{"id":41785,"date":"2018-05-29T14:34:31","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T13:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=41785"},"modified":"2018-05-29T14:34:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T13:34:31","slug":"testing-times-for-uk-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/testing-times-for-uk-construction\/41785\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing times for UK construction: A look at service testing and fire safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ryan Simmonds, Sales Director for Framing at voestalpine Metsec plc, calls on the construction industry to evolve and become a standard bearer in terms of full service testing and fire safety<\/h2>\n<p>The current UK mediasphere has the issue of fire safety front and center.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the outcomes of future hearings, reports and investigations, what is clear is that for any future building project, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/government-to-consult-on-proposals-to-toughen-testing-for-cladding-systems\/40327\/\">full system testing<\/a> and fire safety are paramount to any organisation within the construction supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>This extends from the initial designs, to the care taken when installing systems and safety measures, to the long-term maintenance and upkeep of buildings.<\/p>\n<p>One issue already emerging from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/risk-report-highlights-grenfell-tower-controversial-project\/39693\/\">Grenfell Tower tragedy<\/a> is that focusing on the performance of one standalone product in a fire, without considering the myriad of other factors that can allow a fire to spread, is too simplistic and does not address all the risks involved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/building-on-efficiency-foundations\/37062\/\">Today\u2019s buildings need to perform as efficiently as possible &#8211; structurally, acoustically and thermally &#8211; but they must also be as safe as possible in terms of fire protection.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Stringent on safety<\/h3>\n<p>The importance of stringent full system testing goes much further than responding to the news agenda. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/hackitt-building-regulations-not-fit-purpose\/37374\/\">Hackett Report<\/a> concluded that indifference and ignorance led to a \u201crace to the bottom\u201d in building safety practices, with cost prioritised over safety.<\/p>\n<p>We understand that striking this balance can be a challenge for the industry \u2013 but achieving this won\u2019t happen overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Months of research, design and stringent fire testing were invested to develop our new SFS range of sections, and, with the introduction of more product options to reduce over-specification, we are putting our stake in the ground with regards to where the industry needs to move to, if it is to evolve.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest change in the SFS market for 20 years, the aim of the new range is to combine best value and quality for installers and end users, as well as have a substantial impact on the green credentials and sustainability of any project where our new SFS solution is implemented.<\/p>\n<h3>Peace of mind<\/h3>\n<p>The focus in modern construction is now more on liability and risk and assuring end clients in terms of full system testing, fire safety, insurance premiums, and potential changes to building regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Our SFS range now has more system testing data than ever before, in fact over 200 wall and floor solution combinations. With our fire performance data tested or assessed by the UK\u2019s leading test centre &#8211; the <a href=\"https:\/\/bregroup.com\/\">BRE<\/a>, we also calculate acoustic and thermal data to give\u00a0 complete peace of mind.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside our colleagues in construction, it is our duty to innovate and adapt to give both assurance and reassurance when it comes to building safety, so our industry can make headlines for all the right reasons and be a watchword for both quality and safety.<\/p>\n<p>In these testing times for UK construction, it is a time for introspection; we feel it is vital as an industry to re-examine our innermost workings and practices.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-41786 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ryan-Simmonds-sales-director-for-Framing-Metsec-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ryan-Simmonds-sales-director-for-Framing-Metsec-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ryan-Simmonds-sales-director-for-Framing-Metsec-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ryan-Simmonds-sales-director-for-Framing-Metsec-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ryan-Simmonds-sales-director-for-Framing-Metsec-1068x1424.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ryan-Simmonds-sales-director-for-Framing-Metsec-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ryan-Simmonds-sales-director-for-Framing-Metsec-1920x2561.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ryan-Simmonds-sales-director-for-Framing-Metsec.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Simmonds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sales Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Framing Metsec<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metsec.com\/sfsframing\">www.metsec.com\/sfsframing<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Simmonds, Sales Director for Framing at voestalpine Metsec plc, calls on the construction industry to evolve and become a standard bearer in terms of full service testing and fire safety. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[594,676,110,795,753],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-41785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-health-safety-news","7":"tag-building-design","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-fire-safety-management","10":"tag-grenfell-tower","11":"tag-safety"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Testing times for UK construction: service testing and fire safety<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ryan Simmonds, Sales Director for Framing at voestalpine Metsec plc, calls on the construction industry to evolve and become a standard bearer in terms of full service testing and fire safety.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/testing-times-for-uk-construction\/41785\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Testing times for UK construction: A look at service testing and fire safety\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ryan Simmonds, Sales Director for Framing at voestalpine Metsec plc, calls on the construction industry to evolve and become a standard bearer in terms of full service testing and fire safety.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/testing-times-for-uk-construction\/41785\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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