Features Building safety: more change to come A government progress report on implementation of recommendations of the Grenfell Phase 2 Inquiry points to upheaval ahead.
News Single building regulator to be introduced for entire construction industry The government will introduce a new single regulator responsible for the entire construction industry, deputy prime minister and housing secretary Angela Rayner has confirmed.
Features Dame Judith Hackitt: ‘We know that the culture can change’ Despite the safety reforms brought in by the 2022 Building Safety Act, substandard submissions are still holding up approvals by the Building Safety Regulator. Dame Judith Hackitt tells Denise Chevin what needs to be done to transform the construction culture that allows this.
News Government pledges to fix unsafe cladding by 2029 The government has launched a scheme to fix all unsafe high-rises in government-funded schemes by the end of 2029. The Remediation Acceleration Plan will set concrete targets for building remediation…
Features Grenfell seven years on: learning from disaster Grenfell still casts a long shadow over the industry. To the dismay of the families of those who died in the tragic fire in June 2017 the process of criminal…
News Snelling: Industry needs more action on competence APS president calls for clearer guidance from Building Safety Regulator following the publication of the Grenfell Phase 2 Inquiry report.
News PM to ban shamed Grenfell companies from government work as industry reacts to report The prime minister has said that companies named and shamed in Phase 2 of the Grenfell Inquiry report will not be handed government work in future.
News Grenfell final report: a ‘culmination of decades of failure’ by government and construction Seven years after the fire that killed 72 people, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has concluded that the disaster “was the culmination of decades of failure by central government and other…
News Grenfell: the companies blamed for disaster 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 1,700-page…
News Recommendations from the Grenfell Inquiry The Grenfell Inquiry published today (4 September) its second and final report into the circumstances that led to the fire that killed 72 people on 14 June 2017. The 1,700-page…
News Final Grenfell report to be published in September The Grenfell Inquiry has confirmed that it will publish the final part of its report on 4 September.
News Further delay to Grenfell Inquiry report The Grenfell Inquiry has said that the report into the fire will not be published before the seventh anniversary of the tragedy as planned.
News Grenfell Tower Inquiry reviews 320,000 documents The Grenfell Tower Inquiry is dealing with a total of more than 320,000 documents, it has revealed.
News Grenfell Tower Inquiry reviews 320,000 documents The Grenfell Tower Inquiry is dealing with a total of more than 320,000 documents, it has revealed.
News Grenfell: Government had ‘false understanding’ that fire safety regime was working The government had a ‘false understanding’ that the fire safety regime was working as it should in advance of the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster.