Anthony Hayes on a potential pitfall for those hoping to avoid the Building Safety Levy through staged submissions.

Earlier this month, the industry was shaken following the collapse of Assent, one of the UK’s largest building control firms. Tim Hillier and Olivia Jenkins explain the options available after a building control body ceases trading.

New guidance published by the government to establish the height of a higher-risk building is “unhelpful”, a construction lawyer has said.

Two building control companies have been sanctioned following minor breaches of the code of conduct for approved inspectors. Building Consents Ltd and Integral Building Control Solutions Ltd faced separate disciplinary…

A majority of Building Control professionals have completed registration with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) after the 6 July deadline extension. As of 30 July, 4,049 of BSR’s estimated 4,500…

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has updated its guidance on registered building inspectors to include details about what constitutes a conflict of interest.

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has extended the deadline for registration of Building Control inspectors until 6 July.

Local authorities may be unable to carry out their building control responsibilities after 6 April due to a lack of registered professionals, the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) chief executive has warned.