Overview

Where you have multiple large timber framed buildings on the same building site, there is a serious risk of all becoming involved during construction where there will be exposed materials, methods of working and security factors that may increase the risk of fire. This course will look at the issues regarding these buildings to identify areas of improvement.

This course covers the following topics:

• Types of timber framed buildings
• Advantages of timber framed construction
• Incidents involving these types of buildings
• United Kingdon Timber Framed Association guidance
• The Q mark
• Sitesafe scheme
• The risk assessment process
• Step one – CDM
• Step two – The Fire Safety Co-ordinator
• Step three – Site safety plan
• Step four -Checks and tests
• Step Five – The commincation process
• Step Six – Promoting a fire safe working environment
• Step seven – Fire detection and warning
• Step eight – Emergence escape – the 35 metre rule
• Step nine – Building in fire protection along the way
• Step ten – Site security against arson
• Step eleven – Protecting temporary buildings
• Step twelve – Safe storage of materials
• Step thirteen – Designing out hot works
• Step fourteen – Keeping a tidy site
• Step fifteen – Dealing with plant and equipment
• Step sixteen – A No Smoking Site
• Security level requirements
• Risk to firefighters
• Crackdown on construction sites

Duration – 45 minutes

Cost to view seminar £20