BSI publishes new fire safety guide as Gove withdraws flawed advice note
在政府决定撤回有关楼宇外墙系统火警风险评估的综合意见后，BSI今日公布了一套新的实务守则，涵盖有关楼宇外墙系统的火警风险评估。
Housing secretary Michael Gove finally withdrew the government’s controversial consolidate advice note (CAN) on fire safety on Monday as part of a bid to free up the market for buying and selling homes in flat blocks, which has been brought to a standstill in some areas because of lender concerns over fire safety.
The CAN, which wasdesigned to advise building owners how to keep homes safe, has been seen as driving lenders’ requirements that fire risk assessments be undertaken on medium-rise blocks of flats prior to issuing mortgages, which has left many occupiers unable to sell.
周一，戈夫表示，CAN被“错误地解读了，并促使人们采取了一种谨慎的方法来确保建筑的安全，这种安全超出了我们认为必要的范围”。
He said the government was instead supporting “new, proportionate guidance for assessors, developed by the British Standards Institution”, which is what has now been published.
The British Standards Institute said the new code of practice, namedPAS 9880:2022had been developed by a steering group of construction, fire, housing and safety experts in order to guide fire engineers and other building professionals in fire risk appraisals of external walls.
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The standard, which is sponsored by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Home Office, is not intended as an alternative to RICS’ EWS1 form, which guides valuation surveys, but the government is hoping EWS1 forms will refer back to it.
To view or download the new PAS,click here.
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