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Salus Awarded Official RBCA Licence as Part of New Building Safety Regulations

Salus is proud to announce that it has been officially awarded its Registered Building Control Approver, RBCA license, marking a significant milestone under the UK’s updated building safety regulations. This achievement solidifies Salus’ position as a trusted leader in building control services and reaffirms its commitment to maintaining the highest safety standards in the industry.

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Summary of Revised Part L, F & O

The first update to Part L of the Building Regulations in nearly a decade, and next step on the road to Future Homes Standard aiming to make sure all new homes built from 2025 produce around 75% less carbon emissions than those constructed under current regulations, with final goal of net zero in 2050.

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Salus sponsors brace of CE Midlands Awards

We are delighted to announce that Salus Registered Building Control Approvers and the headline Sponsor of both the CE West Midlands and CE East Midlands Awards for 2020.

The awards, which take place on the 3rd April and 1st May respectively,  are the most significant celebration of best practice in the region and the only event that connects every element of construction working towards a built environment fit for future generations.

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First-ever government design manual to promote the building of beautiful new homes

The government has also announced plans for a new National Design Code that will be published in the New Year. A new National Design Guide has been issued setting out a blueprint for how local authorities can achieve quality and great design being clear that new builds must fit into existing communities, which means they are more likely to be welcomed by residents and provide places people will love to call home.

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New green standard for all new build homes – cutting carbon emissions for generations to come

A new green standard for new build homes will bring an environmental revolution to home building – tackling climate change while keeping household bills low.

With homes, both new and existing accounting for 20% of emissions, government committed in the 2019 Spring Statement to introducing the Future Homes Standard (FHS) in 2025 as part of the journey to meet the 2050 target to bring all its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. This target was set in law on 27 June 2019 and one of the most ambitious targets in the world.

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Combustible Materials in Walls

A new building regulation requirement introduced in December 2018, to ban the use of combustible materials built into and fixed to the walls of some tall buildings came into complete into effect on 21st February this year.

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Government implements Ban on Combustible Materials, New Part B amendments and Action by Councils to correct non compliant Approvals

In addition to the Legislation and Guidance changes, the Government has issued a statement that enables Local Authorities to take enforcement action of existing buildings, potentially somewhat ironic, but a very serious matter in that the Local Council Building Control are now empowered to enforce correction of inappropriate cladding and insulant medium that they too themselves have approved, on some Private and the Local Authority Buildings.

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Back on the road to zero carbon

You will recall prior to the Coalition conservative Government, that Part L was on a ‘Road to Zero Carbon’, with the signig of the Climate Change act, varuous editions of Part L were up lifted at approximately three yearly intervals, with goals of Dwellings being Zero carbon by 2016, Commercial buildings by 2019.

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GDPR and data protection update

We have made some changes to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Business to align with the new data protection law, General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) introduced on 25 May 2018, which provide additional clarity regarding how we collect, store and process your information.

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Have you met Ian, Ian and Ian?

We are delighted to have appointed three new starters across the country to various locations. All named Ian – we know, just what are the chances of that! They start in our offices in Cambridge, Dursley and Catterick and allow us to provide an even better service to our growing list of nationwide clients.

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CPD roadshow success

Construction industry professionals, from across the North West, were presented with the latest information about Cladding and Fire Safety for Hi-Rise buildings during a Salus Registered Building Control Approvers national CPD roadshow event at the Hard Days Night hotel in Liverpool in March, 2018.

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ISO9001: 2008 Satisfaction Survey Winners

We aim to be continually regarded as the best providers of building control and fire safety consultancy and are always looking for ways in which we can improve our level of service and customer satisfaction

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Peter Sekula is now part of Salus Central London

Peter Sekula has joined the Salus Registered Building Control Approvers’ Central London office. Peter joins the team after working in the capital since 2013, and qualifying with a BSc (Hons) in Building Control from Wolverhampton University in 2015.

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Salus Annual Strategy Day

Held this year at our Central London base in Euston Towers, the leadership team’s focus was on how we can achieve the best combination of the use of digital technology together with upholding the vital personal service that we believe is key to our continued long standing client relationships.

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East Midlands Celebrating Construction Awards

Salus are proud corporate Sponsors for the third year running at the East Midlands Celebrating Construction Awards 2017. Held this year on the 19th May at the Nottingham Belfry, the awards are set to be another sell out event, one that is established as a high point in the regional construction calendar in the Midlands, each year commanding the attention of industry professionals from across the Midlands and beyond.

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Tri-Ops Motorbikes Season – Go, Go, Go

Salus Registered Building Control Approvers are sponsoring Sam Middlemas for a second consecutive year in the Ducati Performance TriOptions Cup 2017, a support series for the extremely popular and well regarded televised British Superbike Championships.

