LABC The Voice of Building Control
Implementing Part B 2006 § Barry Turner Director of Technical Services LABC 137 Lupus Street London, SW 1 V 3 HE
Implementing Part B 2006 § Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order § The Building Regulations 2000 (as amended) § Part B – Fire Safety
Fire Risk Assessment & Law w Fire Precautions Act 1971 w Health & Safety at Work Etc. Act 1974 w Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999 w Fire Precautions Workplace Regulations 1997 w Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
Procedural Changes New Regulation 16 B Fire Safety Information
Fire Safety Information w Escape routes & facilities for disabled w Fire Doors w Detector/allarms w Sprinklers w Smoke control w w High risk areas Fire safety equipment Management Safety strategy and detail requirements for more complex buildings.
Procedural Changes Volume 1 Dwellinghouses Volume 2 Buildings other than dwellinghouses For flats and mixed use buildings use volume 2
Procedural Changes § Division of responsibility § § § Building Control Body Fire Safety Enforcing Authority More than one Building Control Body?
Procedural Changes § Hospitals & Health Care Premises § Use guidance in HTM 05 Firecode Schools § Use guidance in BB 100
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.
Volume One Dwellinghouses
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
Domestic sprinklers § As a compensatory feature § As an alternative approach for: § § § Houses with more than 1 floor 4. 5 m above ground level Loft conversions Space separation
Fire Doors § Self closing devices § Not required on fire doors within dwellings except: § § Doors to integral garages Entrance doors to flats (Vol. 2 requirement)
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
Garages § Integral garages § n Sloping floor OR Integral step
Volume Two Buildings Other Than Dwellinghouses
Galleries § Alternative exit/egress window: OR § § Overlook 50% of room below 7. 5 m max travel to head of stair 3 m max from foot of stair to room exit Cooking facilities remote or enclosed Also applies to dwellinghouses
Sprinklers in flats § Sprinklers to be provided in all flats in blocks where some part of the block has a floor over 30 m above ground. § Limitation of BS 9251 to buildings under 20 m in height can be ignored.
Small Premises § Guidance from BS 5588 -11 has been incorporated into text of the A. D.
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
Inclusive Design
Door Width = A. D. M
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