Building safety | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Fri, 09 May 2025 09:25:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://cdn.ca.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Building safety | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Juggling responsibilities: The pitfalls involved in making buildings safer https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/features/juggling-responsibilities-the-pitfalls-involved-in-making-buildings-safer-09-05-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/features/juggling-responsibilities-the-pitfalls-involved-in-making-buildings-safer-09-05-2025/#respond Fri, 09 May 2025 09:25:00 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=519223 With a mountain of cladding remediation work to get through, CN asks how contractors can ensure their work avoids contributing to fire risks A fire at an East London residential block last August was a grim echo of the Grenfell Tower blaze, which killed 72…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/features/juggling-responsibilities-the-pitfalls-involved-in-making-buildings-safer-09-05-2025/feed/ 0 Let early works start on BSR-delayed projects, developer urges https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/let-early-works-start-on-bsr-delayed-projects-developer-urges-30-04-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/let-early-works-start-on-bsr-delayed-projects-developer-urges-30-04-2025/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:55:31 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=519649 A major high-rise developer has urged the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) to allow earlier construction stages to start while an application is under consideration, to combat delays. In an opinion piece for Construction News, Downing Group founder George Downing called upon the government to allow…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/let-early-works-start-on-bsr-delayed-projects-developer-urges-30-04-2025/feed/ 0 Contractor named for Grenfell Tower demolition https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/government/contractor-named-for-grenfell-tower-demolition-25-04-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/government/contractor-named-for-grenfell-tower-demolition-25-04-2025/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:55:19 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=519339 This story was written with AI assistance from Harmsworth Who is Harmsworth? The government has announced its intention to award the contract to demolish Grenfell Tower to the firm currently maintaining the site, without a competition. In a notice published today (25 April), the Ministry…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/government/contractor-named-for-grenfell-tower-demolition-25-04-2025/feed/ 0 Members appointed to Building Control Independent Panel https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/peoplemoves/mace-appoints-former-isg-executive-25-04-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/peoplemoves/mace-appoints-former-isg-executive-25-04-2025/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:00:41 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=519322 This story was written with AI assistance from Harmsworth Who is Harmsworth? The government has appointed four experts to join Dame Judith Hackitt on the Building Control Independent Panel, set up to review the building control system in England. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/peoplemoves/mace-appoints-former-isg-executive-25-04-2025/feed/ 0 Why is building safety litigation on the rise? https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/why-is-building-safety-litigation-on-the-rise-24-04-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/why-is-building-safety-litigation-on-the-rise-24-04-2025/#respond Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:04:53 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=518401 Chloe Derrick is a partner at law firm Stewarts The construction sector has been subject to a significant liability shift, following a wholesale review of building regulation and practice after the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017. Legal claims for cladding and fire safety losses…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/opinion/why-is-building-safety-litigation-on-the-rise-24-04-2025/feed/ 0 Nottinghamshire diagnostic centre delayed by asbestos https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/nottinghamshire-diagnostic-centre-delayed-by-asbestos-23-04-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/nottinghamshire-diagnostic-centre-delayed-by-asbestos-23-04-2025/#respond Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:56:19 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=519098 The opening of a diagnostic centre that is being built by Kier in Nottinghamshire has been pushed back by four months, after the discovery of higher-than-expected levels of asbestos. The Mansfield Community Diagnostic Centre, which was due to open at the end of the year,…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/nottinghamshire-diagnostic-centre-delayed-by-asbestos-23-04-2025/feed/ 0 Gateway system pre-app meeting on the table, says BSR head https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/gateway-system-pre-app-meeting-on-the-table-says-bsr-head-16-04-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/gateway-system-pre-app-meeting-on-the-table-says-bsr-head-16-04-2025/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:04:27 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=518783 The head of the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has said he “wouldn’t be averse” to pre-application engagement to ease gateway two delays. Amid uncertainty over the BSR’s gateway two preconstruction hard stop, the Health and Safety Executive’s director of building safety Philip White told Construction…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/gateway-system-pre-app-meeting-on-the-table-says-bsr-head-16-04-2025/feed/ 0 Inside the BSR bottleneck: part two https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/inside-the-bsr-bottleneck-part-two-16-04-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/inside-the-bsr-bottleneck-part-two-16-04-2025/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 10:01:21 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=518683 High-rise residential development has virtually ground to a halt since the Building Safety Regulator took on full powers. In the second instalment of a two-part series, Charlotte Banks explores whether change is on the horizon The roll-out of the gateway two system has been dogged by delays and poor…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/inside-the-bsr-bottleneck-part-two-16-04-2025/feed/ 0 BSR struggled to access applicant documents, head admits https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/bsr-struggled-to-access-applicant-documents-head-admits-15-04-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/bsr-struggled-to-access-applicant-documents-head-admits-15-04-2025/#respond Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:56:28 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=518724 Problems with a new digital system have hindered Building Safety Regulator (BSR) staff from accessing applications, its director has admitted. Philip White, director of building safety at the Health and Safety Executive, told Construction News that IT issues delayed the regulator from processing applications. Other…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/bsr-struggled-to-access-applicant-documents-head-admits-15-04-2025/feed/ 0 Inside the BSR bottleneck: part one https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/inside-the-bsr-bottleneck-part-one-15-04-2025/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/long-reads/inside-the-bsr-bottleneck-part-one-15-04-2025/#respond Tue, 15 Apr 2025 09:52:52 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=518678 High-rise residential development has virtually ground to a halt since the Building Safety Regulator took on full powers. In the first instalment of a two-part series, Charlotte Banks explores the problems  When Leeds City Council approved plans for three new residential towers on the Dyecoats…

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