A new whitepaper is
available from ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions, issued in response to the MHCLG’s
Building a Safer Future: An Implementation Plan.
The whitepaper,
which highlights the critical points from the Implementation Plan, can be
downloaded from: https://bit.ly/2I8d4Bk
Led by Dame Judith
Hackitt, an Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety was
published, in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. This called for the
development of an “implementation plan that will provide a coherent approach to
delivering the recommendations in her Review.”
Building a Safer
Future: An Implementation Plan is the response from the Ministry of Housing,
Communities and Local Government. The plan sets out how Government and industry
will achieve the systematic overhaul required to improve building and fire
safety.
Many of the key
points and areas of action covered in the Implementation Plan were also
highlighted in ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions’ initial response to the Hackitt
Review.
Speaking on the
proposals put forward and the latest whitepaper, Brian Sofley, Managing
Director at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions, Door Group, said: “We are pleased
that the latest plan is in line with many of the recommendations we supported
on how the industry can tackle the important issue of fire safety.
“The plan sets a
statement of intent from the Government for construction and manufacturing
industries. Its comprehensive approach to fire safety products will ensure
that, through third-party certification, standards and safety requirements are
integral, not just at the manufacturing stage, but during installation,
inspection and ongoing maintenance.
“Our latest
whitepaper demonstrates the alignment between Government and the construction
and manufacturing industries in the approach to ensuring a safer built
environment for all.”
