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MIMA comments on fire, public safety and the Buildings Regulations Review

Mineral Wool Insulation Manufacturers Association

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MIMA welcomes the review of Buildings Regulations but would like to see this review go much further 


MIMA would like the review to consider other potentially high occupancy buildings where speed of escape is likely to be constrained such as schools, hospitals and care homes and other high rise non-domestic buildings which appear to fall outside of the Building Regulations review Terms of Reference. 

Building regulations must offer greater assurance of fire safe performance for occupants of both residential and non-residential buildings over 18 metres. The smoke toxicity of construction products must be tested, classified and labelled to provide important information to consumers and throughout the building chain. 

MIMA is calling for a more prescriptive approach to product specification with a requirement that only non-combustible products (Euroclass A1) or products of limited combustibility (Euroclass A2) shall be used on the facades of high rise or high occupancy buildings. 

A prescriptive approach should also be taken with other elements of the building including roofs (levels of requirements to be defined).

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