The GAI and Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) have published a new guide to outline the process and considerations that need to be taken in order to manage social distancing effectively through the use of partitioning and ironmongery.

Subdivision of work space using partitioning, along with the specification and installation of appropriate ironmongery solutions can provide effective solutions to creating smaller working spaces through recellularisation where people can work safely and also to feel safe.

This guide will help business owners and specifiers with some vital information and considerations in respect of this process.

Download the guide here

A blueprint to improve competence for those working on higher-risk buildings and drive culture change has been set out by a cross-industry group representing more than 150 organisations in the fire and built environment industries. The “Setting the Bar” report is the second and final report of the Competence Steering Group [CSG] and is an update of its Interim Report, Raising the Bar, published in August 2019. The work was initiated by the recommendations in Dame Judith Hackitt’s review Building a Safer Future.  

The report can be downloaded from here

GAI Technical Manager Douglas Masterson is a member of the Competence Steering Group who authored this report, and is also Deputy Chair of WG12, the working group with responsibility for competence in construction products within this. Both Douglas and Hanna Clarke of Construction Products Association  (secretariat of WG12) were recently interviewed by LMC on the work of WG12 within the context of the ongoing drive towards greater competence in the industry, as well as the important role construction products play within this.

The full interview can be seen here

What this means for the GAI can be seen here