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As the colder months approach, building owners and facilities managers across the UK must turn their attention to an often-overlooked aspect of building safety: preparing their fire sprinkler systems for winter.

When it comes to commercial and industrial processes involving liquids, vapours or gases, the ability to accurately measure flow is vital. Without precise flow monitoring, the risk of major safety incidents rises, not to mention the fact that operators could also potentially see production prove ineffective and resources go to waste.

Current policy recognises the benefits of sprinklers as part of safe building design and evacuation procedures. The implementation of fire sprinklers is only set to increase over coming years, and their use as a protective measure is already mandatory for:

• Newly-built residential towers exceeding 30m in height
• Open spaces in retail or self-storage facilities larger than 2000 square meters
• Single-story industrial spaces (e.g.

Applications Engineering will be exhibiting at BAFSA’s biennial conference at St David’s Hotel & Spa in Cardiff on Wednesday 16^th November 2016.