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This safety alert highlights and raises awareness of the issue of substandard timber battens within the marketplace which have the potential to cause roof failures and accidents.

NFRC Member M&J Group (Construction and Roofing) Limited, invited NFRC to write a case study where they were undertaking the removal of failing RAAC (Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete).

This four-page guidance note provides a handy reference document with shortcuts to the relevant HSE guidance notes which assist in quickly locating the relevant information that may be needed by roofing contractors.

The guidance outlines the health risks that working outdoors and reminding employers of The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employers to assess the risks to the health and safety of their employees arising out of their work activity.

This alert underlines the importance of managing materials, including those on-site that have yet to be used or installed, or where they have been partly installed and remain exposed.

This guidance document is to promote Safe2Torch specification writing at the initial survey and design stage and a safe system of work when using propane gas torches for the application of roofing membranes and the drying of roof surfaces for all flat roofing applications.

This guidance outlines considerations to either eliminate the risk or specify risk mitigation measures when carrying out hot works.

The document is split into sections covering the changes regarding design responsibility, structural properties, minimum roof pitch with or without in plane rooflights, safety, insulation, durability, spacer systems, rooflight area and specification, fibre cement, air tightness, gutters and flashings.

It highlights the requirements for, and importance of, the installation of firestops at party wall and compartmental wall locations; and how they should be installed correctly and in accordance with manufacturers’ recommendations.

This safety alert highlights and clarifies the correct requirements that a fire stop must achieve for Scotland. It sets out what you must check with the manufacturer of the product you use to ensure that it meets the requirements of the Domestic handbook in Scotland.

This safety alert highlights and clarifies the correct requirements that a fire stop must achieve, one England and Wales. It sets out what you must check with the manufacturer of the product you use to ensure that it meets the requirements of Approved Document B, Annexe B, Table 3 and 4.

The Safe2Torch visual checklist has been developed to help identify areas of risk before carrying out hot works.

This toolbox talk highlights what you need to do, and think about, before and during the installation of roofing battens.

This guidance is in respect of fire risk and the spread of fire . GRO has consulted the Building Regulations Approved Document B “Fire Safety” and the additional guidance as laid out in the Department for Communities and Local Government document “Fire Performance of Green Roof and Walls” (August 2013).

This alert hightlights the risks of RAAC plank decks throughout our membership and the wider industry.

This two-page safety alert highlights concerns of the fire performance of lightweight system-built schools, particularly in CLASP schools.