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ProCon 2016 rewards success

The ProCon Leicestershire Awards returned on the 17th November and Salus, once again, were proud Corporate Sponsors and Patrons. The annual sell-out event was the 14th showcase of the industries achievements and still stands as the county’s biggest celebration of the built environment and the people and companies who develop, design and construct award winning local developments.

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Matt Hampson Foundation Get Busy Living

Salus were proud to attend the recent ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of work to build a pioneering £1 million rehabilitation centre, designed for those who have suffered catastrophic sporting injuries.

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Building Control Training Academy

The team at Salus recognised a big issue in the profession; that there is the huge academic gap on current routes to professional membership and that it is going to run out of competent professionals.  

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New team, new office, Newcastle

A new team and new office in Newcastle is the latest new development for Salus Registered Building Control Approvers, a national firm of building control surveyors, who are expanding their presence in the North East of England.

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Working in the retail sector

The retail sector in the UK is an established and growing one in a massively competitive environment. Recent years have seen dramatic changes following the dual impact from the credit crunch and compounded by sharp rises in online shopping.

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Back of the net – Tech day at FA National Football Centre

Salus Registered Building Control Approvers recently held our annual Technical Day which brings together staff from all eleven regional offices. Held this year at the FA National Football Centre in Burton upon Trent, whilst there was no sign of then England manager Big Sam or any of the team at St Georges Park.

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The Need for Speed – British Superbike Sponsorship

Salus Registered Building Control Approvers are now sponsoring two riders in different classes in the British Superbike Weekends. This is our first adventure in to the field of major brand awareness, very exciting times. The championship is televised and can be seen on Eurosport.

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Geoff Bromfield joins Dursley team

Geoff Bromfield has joined Salus Registered Building Control Approvers: Dursley team of experts and brings valuable experience to the organisation having worked as both customer and building control professional.

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Lifelong Feline Friends

Salus are proud to have been part of the team behind the refurbishments and delivery of new state of the art facilities up and down the country for The Cats Protection Trust, the newest addition being the new cattery in Newbury.

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Go go go karting

It was full speed ahead at our corporate go karting debut on June 1st where we were joined by regular clients, BRP Architects, RG+P Ltd, Pick Everard, Staniforth Architects, Next, Westleigh Homes and Ducati Cup rider Sam Middlemas.

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Four of the best

Salus Registered Building Control Approvers have completed four high profile projects recently including work with Chelsea FC Megastore at Stamford Bridge, HMRC Nottingham, Haas F1 Team and Levi Roots Caribbean Smokehouse in Stratford.

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Play Misty for Me – BS 8458:2015 – Fixed fire protection systems

Recent new and updated British Standards in Fire Safety are supporting alternative appropriate Fire Safety solutions to that of Approved Document B for the growing trend of open plan living in our homes, apartments and independent living premises. Salus Registered Building Control Approvers provide an extracted update summary of some of the aspects from the introduction of the new British Standard on Water Mist installations and Fire Safety Engineering Design guidance for Residential premises.

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Alan Chambers joins Dursley team

Alan Chambers has joined the Salus Approved Inspector: Dursley team of experts, in October (2015) after 14 years working with a UK major retailer in Fire Safety, Petroleum Safety and Construction Health Safety / Environmental Compliance roles.

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CDM-C Its not a date from ancient history

The changes come into force 6th April 2015 with an allowance for existing CDM-C duty holders who will be permitted to operate under transitional provisions for a further 6 months to 6th October 2015.

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Government drops plan to bring in Part L changes in 2013

The government has dropped plans to implement changes to Part L of the Building Regulations this year as had originally intended and contrary to numerous assurances that the government commitment was to stay on target with its roadmap to zero carbon.

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UPDATED Exciting Career Opportunities – now recruiting

With our client base continually growing and more high profile developers making Salus their first choice for Building Control and Fire Safety expertise, we are now recruiting for positions to work alongside our established teams at our London Offices, our new venture in the South West and our new HQ in Hinckley.

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BTSport, iCity and Salus make a great team

Salus have been comissioned as building control Registered Building Control Approvers for the new BT Sport studio at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park , part of iCITY, the home of its new BT Sport channels.

Jobs at Salus

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Principal Fire Safety Consultant

Work across diverse sectors, on Exceptional Projects Salus is expanding our highly experienced fire safety team, and we are looking for a Principal Fire Safety Consultant to join us. This is your opportunity to step into a dynamic role, working across diverse and...

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Registered Building Inspectors Vacancies 2025

Registered Building Inspectors Vacancies (must have obtained registration class minimum of 2B/C/E/F, 3G/H) Opportunities are available in Oxfordshire, London, Essex, Sussex Competitive Salary Choice of either Hybrid / Electric Car Scheme £7,800pa via Salary Sacrifice...

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