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LABC The Voice of Building Control

LABC The Voice of Building Control. Implementing Part B 2006. Barry Turner Director of Technical Services LABC 137 Lupus Street London, SW1V 3HE. Implementing Part B 2006. Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order The Building Regulations 2000 (as amended) Part B – Fire Safety.

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LABC The Voice of Building Control

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  1. LABCThe Voice of Building Control

  2. Implementing Part B 2006 • Barry Turner Director of Technical Services LABC 137 Lupus Street London, SW1V 3HE

  3. Implementing Part B 2006 • Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order • The Building Regulations 2000 (as amended) • Part B – Fire Safety

  4. why risk assess?

  5. Fire Risk Assessment & Law • Fire Precautions Act 1971 • Health & Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974 • Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 • Fire Precautions Workplace Regulations 1997 • Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

  6. Procedural Changes New Regulation 16B Fire Safety Information

  7. Escape routes & facilities for disabled Fire Doors Detector/allarms Sprinklers Smoke control High risk areas Fire safety equipment Management Safety strategy and detail requirements for more complex buildings. Fire Safety Information

  8. Procedural Changes Volume 1 Dwellinghouses Volume 2 Buildings other than dwellinghouses For flats and mixed use buildings use volume 2

  9. Procedural Changes • Division of responsibility • Building Control Body • Fire Safety Enforcing Authority • More than one Building Control Body?

  10. Procedural Changes • Hospitals & Health Care Premises • Use guidance in HTM 05 Firecode Schools • Use guidance in BB 100

  11. Transitional Provisions • Work will not be subject to the Part B amendments, IF - Before 6 April 2007 • A Building Notice has been given, or Full Plans have been deposited. (whether or not plans have been approved) • An Initial Notice, Public Bodies Notice, or amendment notice has been issued.

  12. Volume OneDwellinghouses

  13. Smoke and heat alarms • Direct reference to grade and category of BS 5839-6: 2004 • Mains powered with battery backup Extensions • Provide smoke alarms where habitable rooms are provided above ground level or if at ground level where there is no final exit from the new room

  14. Domestic sprinklers • As a compensatory feature • As an alternative approach for:- • Houses with more than 1 floor 4.5m above ground level • Loft conversions • Space separation

  15. Fire Doors • Self closing devices • Not required on fire doors within dwellings except:- • Doors to integral garages • Entrance doors to flats (Vol. 2 requirement)

  16. Loft Conversions • Alternative approach no longer accepted. • Protected stair and smoke alarms required • Upgrading of existing doors may be possible • Alternative suggestions for open plan layout • Cut off door • Escape window • Sprinkler protection

  17. Garages • Integral garages • Sloping floor OR • Integral step

  18. Volume TwoBuildings Other Than Dwellinghouses

  19. Galleries • Alternative exit/egress window: OR • Overlook 50% of room below • 7.5m max travel to head of stair • 3m max from foot of stair to room exit • Cooking facilities remote or enclosed Also applies to dwellinghouses

  20. Sprinklers in flats • Sprinklers to be provided in all flats in blocks where some part of the block has a floor over 30m above ground. • Limitation of BS 9251 to buildings under 20m in height can be ignored.

  21. Small Premises • Guidance from BS 5588-11 has been incorporated into text of the A.D.

  22. Care Homes • Guidance included for progressive horizontal evacuation • Where sprinklers provided • Closers not required on bedroom doors • >10 beds permitted in protected area • More than one bed per bedroom • Management procedures to be part of fire safety strategy

  23. Inclusive Design

  24. Door Width = A.D. M

  25. That’s it from me! ?

  26. LABCThe Voice of Building Control barry.turner@labc.uk.com

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