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FIS awards industry’s best!
FIS today celebrated the finishes and interiors sector with the announcement of the winners of the FIS 2022 Contractors Awards. Members and their guests packed out the Nine Kings Suite at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London to watch the winners in the nine categories...
FIS launches digital platform to provide accurate competency record
With the requirement to demonstrate competency in your workforce being carried into law with the new Building Safety Act, FIS has teamed with MyProPass (MPP) to provide a platform for businesses to manage the competency of their workforce and for individuals to...
Amendments to Approved Document B
Government have now published a new document that sets out amendments to guidance previously published in Approved Document B: Fire safety, Volume 1 – Dwellings and Volume 2 – Buildings other than dwellings. These amendments will be incorporated in the online...
Price inflation and a diminishing labour supply are now of greater concern than product availability
Statement from John Newcomb, CEO of the Builders Merchants Federation and Peter Caplehorn, CEO of the Construction Products Association, co-chairs of the Construction Leadership Council’s Product Availability working group Price inflation and a diminishing labour...
Update: Non-Combustible Cladding Requirements Extended and Amended
There have been further changes to fire safety requirements in the Building Regulations and the use of non-combustible materials in and on the external walls of new flats, hospitals, student, school accommodation and dormitory buildings (originally introduced in...
Growth continues but cost pressures mount
The construction supply chain extended its run of strong growth into 2022, in spite of existing price and supply issues being exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In Q1, construction product manufacturers reported an increase in sales, and SME builders,...
Making our apprenticeship system simpler for employers, training providers and apprentices
A number of improvements and simplifications to apprenticeships will come into force from August 2022. Over the past five years apprenticeships have been transformed into a high-quality skills programme for learners and employers. Employers have created more than 640...
Fire Door Safety Alert: Clarification around FD20s
Approved documents supporting compliance with the Building Regulations refers to an FD20 Fire Doorset in certain circumstances. This is no longer a commonly tested option with many manufacturers no longer testing to this standard and certification companies not...
FIS issues technical guidance on requirements to record and photograph junctions to the external wall
Recent changes to Part L Conservation of fuel and power come into effect on 15 June 2022 where you are working in residential buildings. From Wednesday 15 June a requirement to provide photographic evidence of junction of internal walls to external envelope of a...