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Mass timber is growing in popularity as an innovative and sustainable building material. It is of course extremely important to consider fire safety. This is an in-depth, truly insightful guidance report which provides guidance around fire safety for anyone involved in mass timber building design. #WeAreArup #Timber #Sustainability

Following our second Façade Focus session on the Future of Façade Remediation in October, this new article focusses more closely on the impact the Building Safety Act 2022 is having on the recladding of apartment buildings. We tackle the issues surrounding the number of buildings that require remediation, how these projects pose unique challenges and factors to consider such as cost, compliance and competency. The full article is available to download here: https://lnkd.in/gPkxpFf4 #Facades #FacadeIndustry #FacadeRemediation #TheBuildingSafetyAct #Recladding #ConstructionUK

Mass Timber and Fire Safe Design do not need to be mutually exclusive. In recent years, the construction industry has seen a surge in interest in mass timber as an innovative and sustainable building material. Fire safety is crucial, so how can we ensure that large scale timber buildings are fire-safe? We’ve at Arup have drawn on decades of global fire safety research, including our own large-scale mass timber experimental series, to formulate risk-based guidance. This serves as a resource to be used by anyone involved in the design and construction of mass timber buildings and has already informed the fire safety for multiple buildings. Download our “Fire Safe Design of Mass Timber Buildings” Guidance, here: https://bit.ly/4aItBVW #WeAreArup hashtag #Sustainability hashtag #Timber hashtag #FireSafety hashtag #SustainableDevelopment

Commercial roofs serve many functions beyond providing shelter. As such, it’s essential to understand the benefits of commercial roofs when selecting a model for your building.

Envelope design for Higher Risk Buildings must be completed much earlier in the construction programme following the introduction of the Building Safety Act last year. Read our blog to understand how this might affect your project and how our specialist Building Envelope team can help. https://bit.ly/3XlJnRY

Have you considered using mass timber and wondered what fire safety measures should be provided, and looked for a starting point? 🤔 🔥 We are delighted to share our risk-based guide to help fire safety engineers, clients and other stakeholders exploring the use of mass timber answer essential early stage questions, such as: • Can all of the mass timber remain exposed, or is encapsulation required (and if so, how much)? • Is a single-stair building compatible with mass timber construction? • Should mass timber be used within external walls? The guide draws on decades of experience within Arup both researching and designing fire safe mass timber structures. This expertise has been used to inform the development of many landmark projects, such as the Sky Believe in Better Building in the UK (https://lnkd.in/g7SSuGnf) and the Galkangu Bendigo GovHub building in Australia (https://lnkd.in/gUfms8fe). 🏗 🏭 Read more, and download the Guide at the link below, if you're interested: https://lnkd.in/g45hK-sR The guide is primarily targeted for use in the UK and other countries which do not yet have published fire safety guidance documents which address mass timber. However, there is a wealth of useful information within the guide which will help us all design safe, sustainable buildings from mass timber, where appropriate. 🧠 👩🎓 #WeAreArup #FireSafety #Excellence #MassTimber

Problem solving at Cannan Lane ⬇️ Today, we're throwing it back to our work transforming the site of former public conveniences in the Morningside area of Edinburgh into a new five storey residential building, with a natural sandstone facade. The site's location and our choice of construction materials were both key considerations that required careful thought and planning to make this regeneration project a success. Take a closer look at how we tackled these challenges below... 📍 Project: Canaan Lane 🤝 Client: Rennick Property (Andrew Rennick) 🤔 Issue: Derelict public toilets on site of potential new homes in highly populated area of Edinburgh. Challenging site with a tenement on one side and new build house on the other - access was a key issue. Challenges of working with timber is the initial shrinkage and the design team had to carefully consider the detailing prior to the build. 💡 Solution: Demolishing toilets. Creating a five-storey apartment block which (unusually) was constructed from a timber frame. Detailed planning had to be taken to manage site access issues and potential disruption. Carefully considered detailing prior to the build. #engineering #solutions #construction #realisewhatspossible

When the time comes for a building to be demolished, or materials removed during refurbishment, it is incredibly important that products can be identified and treated appropriately. In this blog we give a brief overview of how to identify and dispose of insulated panel systems at the end of their life: https://zurl.co/Qamj #InsulatedPanels #UKConstruction #WasteManagement #Building

Shifts in demand for building envelope products can vary from year to year and are determined by numerous factors, primarily those related to building #construction activity. https://hubs.la/Q02G66yP0 #buildingenvelope

Australia's National Construction Code is set for significant change in 2025. The NCC 2025 Public Comment Draft will be released on May 1 and will propose significant building code changes in six areas. A summary of the changes can be seen in the article below, which is based on an interview which I conducted with Australian Building Codes Board CEO Gary Rake last week. The changes will be less disruptive compared with those in NCC 2022 but will deliver important improvements that will have a substantial and positive impact on new building construction. #construction #australia #buildings #property #nationalconstructioncode #architecture #engineering David Chandler OAM Stephen Kip Kristin Brookfield Bronwyn Weir Prof (Adj) Kim Lovegrove FRSN, MSE, RML. https://lnkd.in/gFFXen3r