Tall buildings: research reveals risk areas

Premier Guarantee noted an uptick in construction issues during construction found through the height of the Covid-19 lockdowns, but the number identified by surveyors has since fallen close to 2018/pre-pandemic levels.

Premier Guarantee subsequently closed all issues considered for the report’s data, showing that site workers rectified the construction details to the satisfaction of surveyors and the warranty provider’s technical standards.

The report also considers the growing trend to consider risk at earlier design stages, the rising influence of modern construction methods, and the impact of the Building Safety Act on risk management and regulatory compliance in taller buildings.

Liam Devaney, managing director of Premier Guarantee’s warranty inspection services, said: “As a warranty and building control provider, Premier Guarantee has a vital role to play in the construction sector, not just during the construction phase, but for the completed building and its eventual occupants.

“As an industry we have been presented with monumental challenges over the past four years, many of which are discussed by my knowledgeable colleagues in this paper.

“Working with the industry we must help shape the future by building safer, compliant and high-quality tall buildings.”

Download Premier Guarantee’s Insite: Tall Buildings 2022 report.