Partitions and Pods working group
Event Details
Date: 19 June 2024
Location: Plaisterers Hall Offices, One London Wall, Barbican, London EC2Y 5JU
Time: 12:00 – 16:00
The aim of the group is to address issues common to those working in the partitions industry and to help educate specifiers and designers about how partitions can be specified and installed to meet exacting performance requirements within the healthcare, residential, commercial office and education sector.
If you have any questions, please contact James Parlour jamesparlour@thefis.org
AGENDA
12:00 Arrival, Registration, Tea & Coffee
12:30 Introductions and Competition Act
12:45 Legislative Updates: · Building Safety Act · UKCA Marking · State of the Economy
13:30 Key Ongoing Activities:
- Managing organisational competency
- Membership vetting update
- Acoustic verification scheme – Revalidation
o Classification of pods - Walls as a System
14:30 Break
14:45 Issues and future projects:
- Reaction to fire (pods)
- Fire resisting glazed partitions
- Use of un-insulated framework
- Compatibility of flexible supporting constructions
- Sustainability – Pre-cycle agreements / Re-usability
- Survey and market data requirements
- Open forum for issues to be raised
15:45 Calendar and upcoming events
16:00 Meeting close
Join us for drinks after the event if you can.