The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has warned that the remediation of buildings is being hindered by deep-rooted flaws in the building safety system.
To support Chartered Architectural Technologists to demonstrate that they have the skills, knowledge, experience and behaviours necessary to fulfil the PD role for either HRBs or non-HRBs, CIAT launched a Principal Designer Register in May last year.
Thouria Istephan has been appointed as the new interim Chief Construction Adviser to provide independent advice to ministers and government on building safety and regulatory reform.
The latest Building Safety Remediation data shows steady progress, with over a third of identified buildings now fully remediated. But with more than 5,200 residential buildings over 11 metres still under scrutiny and more than half yet to begin works, the scale of the challenge remains clear.
Dan Rossiter FCIAT has been appointed to join the Fundamental Review of Building Regulations Guidance panel, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has announced.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published an update explaining how its appointed contractor will "carefully" take down the remains of Grenfell Tower.
The House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee is running an inquiry into the work of the Building Safety Regulator to understand what is and is not working well, and how the BSR can work more effectively.
The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has published new guidance, developed in collaboration with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), to support professionals involved in submitting and assessing applications for Gateway 2 approvals for Higher Risk Buildings (HRBs).
The government is bringing forward a new Remediation Bill requiring landlords of buildings 18m or more in height with unsafe cladding to complete remediation by the end of 2029.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has announced that the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) will, over the coming months, move from sitting within the Health and Safety Executive, to an Arm’s Length Body of MHCLG.
Each year, BSI publish a plethora of new and updated Standards which support the built environment. Dan Rossiter FCIAT, Vice-President Technical and Sector Lead at BSI, has highlighted a few of these standards which he believes are highly impactful for Architectural Technologists.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has published a notice asking the sector and regulatory bodies to continue using government guidance to determine whether a building is higher-risk.
