The 2018 UK government ban on the use of combustible materials on new high-rise homes has significant implications for large scale timber buildings.
Fire safety design: we need to talk about timber
A two-volume package comprising 'Practical guide to structural robustness and disproportionate collapse in buildings (2nd edition)' and 'Manual for the systematic risk assessment of high-risk structures against disproportionate collapse'.
In the wake of a serious fire in a car park at Luton Airport, Mark Pundsack discusses some of the key fire safety considerations in car park design.
This month we present a report concerning multistorey cross-laminated timber buildings and their risk of collapse during a fire.