Brian Newell explains the key points of a new international porcelain cladding standard – and how it should improve build quality.

Wates Residential and Havering Council have paused a regeneration project in Romford, East London, due to uncertainty about the second staircase rule.

The government has published the long-awaited Independent Review of the Construction Product Testing Regime – with a major shake-up in the regulatory system likely to follow.

CIOB and RIBA have jointly published a guide to managing safety-critical elements in building construction.

A non-profit organisation promoting behavioural change in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy has named the first companies to complete its new building safety culture change assessment scheme.

CIOB has joined other leading built environment professional bodies in calling on the government to review the rules for staircases in high-rise buildings.

London Square, Telford Homes and Ballymore are the latest developers to sign the government’s building safety remediation contract after missing the 13 March deadline.

Michael Gove named this week the eleven developers that have failed to meet the deadline to sign a safety contract pledging to fix fire safety issues.

As chair of the working group that created the framework, Dame Judith Hackitt tells Will Mann how it will plug gaps in the current regulatory system.

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?

A win for leaseholders on overcharging could bring relief to high-rise home owners caught up in the building safety crisis following the Grenfell tragedy.

The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has called on the government to make it a requirement for all new high-rise residential buildings over 18m or seven storeys in height to have more than one fire escape staircase.

Once-in-a-generation reforms to the construction industry in Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) will mean that students in the sector in 2030 will look back on buildings built in 2016-17 and ask themselves “did we really stoop to that level”?

There needs to be a radical change in the area of construction product competence, according to a white paper which sets out proposals for a single agreed standard.

BSI has developed a new suite of building safety standards. Clare Price explains how to use them.

Olivia Jenkins explains how the court reached its judgement in the Martlet v Mulalley fire safety dispute – and how that might influence future cases.

Simon Lewis examines how the government’s draft contract as part of the ‘building safety pledge’ works and how it expects to get developers to sign up.

A new report has highlighted ‘red flags’ that need to be addressed before the construction industry can move towards having a fully competent installer workforce.