The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has published guidance on securing approvals for high-risk buildings through the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) at the gateway 2 stage. The CLC said an ...
Almost nine years after fire ripped through Grenfell Tower, killing 72 people, more than 140,000 homes remain sheathed in ...
"It came as a complete surprise,” says Geoff Wilkinson, managing director of building control approver Wilkinson Construction Consultants, referring to the government’s announcement last week that it ...
The Building Safety Regulator is under new leadership. Will it succeed in fixing a broken system? Noah Vickers reports ...
Heralded as an ‘operational reset’, the regulator began work in its new home as an ‘arm’s length body’ under the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local government yesterday (27 January). The move ...
The BSR’s ‘Gateway 2’ process is causing severe delays to essential safety works. Peter Apps investigates why #UKHousing This month marked the second anniversary of Josh Morris being made homeless. In ...
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has revealed that around 1,300 residents in high-risk blocks have contacted it about safety concerns over the past year. The Building Safety Regulator has revealed ...
The report, entitled The Building Safety Regulator: Building a Better Regulator, recommends that the BSR gives better training to its multidisciplinary teams, introduces a new streamlined process for ...