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The Fire Protection Association is the UK’s national fire safety organisation, and operating as a division of the Loss Prevention Council, it has produced (May 1992) a code of practice entitled Fire Protection on Construction Sites [8.1]. Building contractors are now finding that, when tendering for work, the adoption of this code is more frequently becoming a necessary prerequisite to their being able to obtain insurance against fire risks during the construction period, and can also lead to lower insurance premiums on the completed buildings.
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Hassan, G. (1996). Fire Safety and Firefighting. In: Building Services. Macmillan Building and Surveying Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11952-3_8
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