The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has reported its highest monthly volume of Gateway 2 determinations to date.

Earlier in the week the industry was shaken following the collapse of Assent, one of the UK’s largest building control firms. Tim Hillier and Olivia Jenkins explain the options available after a building control body ceases trading.

Emergency interventions to unlock housebuilding in the capital have been set out by the housing secretary and mayor of London.

The Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) data management is “not viable” and BSR staff are segregating data manually. That’s what BSR non-executive chair Andy Roe told the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee yesterday (2 September).

Dame Judith Hackitt has said construction is “making a big deal” of the Building Safety Regulator’s current delays with Gateway 2 approvals and she raised concerns about the industry “going backwards” on its post-Grenfell cultural change.

A new board of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is taking on the functions of the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) as part of a major revamp announced by the government this morning (30 June).

The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee has issued a call for evidence for its short inquiry into the Building Safety Regulator.

New guidance published by the government to establish the height of a higher-risk building is “unhelpful”, a construction lawyer told CM.

John Forde reviews the first year of the Gateways regime for higher-risk buildings and how to manage delays in the approval process.

The Industry Competence Steering Group has been restructured to become a formal working group of the Industry Competence Committee under the Building Safety Regulator.

A majority of building control professionals have now completed registration with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) after the 6 July extended deadline.

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) and the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) have met to discuss industry concerns relating to Building Control applications.

The Building Safety Regulator has extended the deadline for registration of Building Control inspectors until 6 July.

Just over 1,500 building control surveyors have begun the process of registering with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) as of 31 January, according to official figures.

Lawyers at Womble Bond Dickinson’s construction and Engineering team explain the new regulations around higher-risk buildings change control.

The Building Safety Regulator has published its enforcement policy statement detailing how it will enforce the building safety regime.

HSE has confirmed Philip White’s appointment as director of building safety on a permanent basis.

The Building Safety Regulator has published its first three-year strategic plan.