Best Practice Guides
The FIS Best Practice Guides are an essential guide to selection, planning and installation in these specialist areas. They are designed to give an overview and support understanding for all involved in the process.
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FIS maintains a technical team which work with the industry to set standards and to support members, specifiers and clients.
These publications are available to download for FIS Members, if you a non member, please email your details to info@thefis.org with details of your business and reason for requesting the document and we will be in touch.
Latest News
FIS and SCI to launch Steel Framing System Guide with consortium of industry partners
FIS and the Steel Construction Institute (SCI) will launch the much-awaited Technical Report ED017 – Design and Installation of Light Steel External Wall Systems guide with a consortium of industry partners on Thursday 16 May. SFS is the lightweight steel frame used...
On the rise: national minimum wage and national living wage increases
The National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates will increase on 1 April 2019 The rates will increase as follows: Age bracket Current rate April 2019 rate Over 25’s £7.83 £8.21 21 to 24-year-olds £7.38 £7.70 18 to 20-year-olds £5.90 £6.15 16 to 17...
Increased funding to support apprenticeships and training
Following announcements from the Chancellor last week that funding for apprenticeship training would be increased to cover 95% of costs for non-Apprenticeship Levy payers, CITB has announced a significant increase in grants available to support the additional costs to...