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The FDS Contracting News offer updates on recent legislation, look at the benefits or routine preventative maintenance and hopefully provides some value for building managers looking to maximise safety within their premises.

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A Message from our CEO and Founder

With the FDS Group now approaching its 20th year of trading and a largely expanded workforce in a cross division of business sectors, Gerard Sheridan CEO updates us on how

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Common Escape Routes in Apartment Buildings

You can now download the latest guidance from the Smoke Control Association regarding Common Escape Routes in Apartment Buildings. The previous rendition of the guidance was published in 2012, providing

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Welcome – Jas Singh

What is your background? Originally from the banking sector, I worked for Lloyds Banking Group’s Share Registration business where I spent 17 years working in various teams and divisions. My

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Planned Preventative Maintenance

Identifying and installing the right smoke control system is only the start of a long-term strategy in fire safety. Once this stage is complete, an ongoing maintenance programme needs to

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FDS Contracting

FDS are delighted to announce that we are now expanding our operations from London and the South East to the whole of England and Wales. Whilst we will be targeting

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Mental Health Awareness

“One in four people in the UK will have a mental health problem at some point in their lifetime.” This was the bold message conveyed to FDS Group employees by

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Controlling Smoke for a Clearer Future

Over the last two years since the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire, all of us in the construction industry will have seen, experienced and felt the first steps of change in the approach to the design, construction and management of fire safety, particularly in residential buildings.

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Golden Thread

You have probably heard the term ‘golden thread’ before. It is the idea that a feature is present in all parts of something, holding it together and giving it value.

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