In the latest Scottish cladding remediation estimates, 23% of the country’s high-rise (18m+) residential buildings and up to 10% of mid-rise (11-18m) residential buildings may still require work to alleviate fire risk from external cladding systems. When you consider that we recently marked the eighth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower disaster, this has left residents, […]
A question recently posed to me by a social housing executive was perfectly simple, and of course completely implausible given existing statutory regulations, but I played along anyway. ‘If you could invest in just one fire safety system to protect residents, what would that be?’ The speed and brevity of my response – ‘A sprinkler […]
Harmony Fire, the national fire safety engineering consultancy, has announced the appointment of Rob Hutton as Strategic Partnerships Director. This is the latest high-profile hire in the last month, which also includes Ged Moore joining as Managing Director of the company’s Auro technology business. Rob brings over 22 years’ social housing experience to Harmony Fire, […]
Harmony has launched Auro Door, the world’s first fully integrated and certified IoT (Internet of Things) fire door at Housing 2025 in Manchester. Auro Door is initially launched as a self-testing, 30-minute rated (FD30) UK manufactured fire door that helps keep residents safe 24/7 by actively monitoring its performance and is Harmony’s innovative response to […]
In a heavily trailed Spending Review for the housing sector, there were no surprises this afternoon for housing leaders already expressing positive sentiments on an eye-catching £39bn Affordable Homes Programme – injecting £1.4bn of additional funding into house building annually. There was also confirmation of a 10-year rent settlement for social housing that will be […]