Dame Judith Hackitt has expressed "serious concern" over a lack of take-up by the construction industry of tools and frameworks that have been developed to make high-rise residential buildings safer.
The Construction Industry Council (CIC) has called on the government to extend the ban on the use of combustible materials to a wider range of buildings than currently planned.
New guidance that will steer managers and owners of high-rise and higher-risk residential buildings to comply with maintaining a golden thread of information is set to be published by the Building Safety Alliance (BSA).
Trustmark and the Construction Leadership Council have launched an online guide to help people safely engage the services of tradespeople in/around their homes.
According to updated lists, all 51 developers are now signed up to the government's building safety remediation contract brought in post the Grenfell Tower fire.
The way in which we engage with energy consumption within our homes has remained stuck in the dark ages whereas smart technology increasingly dominates most other aspects of our lives.
The Society for the Environment (SocEnv) has published its Strategy to 2045, setting out its long-term direction and priorities for the next two decades.
