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Gove tightens second staircase rules

Construction Enquirer

Second staircases will need to be installed on all new buildings taller than 18 metres. Consultations last year had an initial threshold of 30m for second staircases in new schemes which has already been adopted in London and subsequently led to the shelving of a series of planned new residential schemes.

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What Is Staircase | Location of Staircase| Riser and Tread Calculation | How to Calculate Riser and Tread Dimensions

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What Is Staircase? The Staircase is basically a structure that is used for the vertical movement of the occupants and helps to connect two floors with each other. The staircase consists of a set of the number of stairs that provides traveling from one floor to another floor. Location of Staircase.

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What Is Fire Escape Staircases | Types of Fire Escaping Stairs | What Is the Importance of Fire Escape in the Building | What Are the Fire Staircase Requirements

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Introduction of Fire Escape Staircase. The staircase is one of the most preferred solutions for the safe emergency evacuations and fire escapes in case of emergency. In this article, you will get to know all about the fire escape staircase , fire escape staircase requirements. What Are Fire Escape Staircases?

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What is Staircase – Its Types, Components & Requirement of Good Stairs

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A building either residential, commercial, or multi-story building, the stair is definite or precise arrangements that give or provide us access from one floor to another floor or to each floor of a building. In other words, It is an arrangement provided for vertical movement of people residing or living in any building. What is […].

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Top 30 M&E contractors set for growth – ranking

Construction Enquirer

Danny Bavington, Business Unit Director South at SES Engineering Services, said: “There had been a definite increase in large schemes in the last 12 to 18 months, which seems to have caused some saturation in the market.

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What Is Sunken Slab | Advantages & Disadvantages Sunken Slab

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This kind of situation may find during staircase landing. Also, read: How to Calculate Staircase | Concrete & Bar Bending Schedule (BBS). Definition Efflorescence | Efflorescence in Concrete. After that, new concrete will be poured. Like this post? Share it with your friends! Suggested Read-.

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17 Vastu Tips Before House Construction | Vastu Tips for Different Locations of House | Scientific Facts of Vastu Location of Rooms

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Vastu Tips for Staircase: We all know that the staircase is a room where the stairs are located. As per the Vastu rules, the best location for the staircase is the southwest direction. If making the staircase in the southwest is not possible then the staircase can be made in four directions. It is simply ok.