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Maintaining control of the gas servicing contract
Regulation 36 of the Gas Safety (Installation & Use) Regulations 1998 places important duties on most Landlords of domestic property...
Vic Lord (2007 - See all articles from 2007)
Keeping out of hot water
It is a shocking and tragic fact that the Health and Safety Executive are aware of four incidents involving fatal injuries to tenants caused by discharge of scalding water: and a further three incidents associated with back boiler explosions
Alison Mathias (2008 - See all articles from 2008)
Asbestos - Reaching Compliance
It is now over three years since the introduction of Regulation 4 and the “Duty to Manage” regulations with the main thrust of this new legislation being – as the name implies – to ensure asbestos in non-domestic premises is adequately managed. Unfortunat
Chris Bishop (2008 - See all articles from 2008)
Clients, Contractors and Smaller Construction Jobs
The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007) were one year old in April. What effects have they had?
Paul Reeve (2008 - See all articles from 2008)
Generation Homes – low carbon refurbishment project, UK
The existing housing stock in England accounts for 27% of national carbon dioxide emissions. Despite this, a standard remains to be introduced to tackle emissions from the existing housing stock of some 22,000,000 homes which represent the main challenge.
Paul Ciniglio (2008 - See all articles from 2008)
BS 7671:2008 Requirements for Electrical Installations
BS7671: 2008 Requirements for Electrical Installations, more commonly known as the IEE Wiring Regulations 17th Edition was published in January 2008 and comes into force on 1st July 2008.
Stephen Plant (2008 - See all articles from 2008)
Tenants Services Authority
Introducing the new regulator for social housing
Phillip Morgan (2009 - See all articles from 2009)
Control of asbestos
Guidance will soon be available on the control of asbestos in domestic dwellings.
John Richards (2009 - See all articles from 2009)
Managing exposure to tree risk
Landlords could be liable if risk arising from trees is not properly managed
Keiron Hart (2009 - See all articles from 2009)
Periodic inspection of electric installations
Electrical installations must be shown to be safe and kept that way
Steve Hesketh (2009 - See all articles from 2009)
