The Concrete Society Northern  invites you to a focused webinar on the Guide to Products Critical to Safe Construction, developed by industry experts to support compliance, quality, and safety across the built environment.

This session will highlight how precast manufacturers, concrete suppliers, reinforcement specialists, ancillary product providers, and main contractors can ensure the safe specification, supply, and installation of products critical to structural safety and fire safety.

The guide’s authors will present key insights, including:

• Identifying products that are safety-critical.
• Understanding responsibilities under the Building Safety Act.
• Applying risk evaluation (HAZID) and compliance processes.
• Best practice for procurement, installation, and records management.

Format:

• 30 to 40 minute presentation
• 20 minute Q&A

Why Attend?

• Gain clarity on what constitutes a safety-critical product.
• Understand supply chain responsibilities and compliance routes.
• Learn practical steps to improve assurance and reduce risks.
• Engage directly with the guide’s authors during the Q&A

Webinar will be hosted by commitee member – Lorna Hagan  and Chris Miles

Lorna Hagan is a Civil engineer and Chartered Quality Professional, member of the concrete society and formerly Head of Quality for a large main contractor. She leads Construct Tuition, an award-winning provider of quality training for construction, and is tutor on for the CIOB(Chartered institute of Building) Building Safety courses.

Chris Miles is past chair of The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) and has Over 30 years’ experience in the testing, assessment and certification of fire resisting construction products.

Lorna and Chris coauthored of the CIOB paper on Products Critical to Safe Construction. Which is available to be download free via CIOB Academy https://www.ciobacademy.org/product/guide-to-products-critical-to-safe-construction/