Simon Lewis and Michelle Essen review this year’s building safety highlights and share tips on what the industry should look for in 2025.

Persimmon Homes and Clarion Housing Group have been singled out by Dame Judith Hackitt as ‘exemplar’ organisations who are showing ‘leadership’ on building safety.

Dame Judith Hackitt criticises companies trying to “game the system” on building safety, says the product testing system is “rotten”, and calls for government leadership, at the annual Sir James Wates lecture.

A Conservative peer has said that only “pure luck” is preventing another disaster like Grenfell from happening again and that buildings will be due for remediation after he is “in a wooden box”.

The construction industry has a collective duty to rebuild public trust and ensure that a tragedy like Grenfell never happens again, writes Caroline Gumble.

Builders need to stop paying lip service to quality, argues former site manager Liam White.

A housing minister has relinquished her building safety portfolio after attending conferences co-chaired by the chairman of the parent company of one of the insulation firms heavily criticised by the Grenfell inquiry.

The Grenfell Tower fire has forced construction to confront uncomfortable truths about ethical standards and priorities within an industry typically associates with progress and development, writes Anthony Walker.

Former UK chief construction adviser Paul Morrell says the number of candidates fit for the new role recommended by the Grenfell Inquiry is “very limited”.

The Local Authority Building Control (LABC) has responded to the Grenfell Inquiry’s final report published yesterday (4 September).

The Prime Minister has pledged to exclude the companies criticised in the final report of the Grenfell Inquiry from public sector contracts.

Arconic, Celotex and Kingspan have issued statements in response to the Grenfell Inquiry’s final report which heavily criticises them.

A round-up of industry reactions to the Grenfell Inquiry final report.

The Grenfell Inquiry has recommended bringing back the role of chief construction adviser to flag concerns about building regulations and the wider industry.

The Grenfell Inquiry has blamed Rydon as one of the companies that “bears considerable responsibility” for the fire in the residential block that killed 72 people on 14 June 2017.

The Grenfell Inquiry has published today (4 September) its second and final report into the fire in the residential tower that killed 72 people on 14 June 2017.

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has concluded that the disaster “was the culmination of decades of failure by central government and other bodies in positions of responsibility in the construction industry”.

A summary of the recommendations included in the final Grenfell Inquiry report published on 4 September.