Updated guidance from façade engineering groups aims to provide greater clarity on fire safety requirements for cladding and external walls.

Although the new Social Housing Act does not specifically target the construction sector, it will indirectly impact it due to the enhanced compliance requirements that will be placed on providers of affordable housing, writes Ben Brooks.

Government and regulatory bodies have sent a stern warning to building owners to get on with remediation work or face “the full range of their enforcement powers”.

The government has launched its responsible actors scheme that requires major residential developers to pay for building safety remediations.

Six companies are being prosecuted by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service over a fire at a care home in 2019, following a four-year investigation.

Dandara Living is the latest developer to sign the government’s building safety remediation contract, leaving only two names in the list of firms that have not done it yet.

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.

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.