CIOB has welcomed the government’s new requirement on all new buildings of 18 metres or higher to have a second staircase.

The Building Safety Regulator has named two bodies as the first independent provider schemes for building control professionals to become registered building inspectors.

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.

The Building Safety Regulator said around 750 applications have been started since it launched its building online register in April.

The UK’s built environment is in danger of becoming less safe because the industry is failing to attract new design risk professionals.

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.

The government will use various tools to force major developers to pick up the tab for correcting historic building defects, writes Tim Seal.

The government’s online register of high-rise residential buildings is now live.

VolkerStevin and VolkerFitzpatrick are the first two organisations to achieve a new quality certification designed specifically for the built environment.

The Health and Safety Executive recently announced a campaign to help the owners of an estimated 12,500 existing higher-risk buildings to be ready for their obligations under the Building Safety act, some of which are due to commence from April. But with just a couple of weeks to go, how ready are we? And is the government itself even ready?

DLUHC has announced a £42.5m grant to support the delivery of the Building Safety Act 2022 over the next three years.

What are the practical implications of extending limitation periods under the Defective Premises Act 1972? Stephanie Geesink and Dominic Turner-Harriss explain.

A controversial Bill to ‘sunset’ European legislation by the end of the year had its second reading in the House of Lords this week.

A training company has developed the first formal qualifications in passive fire protection inspection of their kind.

What are the key changes concerning structural design and construction that the Building Safety Act brings in? Simon King explains

The Building Safety Act and the Grenfell fire have put high-rise residential jobs in an uncomfortable spotlight. Kristina Smith meets the Seddon team refurbishing and recladding three residential towers in the West Midlands.

Robert Bird Group has launched an improved version of its 4D virtual design and construction platform.

The government has published two sets of consultations, seeking construction’s views on implementing new building control measures and changes to building regulations.