April 29, 2022
The Building Safety Bill received Royal Assent on 28 April 2022, and has now completed all the parliamentary stages in both Houses to become an Act of Parliament – The Building Safety Act. Read More
April 15, 2022
An agreement between the Government and 35 major developers will see £5 billion committed from industry towards addressing the building safety scandal, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has announced. Read More
March 22, 2022
IFSEC Global has released its Annual Fire Safety Report 2021, keeping you up to date with the biggest stories of the year, including new legislation, improving building safety culture post-Grenfell and the importance of third-party certification in fire door safety. Read More
February 22, 2022
Michael Gove has announced that strict new measures will be enforced to ensure industry pay to remove dangerous cladding. Read More
January 31, 2022
Designed to 'remove' or 'reduce' the need for interim safety measures at high-rise buildings with unsafe cladding, an additional £27 million has been made available by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). Read More
January 11, 2022
Supply chain risk management expert CHAS, highlights ten issues that will affect construction supply chains in 2022. Read More
December 27, 2021
The HSE is prompting high-rise building designers to prepare for coming changes when the Building Safety Bill becomes law. Read More
December 8, 2021
Safety expert, Dr Jonathan Evans, is demanding ministers disclose whether ‘highly dangerous’ cladding that failed fire tests commissioned by the Government in 2002, was used at Grenfell Tower. Read More
November 23, 2021
The LFB has expressed mounting concerns over the quantity of new properties being designed to avoid adhering to post-Grenfell fire safety rules. Read More
November 12, 2021
FIREX International is fully committing to promoting third-party approvals, independent accreditation and competency for construction products and services. Read More
