Construction lawyers Simon Lewis and Michelle Essen explain here everything you need to know ahead of the building safety regime coming into effect in October.

The Government’s Building Safety Bill has received Royal Assent today.

The Building Safety Bill is expected to become law later today (28 April).

Only a quarter (23%) of construction professionals think that they and their organisations are ready for the new Building Safety Bill currently passing through parliament.

The government has updated a raft of Building Safety Bill factsheets, following changes to the proposed legislation.

The government has scrapped plans to introduce the role of building safety manager under the Building Safety Bill.

Caroline Gumble outlines the work CIOB and its members have done on the Building Safety Bill and what more needs to be done before it passes into law.

Construction Management is running a survey to assess how ready construction professionals are for the new building safety regime.

The chair of an influential group of MPs has called on the government to make contractors and subcontractors who played a role in the building safety crisis pay for the remediation of unsafe buildings.

Lord Greenhalgh, minister of state (for building safety and fire) and Dame Judith Hackitt are both set to speak at the CIOB’s first Safety Buildings UK conference.

The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has warned the government that late amendments to its Building Safety Bill are “unworkable” and could force professionals to leave the sector.

The government faces “practical difficulties” in pursuing overseas-based construction product manufacturers and developers when it comes to getting them to contribute to the cost of remediating defective buildings, housing secretary Michael Gove has admitted.

Cladding companies could be sued and subject to fines for defective products under new powers proposed by the government that could also see developers and manufacturers who don’t pay for cladding remediation barred from the housing market.

The Health and Safety Executive has created a new toolkit to help inform owners and managers of high-rise buildings about the new safety case regime.

The time limit to bring proceedings under the Defective Premises Act is set to double. Could it lead to a flood of cladding claims?

Peter Baker, the chief inspector of buildings, has told designers of high-rise buildings to act now to prepare for changes when the Building Safety Bill becomes law.

As the Building Safety Bill progresses through Parliament, chief inspector of buildings Peter Baker tells Neil Gerrard why construction professionals need to start preparing for change now.

Entry for Ofwat’s second water breakthrough challenge worth £39m is open and the construction industry is again being urged to take part.