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CROSS-UK Newsletter 77

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CROSS-UK Newsletter 77 includes expert comment on fire and structural safety reports made to CROSS.  The PDF version, accessed via the button below, also includes a range of building safety updates.

Inadequate means of escape from temporary sporting venue structures

A fire risk assessor found critical fire safety failures throughout several temporary structures utilised at a sporting event. These failures compromised the means of escape for large numbers of occupants.

Assumptions about an older building’s fire resistance leads to rapid fire spread

A reporter’s investigation of a fire in a two-storey block of flats revealed a lack of awareness of historic fire resistance requirements. The minimal fire resistance allowed rapid fire spread from the ground-floor flat to the one above, undermining the building’s compartmentation and evacuation strategy.

Robustness of certain Consequence Class 2a buildings

A reporter advises that recent projects have highlighted the potential difficulties that can arise when providing robustness requirements for certain Consequence Class 2a buildings.