Following a recent government announcement, second staircases in high-rises are back in the spotlight. Michelle Essen and Kate Hanson explain what’s new.

CIOB launches cross-industry building safety course for built environment professionals

CIOB has welcomed new legislation in Scotland that gives powers to ministers to assess and remediate buildings with unsafe cladding where owners do not provide consent.

Newham Council has successfully prosecuted a building owner who failed to remove dangerous cladding from a residential high-rise in East London.

DLUHC has issued further clarifications on the development, maintenance and operation of the golden thread of information two months after the last set of clarifications.

The fire which caused the partial collapse of a car park at London Luton Airport last week shows why sprinklers should be a requirement, a fire safety organisation has said.

The blaze which ripped through a car park at Luton Airport this week, leading to its partial collapse, has prompted safety warnings from fire industry experts.

On 1 October, the secondary legislation needed to support the practical implementation of the Building Safety Act 2022 came into force.

Stephanie Geesink and Dom Turner-Harriss examine the amendments introduced to the fire safety regulations under the new Building Safety Act. 

Tom Weld and Kayla Urbanski examine the roles of the client, principal designer and principal contractor under the Building Safety Act

In the last of the three-part series on building safety, Tom Weld and Kayla Urbanski examine the roles of the Client, Principal Designer and Principal Contractor under the Building Safety Act.

Combustible insulation on a high-rise residential building caught fire recently during cladding remediation work, it has emerged.

Time is running out for high-rise residential buildings to be registered with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has warned.

The CIOB has helped developing an important competence framework to ensure that quality and safety are at the forefront in the construction industry, writes Rosalind Thorpe.

A report submitted to CROSS UK has highlighted the risks of people without the necessary skills performing RAAC assessments.

The parent company of the Grenfell Tower refurbishment contractor has signed the government’s building safety remediation contract – six months after the deadline given by the housing secretary.

Local Authority Building Control (LABC) has launched a new academy to support a pipeline of talent into public service building control

The current concerns about ‘reinforced aerated autoclaved concrete’ (RAAC) highlight the need for a ‘golden thread’ of information about built assets, the CIOB has said.