News Responsible Actors Scheme: developers given 60 days to respond The government has launched its responsible actors scheme that requires major residential developers to pay for building safety remediations.
Digital Construction Tower cranes gain remote control Lifting specialist Radius Group has launched remote control for tower cranes.
News Morgan Sindall among six firms charged over care home fire 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.
News Most developers have now signed building safety remediation contract 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.
Legal Brace yourself for drastic building safety changes this autumn 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.
Technical Installing porcelain facades: new ISO standard explained Brian Newell explains the key points of a new international porcelain cladding standard – and how it should improve build quality.
News Second staircase rule halts Wates’ Romford project Wates Residential and Havering Council have paused a regeneration project in Romford, East London, due to uncertainty about the second staircase rule.
News New product testing regime looms after Morrell review 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.
News CIOB, RIBA publish guide to identify building safety issues CIOB and RIBA have jointly published a guide to managing safety-critical elements in building construction.
News Building a Safer Future names its first ‘champions’ 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.
News Building safety: professional bodies flag staircase concerns to Gove CIOB has joined other leading built environment professional bodies in calling on the government to review the rules for staircases in high-rise buildings.
News Three more developers sign building safety contract 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.
News Building safety: the 11 developers who have not signed Gove’s contract 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.
News Hackitt sets out new performance framework for construction products 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.
Legal How ready are we for the building safety regime? 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?
People Safety groups urge rethink on sunsetting EU laws A coalition of safety groups has urged the government to reconsider sunsetting EU safety laws protecting workers.
News Court ruling on charges brings hope for high-rise leaseholders 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.
News Fire chiefs call for more than one fire escape staircase in tall buildings 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.
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