British Standards: Access the Standards

British Standards – free demonstration! Working across different disciplines within your business, means that you need to ensure that everyone who needs standards has access to them. Standards from different bodies can make this hard and costly. Manage your standards with British Standards Online Library (BSOL),...

Joint Code of Practice for Fire Prevention on Construction Sites

Fire – prevention is better than cure! FREE (formerly £25)! – Joint Code of Practice for Fire Prevention on Construction Sites – 9th Edition – RISCAuthority is pleased to announce that, in association with Construction Industry Publications Limited (CIP) and the Contractors Legal Group, we...

ICC: Standard for Off-site Construction: Planning, Design, Fabrication and Assembly

Offsite construction – a focus for the future!! The International Code Council and Modular Building Institute release the first American National Standards on Off-Site Construction planning, design, fabrication, assembly and inspection and regulatory compliance. PDFs of ICC/MBI Standards 1200 & 1205 available now. -ICC/MBI 1200-2021 Standard for Off-site Construction:...

Safety case principles for high-rise residential buildings

WOBO thanks Peter Baker, Chief Inspector of Buildings for his update in respect of high rise residential buildings. The Building Safety Bill is making its way through Parliament. As it passes, we will get a clearer idea of what it might mean to the building...

Shelter Projects 8th edition!

WOBO, as part of its support for the UN-Habitat, is pleased to provide the link to the latest Shelter Projects. This is the eighth edition in the series of  publications that started 13 years ago, contributing to a total repository of nearly 300 project case studies and...

Australia: Fire Engineering Guidelines 2021

WOBO appreciates the guide towards consistency and Fire Safety. The Australian Fire Engineering Guide (AFEG) has been developed by a team of specialist fire engineers (FE). The AFEG is part of the National Construction Code (NCC) support documents, and provides a guideline that meets the...

Australian Building Codes Board: 2021 NCC Seminar videos are now available

WOBO thanks the ABCB for the opportunity for members and fellow professionals to review their seminar videos. Watch their free videos on key topics from the 2021 NCC Seminars. Check out their 2021 Seminar videos available now on the YouTube Channel or their resource library....

UN-Habitat: The Value of Sustainable Urbanization

WOBO thanks the UN-Habitat for the link to the World Cities Report 2020. The world we live in has been transformed in a manner not witnessed in recent times.  The coronavirus pandemic has triggered what arguably is the worst public health crisis in a century...

Structural Warranties and Building Control – New Technical Manual

Technical expertise is essential for the creation of safe buildings. The new Technical Manual is out now. Download version 14 today. https://hubs.li/H0QFS3W0 Premier Guarantee is one of the UK’s leading providers of Structural Warranties and Building Control. Since 1997, we have arranged structural warranty cover on...

Sprinkler Service & Maintenance – Guidance, Records and Checklists

WOBO welcomes ongoing support in securing safety within the built environment. The RISCAuthority are pleased to announce that following a recent request from within RISCAuthority Active Sprinkler Rules working group, echoed and endorsed by the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association (BAFSA), the completion of a...

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