Health and Safety Archives

20 Feb

Imagine arriving at work to find a critical part of your warehouse, office, or retail space suddenly unsafe – or worse, condemned. It’s...

03 Sep

At First Floors we know that when designing a mezzanine floor, the top priority for you will be the safety of your personnel and any cl...

20 May

Where your mezzanine floor is located, and its purpose, will determine if it will need to be fire rated under Building Regulations. ...

31 Jul

When considering adding a mezzanine floor to your building, it’s important to also bear in mind the fire ratings needed in order to bot...

01 Jul

From extra retail or office space to additional storage or production facilities, no matter what purpose your mezzanine floor serves, t...

14 Jul

Mezzanine floor fire protection is one of the most important safety features of any raised platform, regardless of its size or age. ...

23 Jul

They are crucial to ensuring the safety of those in or around a building - but do you know what building regulations actually are? B...

30 Apr

Employees working in a warehouse environment are often subject to demanding deadlines and timescales which can force them to work at th...

29 Mar

In our previous blog post ‘A Comprehensive Guide to The Health & Safety at Work Act’ we defined the act itself and outlined some of...