Legal Accountable Persons under the building safety regime – what does it all mean? Who are the Accountable Person and Principal Accountable Person, how are they appointed and what are their duties under the BSA? Tom Weld and Kayla Urbanski explain.
News Quarter of high-rises still to start registration as BSR deadline looms Only 48% of high-rise residential buildings have been successfully registered with the Building Safety Regulator ahead of the 1 October deadline.
Legal Why the Building Safety Regulator’s new roles require construction to step up Tom Weld and Kayla Urbanski give a detailed overview of the Building Safety Regulator function under the new building safety regime.
Legal First remediation order under Building Safety Act: key takeaways In a landmark case, a tribunal handed down last month the first remediation order under the new powers granted by the Building Safety Act 2022.
News Artificial intelligence: is construction ready for it? The annual Construction Management and BIMplus survey sought your views on the year’s hot topic: artificial intelligence – is it construction’s friend or foe? Justin Stanton reports.
News ‘We need a competence benchmark’: industry reacts to latest building safety legislation A round-up of reactions from industry bodies and professionals to the Building Safety Act secondary legislation and government consultations response.
Legal Building Safety Act: 13 takeaways from the government consultation response Angus Dawson outlines the key takeaways of the government’s consulation response on the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings.
Legal Building safety: did the court expand liability risk in URS v BDW? The judgement in URS v BDW is the first Court of Appeal decision considering the Building Safety Act 2022. Olivia Jenkins and Helen Stuart explore its wider implications.
News Building safety: act now or face ‘full range of enforcement powers’ Government and regulatory bodies have sent a stern warning to building owners to get on with remediation work or face “the full range of their enforcement powers”.
News Building safety: CIOB welcomes government’s second staircase rule CIOB has welcomed the government’s new requirement on all new buildings of 18 metres or higher to have a second staircase.
News Building Safety Regulator names first assessors for building inspectors The Building Safety Regulator has named two bodies as the first independent provider schemes for building control professionals to become registered building inspectors.
News Morgan Sindall among six firms charged over care home fire Six companies are being prosecuted by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service over a fire at a care home in 2019, following a four-year investigation.
News 750 high-rise applications started with Building Safety Regulator The Building Safety Regulator said around 750 applications have been started since it launched its building online register in April.
News Building safety concerns mount due to design risk skills shortage The UK’s built environment is in danger of becoming less safe because the industry is failing to attract new design risk professionals.
Legal How to work out if your building is ‘higher-risk’ Knowing if a building is ‘higher-risk’ or not can be confusing. Here, construction lawyers Simon Lewis and Michelle Essen give a detailed explanation of what higher-risk buildings are and what new building safety legislation will affect them.
Legal How will developers be made to pay for past building safety failings? The government will use various tools to force major developers to pick up the tab for correcting historic building defects, writes Tim Seal.
News Government launches high-rise buildings register The government’s online register of high-rise residential buildings is now live.
News VolkerWessels firms first to achieve new construction quality standard VolkerStevin and VolkerFitzpatrick are the first two organisations to achieve a new quality certification designed specifically for the built environment.
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