estimates and the impact that the climate and ecological crises could have on the UK economy....

International Codes Council ; Updates

WOBO thanks ICC for the links to activities in progress Rehabilitation of Building Sewers and Building Drains in the I-Codes Section 718 of the 2021 International Plumbing Code® (IPC) covers a process referred to as the “cured in place pipe” (CIPP) method of pipe rehabilitation...

ROCKWOOL: The Flat Roof Resource Hub – specification tools, best practice and product guidance

Technical support from ROCKWOOL Specifying compliant materials for flat roof construction can be tricky, with factors at play including building height, use of the roof space and compartmentation considerations. With this in mind, ROCKWOOL has built a dedicated Flat Roof Resource Hub which brings together everything you need to...

Fire Updates: Action and support required

WOBO thanks IFSEC Global and Fire Safety Matters for the support they provide to our members and fellow professionals Staircase provision? THE ROYAL Institute of British Architects (RIBA), seven built environment bodies, fire safety organisations and disability rights groups have signed a joint letter to...

The Health and Safety Executive; Information is key to safety

The UK Health and Safety Executive is looking for your support in the collection and storage of safety data Making Sense of Safety Data – Our Data Warehouse Project Discovering Safety is developing a data warehouse that will store, collate and make sense of the...

Health and Safety – Legionnaires Disease

WOBO thanks the Safety and Health Practitioner for the link to the article by Antony Paskin, Senior Consultant at Water Hygiene Center It is essential to maintain and manage our buildings to ensure the occupants and users are protected It is very important to ensure...

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