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RIBA client care letter templates are provided exclusively for RIBA Members to support advice to clients in respect of their duties under the CDM Regulations and new Building Regulations in England.
Writing client care letters is an important part of pre-design and project ... Director at EPR Architects, and a member of RIBA’s Fire Safety Group and Principal Designer competency steering group, ...
RIBA president Alan Jones has said he is seriously concerned about insurers excluding fire safety issues from professional indemnity insurance policies Jones spoke of his fears about fire safety ...
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has released an official statement on design for fire safety following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire on June 14. The causes and aftermath of the ...
care homes and hospitals. The new legislation, lobbied for by campaigners and groups including the RIBA, came into effect last December. It prohibits all materials with a European fire rating of less ...
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has warned against a failure to include escape provisions in new fire safety guidance. In its submission to the government’s technical consultation on ...
Following the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017, which claimed 72 lives, the RIBA has launched a consultation for a new “Plan of Work for Fire Safety.” Having consistently called for changes to ...
In March 2019 – ahead of a Westminster Hall debate on fire safety and sprinkler systems – CIOB, RICS and RIBA issued a joint ... schools and care home buildings of 11m in height or above ...
In its submission to the government’s technical consultation on Approved Document B, the building regulations guidance in England that covers fire safety for buildings, RIBA called for extra measures ...