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2017
• Competitions Act• BWF Update• BWF Industrial Strategy• Fire protected stairs• Presentation from Gordon Ewbank, Technical Director,
Wood Protection AssociationThe use of fire retardants and on site application
• 2017 PR highlights and Marketing plan• Technical Committee Update• Stair installation and training workshop – debate and next
steps
▪ Introductions
▪ Emergency procedures
▪ BWF Update
▪ AgendaBWF UpdateMay 2017
A political backdrop
State of the market
1,900
2,400
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UK woodworking sector
turnover (£m)
Source: ONS + BWF Estimates (green shaded area)
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Likely constraints on activity over the next 12 months
Material
▪ Responsible Sourcing, EPDs and theCircular Economy
▪ Materials Health
Product
▪ Design & Testing Guidance
▪ Standards and Industry Accepted Guidance
▪ Coatings and Service Life
▪ Building Information Modelling
Process
▪ Installation
▪ Investment
Business
▪ Risk Management
▪ H&S
▪ Contracts / Contractual Arrangements
How are we adapting
Managing Risk
People/Process
Qualification
Train
Advise
Audit and Certification
Product
Test Product
Simulate Design
Prescriptive Design
Process
ERP / FPC
Project Development
Maker
Product Manufacturer
Risk
Health & Safety
Sales & Customers
Product & Materials
Employees
Financial Contractual
Business Compliance
External Forces
Operational
A Practical Approach
A focus on skills
£1,000 training pot
CNC Machining pot
>£10k Skills & Training Fund
Standard Grant Scheme
Sector Specific Training Plan
Machine Refresher
First Aid
Timber Spraying
Fire Door Diploma
PASMA
More after approval…
Machine Refresher
Timber SprayingManagement/Supervisor
Corian Fabrication
Forklift
Machine supervision
Fire Door Diploma
Timber Knowledge
Upskilling programmes
Multiskilling programmes
▪Centres of Excellence▪Apprentice Standards (& T’Levels)▪MakeitWood
Vertical integration:BWF Interiors Group
▪ Product Innovation
▪ Materials Health
▪ A Management System and‘Code of Practice’
Expert Guest Speakers
A developing toolkit
A developing toolkit
On line video’s
Training Aids/PowerPoint
Focus and recognition
• What are the biggest factors that impact upon a good stair installation?
• Who should we be targeting?• How? Targeting audiences -
methods• Root Cause• Pivotal change• Checks performed on site• Barriers to a successful
installation• H&S on site
Stair installation activity
The Fire Protected Timber Stair
Building Regulations - two types, ‘Reaction to fire’
and ‘Fire resistance’.
Reaction to fire
•Not generally required for stairs, particularly in
dwellings.
•Generally accepted that timber is classed as a
Category E product under BS EN 13501-1 unless
given a fire retardant surface coating.
Fire resistance – for compartmentation
•Stairs have to provide a fire resistance capability
when they are separating two compartments. E.g.
Stair to an upstairs flat. fire resistance capacity
WILL be required.
•If it is necessary to carry out a fire resistance test
the appropriate standard to follow is BS EN 1365-6.
The Fire Certificated Timber StairCertificated for fire :Not normally required for a stair within a single dwelling to require fire protection or to exhibit any limited levels of combustibility.
Where fire performance is required then the staircase will need to be independently certificated by the Scheme’s certification partner the Loss Prevention Certification Board (LPCB)
FURTHER RESOURCE:Fire Performance of Escape Stairs (BD 2569)
http://www.jeld-wen.co.uk/media/1431290/JELD-WEN%20UK%20-%20Fire%20Retardant%20Stairs%20-%20BRE%20Report.pdf
BWF Stair Scheme Briefing
Promoting Quality FR enhancement of wood
based products
Gordon Ewbank
WPA Technical Director
WPA Guiding Principles
▪ Focus is on enhancement of wood substrate to improve reaction to
fire performance rating.
