FIRE SAFETY UPDATE - Second Large Scale Cladding Test Result and Advice for Building Owners and Action Required
Please see information below which provides the Second Large-Scale Test Results issued on 3rd August 2017.
Advice for Building Owners with Second Test Panels
Details of previous results and information links if you have missed these.
In the coming weeks further tests will be conducted as directed by the Independent Expert Advisory Panel set up by the department. Results from all of the tests will be posted on www.gov.uk/guidance/building-safety-programme.
If you haven’t already, you are also encouraged to sign up for regular updates and the registration link is provided within the attached to enable you to register yourself for all of the regular updates to be sent directly to you.
Department for Communities and Local Government
Building Safety Programme Newsletter - Issue 03 / 4 August 2017
We are writing to you as an organisation which we consider would be interested in keeping up to date on the Department for Communities and Local Government’s (DCLG) work on building safety following the fire at Grenfell Tower. We hope you found the newsletter and links to the webpage beneficial to your organisation.
The newsletter contains news and updated advice for landlords. DCLG has established the Building Safety Programme to identify the buildings which are of concern through a checking and testing process, and develop advice and solutions for landlords and building owners.
In the coming weeks further tests will be conducted as directed by the Independent Expert Advisory Panel set up by the department. Results from all of the tests will be posted on www.gov.uk/guidance/building-safety-programme.
FIRE SAFETY UPDATE - Second Large Scale Cladding Test Result and Advice for Building Owners and Action Required
Please see information below which provides the Second Large-Scale Test Results issued on 3rd August 2017.
Advice for Building Owners with Second Test Panels
Details of previous results and information links if you have missed these.
In the coming weeks further tests will be conducted as directed by the Independent Expert Advisory Panel set up by the department. Results from all of the tests will be posted on www.gov.uk/guidance/building-safety-programme.
If you haven’t already, you are also encouraged to sign up for regular updates and the registration link is provided within the attached to enable you to register yourself for all of the regular updates to be sent directly to you.
Department for Communities and Local Government
Building Safety Programme Newsletter - Issue 03 / 4 August 2017
We are writing to you as an organisation which we consider would be interested in keeping up to date on the Department for Communities and Local Government’s (DCLG) work on building safety following the fire at Grenfell Tower. We hope you found the newsletter and links to the webpage beneficial to your organisation.
The newsletter contains news and updated advice for landlords. DCLG has established the Building Safety Programme to identify the buildings which are of concern through a checking and testing process, and develop advice and solutions for landlords and building owners.
In this week’s newsletter:
The second large-scale test of wall cladding systems has been undertaken by the Building Research Establishment. Based on advice from The Expert Panel, where building owners have the same or similar materials on their building as those detailed in the second test, they should read the advice contained in Advice Note 5 'Advice for Building Owners: large-scale wall system test'.
In case you missed them, Issues 1 and 2 of the newsletter had links to:
In the coming weeks further tests will be conducted as directed by the Independent Expert Advisory Panel set up by the department. Results from all of the tests will be posted on www.gov.uk/guidance/building-safety-programme.
If you haven’t already, you are also encouraged to sign up for regular updates via this registration link.
Thank you for your continued support.
Building Safety Programme Team
Department for Communities and Local Government