Additional Publications & Resources

The publications, documents and resources on this page have been produced by third-party organisations (including some in conjunction with, or endorsement from, the GAI) and are shared here for information only.

Click the links to download the following documents:

Building a Safer Future / Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety Final Report ('The Hackitt Report')
Raising the Bar Interim Report on Improving Competence
The GAI Door Closer Safety 10 Point Checklist
Passive Fire Protection Forum (PFPF) Guide to undertaking Technical Assessments 2019 – a publication which was endorsed by GAI, which is an active member of PFPF
Built environment – proposed construction product competence standard – white paper by Competence Steering Group (CSG) Working Group 12 [Sept 2022]

For further details relating to any of these publications please contact GAI Technical Manager Douglas Masterson on [email protected]

The “How Business Owners Can Use Partitioning and Ironmongery to Help Manage Social Distancing” guide, jointly produced by the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI) and FIS, which represents the Finishes and Interior Sector, has been updated following changes to UK conformity marking.

Developed to help those involved in managing workplaces understand key considerations they need to make when adapting their spaces, it provides guidance on using partitioning and ironmongery to manage social distancing in the workplace.

Originally published in November 2021, it has been updated to cover the changes to UK conformity marking post-Brexit. UKCA and UKNI marking have been introduced as CE marking will cease to be used in Great Britain from 1 January 2022.

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A blueprint to improve competence for those working on higher-risk buildings and drive culture change has been set out by a cross-industry group representing more than 150 organisations in the fire and built environment industries. The “Setting the Bar” report is the second and final report of the Competence Steering Group [CSG] and is an update of its Interim Report, Raising the Bar, published in August 2019. The work was initiated by the recommendations in Dame Judith Hackitt’s review Building a Safer Future.

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GAI Technical Manager Douglas Masterson is a member of the Competence Steering Group who authored this report, and is also Deputy Chair of WG12, the working group with responsibility for competence in construction products within this. Both Douglas and Hanna Clarke of Construction Products Association (secretariat of WG12) were recently interviewed by LMC on the work of WG12 within the context of the ongoing drive towards greater competence in the industry, as well as the important role construction products play within this.

WATCH FULL INTERVIEW

What this means for GAI - WATCH HERE

Building Regulations Approved Documents and equivalent publications:

England Approved Documents - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Scotland Building standards technical handbook 2022: domestic - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) and Building standards technical handbook 2022: non-domestic - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Wales Building regulations: approved documents | GOV.WALES
Northern Ireland Building Regulations Technical Booklets | Department of Finance (finance-ni.gov.uk)
Republic of Ireland gov.ie - Technical Guidance Documents (www.gov.ie)