How do we know our children are safe at school?
All higher-risk buildings must have a Building Safety Case. Why shouldn’t schools have safety cases to ensure our children are safe at school?
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Takeaways from the Inaugural BSR Conference
We ask the Building Safety Regulator some difficult questions about the new legislation and their reporting regime
Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 – Readiness Audit
Audit of readiness of the 43 English Fire & Rescue Services to receive electronic information from Responsible Persons of High Rise Blocks
New Providence Wharf Fire Investigation
The London Fire Brigade’s (LFB) long-awaited enforcement report into the New Providence Wharf fire is ‘underwhelming’
Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 – Achieving and maintaining compliance
A simplified guide to preparing for and maintaining ongoing compliance with the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
Secure Information Box – have you got yours?
Secure Information Box forms part of the new Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, which are enforceable from 23rd January 2023
How do you solve a problem like Building Safety?
50 months post-Grenfell we are living on borrowed time with Building Safety. Immediate solutions to stabilise the situation are long overdue.
Residential property developer tax
The UK Government is now consulting on a proposal to introduce a new residential property developer tax aimed at raising £2bn over 10 years – have your say here
More than a quarter of EWS1 certificates ‘invalid’
Confusion over guidance and shortage of qualified surveyors leading to EWS1 certificate chaos according to our latest report
Fire Risk Assessments in London still inadequate
Despite Grenfell, London councils are still ignoring Fire Risk Assessments, the only legally required assessment of Fire Safety in tower blocks!