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  1. #SafetyCodes #Inspection #BuildingSafety #ProductSafety
    Are there any mastodon instances with active participation by people who work to improve, or even enforce or discuss, safety codes?

    When I decided to boycott Meta, I lost a community of electricians, inspectors, designers, and standards people.

  2. "Grenfell Tower was named after Sir Francis Grenfell, a general who carried out colonial violence in Ireland, Sudan and South Africa. When the British #rulingclass wants cheap labour from places like those, it houses #workers in an unsafe building named after a man who may have killed their ancestors, and then ignores their warnings and leaves them to die. That was #GrenfellTower."

    Zarah Sultana MP

    hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/

    #buildingsafety #britain #uk #capitalism #colonialism #humanrights

  3. Do you live in a low-rise (~4 stories) block in the UK built before 1970? Is your landlord planning to construct additional floors? The Government exempted developments of up to two floors from planning, but they are unlikely to meet safety requirements for wind-loading and disproportionate collapse. Feel free to ask me questions.
    #airspaceDevelopment #RooftopRevolution #DisproportionateCollapse #buildingControl #housing #structuralEngineering #verticalExtension #shitplanning #buildingSafety

  4. Efforts to avoid ‘Grenfell-scale tragedy’ not taken seriously, says ex-mandarin | Raac (reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete) | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/o

    #RAAC
    #BuildingSafety

  5. 'Efforts to avoid ‘#Grenfell-scale tragedy’ not taken seriously, says ex-mandarin

    #BuildingSafety minister demanded ‘do nothing’ option be added to policy paper on collapse risks

    Potentially catastrophic building safety risks, including the chance of a collapse causing a “Grenfell-scale tragedy”, are not being properly addressed by the government, a civil servant has warned in a resignation letter'
    theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/o
    #ToryPoliciesInAction #BuildingSafetyCrisis #ToryIndifference

  6. ⚡️ Tragic incident in Calcinaia, Italy as a 17-year-old male loses his life after falling from an abandoned building's roof. The collapse resulted from a pre-existing weakened structure. Authorities highlight the need for increased inspection and maintenance of abandoned structures to prevent such accidents. #BuildingSafety #RiskAnalysis riskmap.com/incidents/1930314/

  7. The semi-annual event that shows off the construction industry by letting people go behind the hoardings onto building sites returns in March, and booking is open now. Opportunity to ask some probing questions? #BuildingSafety ianvisits.co.uk/articles/go-on