Technical How do construction clients drive value from supply chains? CM brought together a group of client-side professionals to find out what they look for from contractors and suppliers.
News ‘Best in class’: new CEO Victoria Hills on her ambition for CIOB It’s the start of a new era at CIOB as Victoria Hills takes over as CEO, joining from the Royal Town Planning Institute. She speaks to CM about her plans
News Proposed safety reforms signal move to single construction regulator The government has confirmed it will introduce primary legislation to regulate the fire engineering profession, aimed at strengthening public safety and raising professional accountability.
News ‘Unacceptable’ BSR delays threaten 1.5m homes target Delays caused by the Building Safety Regulator’s (BSR) approval processes are reportedly leaving residents in unsafe buildings and increasing costs for leaseholders.
Opinion Quality as the new safety paradigm For built environment professionals, safety must be underpinned by quality at every stage of project design and delivery.
News BSR ‘cautiously optimistic’ amid Gateway 2 progress The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has reported its highest monthly volume of Gateway 2 determinations to date.
Legal What happens if your registered building control approver becomes insolvent? 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.
News Building owner fined £50,000 after ignoring high-rise fire safety warning Birmingham City Council has successfully prosecuted a company for failing to comply with an improvement notice relating to fire safety measures in a residential high-rise.
News Key building safety group opens competence consultation A consultation has been launched on new draft guidance on managing competence in the built environment.
News Gateway 2 bottleneck set to be clear by January The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has released its October update on Gateway 2 building approval applications.
Digital Construction How the golden thread is improving fire safety Getting the fire safety profession to embrace digital information management is still a challenge, says BSI’s Aman Sharma.
Technical Fire safety standards: what’s coming next for construction? Aman Sharma MBE is the new chair of BSI’s strategic fire safety committee for the built environment. He tells CM what new standards construction should look out for.
People Pick Everard introduces Building Safety Act training for clients Design consultancy Pick Everard has introduced Building Safety Act training for clients on compliance obligations and best practice guidance.
News New law will require high-rise cladding remediation by 2029 The government is bringing forward a new Remediation Bill requiring landlords of buildings 18m or more in height with unsafe cladding to complete remediation by the end of 2029.
News Building Safety Levy: draft regulations and guidance published The draft regulations setting out how the Building Safety Levy will operate have been laid in Parliament before final approval.
Opinion Industry must act now on building safety If construction wants to restore public trust, it needs to demonstrate progress without further delay, writes Matt Mahony.
Legal The smoke clears on whether rooftop gardens are higher-risk buildings In the latest twist to higher-risk building confusion, the Upper Tribunal has regretted that the First Tier Tribunal spent time debating an issue it has no jurisdiction over. Simon Lewis and Michelle Essen explains what happened.
Legal Eight years from Grenfell, what’s changed in the building safety legislation? Dr Rebecca Rees and John Forde review the changes in building safety laws since the Grenfell Tower fire of 14 June 2017.
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