{"id":83284,"date":"2017-08-08T10:14:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T10:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=37a3eda927a79a17bcdc874d534f5775"},"modified":"2017-08-08T10:14:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T10:14:12","slug":"press-release-further-results-published-from-governments-fire-testing-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=83284","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Further results published from government\u2019s fire testing programme"},"content":{"rendered":"
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These large scale tests will allow experts to better understand how different types of cladding panels behave with different types of insulation in a fire. The results of the first two tests have already been published.<\/p>\n

This third test was of a wall cladding system consisting of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM<\/abbr>) cladding with a fire retardant polyethylene filler (category 2 in screening tests) with PIR foam insulation.<\/p>\n

The government\u2019s expert panel advises that the results<\/a> show that the combination of materials used in the test does not meet current Building Regulations guidance.<\/p>\n

There are up to 13 buildings over 18 metres tall in England known to have a combination of ACM<\/abbr> with a fire retardant polyethylene filler with PIR foam insulation. Cladding samples from each of these buildings had already failed earlier combustibility tests conducted by Building Research Establishment (BRE<\/abbr>) and their owners were sent government advice<\/a> detailing the immediate interim safety measures that needed to be completed.<\/p>\n

These latest test results provide building owners with further evidence about fire risks. Government has now provided these building owners with additional detailed advice<\/a> setting out the actions they need to take to ensure the safety of residents. Government is working closely with these building owners to ensure this advice is being followed.<\/p>\n

To further build the evidence available for experts and building owners so they can make informed safety decisions, government has commissioned a seventh large scale test \u2013 testing ACM<\/abbr> with fire retardant polyethylene filler (category 2 in screening tests) with phenolic foam insulation. Results of all remaining tests will be published when they are available.<\/p>\n

The government announced the independent review<\/a> of building regulations and fire safety on 28 July 2017. This forward looking review will examine the regulatory system around the design, construction and on-going management of buildings in relation to fire safety as well as related compliance and enforcement issues.<\/p>\n

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The third in the government\u2019s series of fire safety tests of cladding and insulation combinations has been completed by the BRE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83284"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}