How do we ensure building safety compliance while still delivering the homes we need?

By Carl Brown2023-03-14T06:00:00

Multiple regulators, overlapping rules, competence requirements, gateways, information sharing and holistic approaches. Here’s what the Building the Future Commission’s building safety stream has been looking at

As part of Building Magazine’s ambitious year-long Building the Future Commission to improve the built environment I’ve been busy over the past few weeks talking to various experts about the myriad legislative requirements of the Building Safety Act.

I’ve been seeking to understand how the construction industry can ensure compliance and safety of buildings in the long term while also keep much-needed housing delivery going.

I’ve already written about the issue of second staircases and how the government’s proposals for mandatory second stair cores in blocks over 30m in height is leading to uncertainty, given fire chiefs have been calling for 18m.

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