▪ Provide Well Focussed Member Support
▪ Underpin the promotion of quality, compliant FR product enhancement
through WPA Benchmark FR schemes
▪ Operate a technical helpline on FR issues
▪ Produce quality technical guidance, available free of charge
▪ Focus on supply chain education
▪ Both through our members and directly with other national stakeholders
(LABC, NHBC, RIBA etc)
▪ Collaborate with other trade associations where there is mutual interest
on the above and in influencing national policy
WPA Specifier Guidance
WPA Specifier Guidance
FR Enhancement Systems
A. Impregnation with WPA approved FR formulations at a
WPA audited and accredited treatment site
▪ High pressure application to achieve Euroclass B or C
▪ Low pressure application to comply with STA FR Build scheme
B. FR enhancement built into engineered wood products at
time of manufacture
▪ OSB, MDF or Plywood. CE marked and CPR compliant.
▪ Again, WPA approved products and manufacturing
C. WPA approved factory applied coating systems
FR Enhancement Categories
Ref Code Type Typical Applications Performance rating
WPA EXT
grade
Leach
Resistant
Cladding, shingles etc Euroclass B/C or Surface Spread of
Flame (SSF) Class 0/1
WPA INT 2
grade
Humidity
Resistant
Interior timbers and
plywood and semi-
protected exterior
(Must be coated)
Euroclass B/C or SSF Class 0/1
WPA INT 1
grade
Dry Interior Interior timber or
plywood
Euroclass B/C or SSF Class 0/1
STA FR Build Dry Interior Timber frame
structures
Protection during construction
phase
WPA Approval Schemes
▪ FR Product Approval: Independent, expert peer review of
supporting test data
▪ Application Process Approval: Auditing and approval of
impregnation or factory coating process controls
WPA Quality Schemes
WPA Approved Suppliers
BWF Stair Scheme Briefing
Promoting Quality FR enhancement of wood
based products
Gordon Ewbank
WPA Technical Director
Budget
• Stair Safety Day• Sinister 6• Design Guide Launch and
Seminar
PR and Marketing Highlights
BWF Stair Scheme Plan 2017-2018Vision
▪ A safe compliant stairs market supported by a profitable membership.
Mission
▪ To grow the market for timber stairs and ensure all timber stairs sold in the UK comply with current regulation.
Target audiences
▪ For the Industry
▪ For the Specifier
▪ For the Contractor
▪ For the End Customer
▪ For the Inspector
Scheme evolution proposal
▪ All members of the BWF Stair Scheme are now members of the British Woodworking Federation.
▪ Consideration should be given to the interaction between the scheme and the wider membership.
▪ Revising the meeting format, short Scheme Update on marketing and promotional work for scheme members.
▪ Integrating and presenting the technical work at two Stair Forums that bring the wider industry together.
▪ Support growth of the scheme as it would bring more companies into proximity with the scheme.
▪ Emphasises the value in companies committing to the scheme principles and the audit process to support risk management.
Key PR activities - architects
▪ Design Guides and highlight the importance of early engagement with an accredited stair manufacture.
▪ Focus on reducing risk through knowledge and hone in on safety.
▪ The sinister 6
▪ BIM – Product Data Sheet May 2017
▪ Product EPD
Key PR activities - housebuilders
▪ NEW FACTSHEET Stair Safety Guide
▪ NEW GUIDE Design Guides
▪ NEW FACTSHEET Site Storage
▪ REVISED GUIDE Installation
▪ BIM - Product Data Sheet
▪ Installation Training
▪ 1 free CPD Session to all National Housebuilders.
Key PR activities – self/custom build▪ NEW ACTIVITY Highlight NSB&RC
involvement
▪ NEW FEATURE The sinister 6
▪ REVISIT FEATURE Common Faults July 2017
▪ REVISED GUIDE Installation May 2017
▪ Installation Training Module June 2017 NEW FOCUS Feature Stairs September
• Design Guide 1• Centreline of winder method• Design Guide 2• Installation guide• Fire stairs – Factsheet and members
proposal• Glass Balustrading systems –
specification, fixing, edge cover, handrail requirement
• Environmental Product Declarations EPD• Health and Safety Requirement – Site
survey• SER Update
Technical Committee Update
