Fire safety remediation works at nine residential tower blocks in Salford have been completed.

NOCN Group is set to launch a new digital workforce competence platform

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) will be closely scrutinising how contractors manage their supply chains on major projects as they move from gateway two approval to gateway three completion.

SME Blue Sky Building (BSB) has won a major role in overseeing the refurbishment of the Barbican arts centre, which will include an imminent Building Safety Act Gateway 2 application.

Contractor Mulalley has been awarded £1.8m in a significant legal judgement related to the Building Safety Act (BSA).

The built environment should stop regarding the golden thread as a document exercise and treat it as the legislation intended: a reliable, living picture of building safety, says Brett King

BSR wants industry to call out bad actors and encourages clients to take a lead on competence

CM and CIOB brought together Tim Galloway and Sarah Buxcey from the BSR with several major operators of higher-risk buildings to discuss expectations, the golden thread and culture change

Members of Rider Levitt Bucknall’s multi-disciplinary team share their perspectives on how the new building safety landscape has changed their work

In the rush to complete projects, too much construction work is covered up before it can be properly inspected.

Building Safety Regulator announces Dr Barbara Lane as first Independent Chair and Dr Hywel Davies OBE as Deputy Chair of the committee.

The Building Safety Regulator says its batching pilot initiative is “outperforming the previous multi-disciplinary (MDT) model” in Gateway 2 process.

Three-year government funding programme comes after Grenfell Inquiry identified lack of qualified safety professionals in built environment sector.

Adding champagne bars to stadium concourses or skateparks in shopping centres may sound like fun projects, but such building changes create fire engineering challenges. Mott MacDonald’s Beth Corrigan explains

Construction clients are not happy about contractor workmanship and quality. Find out more in part 2 of the 2026 CM and CIOB client survey

The Building Safety Act is contributing to the slowdown in housebuilding, and the Government should set up an expert working group to brainstorm cutting delays, says Justin Kenny

It has been another busy year for the industry, from building safety updates to the appointment of CIOB’s new CEO. Below are the 10 most popular news stories published by CM this year.

For built environment professionals, safety must be underpinned by quality at every stage of project design and delivery.