BESA issues alert over ventilation fire damper risk

BESA issues alert over ventilation fire damper risk

BESA has issued an interim technical bulletin ahead of a full update of its industry guidance for the ‘Installation of Fire Dampers and Smoke Dampers’ (DW145), set to be launched at the association’s national conference in October.

BESA said that it was producing an interim announcement because of “the urgent nature of the problem” exposed by annual inspections carried out

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Consulting engineer opens Liverpool office

Consulting engineer opens Liverpool office
Rodgers Leask’s Liverpool squad (left to right) Abbie Butler, Gavin Briscoe, Chris Pollett and Daniel Cahill

Rodgers Leask began in a single office in Derby in 1984 and now offers structural, civil, geo-environmental and transport planning services across a range of sectors nationwide.

The new Liverpool office is headed by divisional director Chris Pollett.

 “Having worked in Liverpool earlier in

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British roads not fit for driverless cars, industry warns

British roads not fit for driverless cars, industry warns
Britpave argues that concrete pavements are more robust than asphalt

Britpave – the British Cementitious Paving Association representing many leading roadbuilding contractors, designers, machinery makers and materials suppliers – says that autonomous vehicles, all following the same alignment, will soon cause rutting in asphalt and impaired surface skid resistance.

Under plans announced by the Department of Transport self-driving vehicles could

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Contractor sought for hydrogen pipeline

Contractor sought for hydrogen pipeline

Caden is planning to build a pipeline will transport hydrogen to northwest industrial users to reduce their reliance on fossil gas.

Part of the HyNet low carbon cluster, it will be the UK’s first 100% hydrogen pipeline at scale.

The opportunity to provide engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) services for the first 100% hydrogen pipeline at scale in the

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