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.
2024, 2023, 2022 and 2014 are the UK's warmest years on record, according to the Met Office's analysis. In fact, the ten warmest years in the UK since records began in 1884 have all occurred since 2000. The chances of a summer matching the 2022 heatwave in this country could, according to the Met Office, be greater than 50% by 2050.
2013 sees several sets of changes to the Building Regulations in England. The first set, coming into force on 6 April, is intended to reduce the burden of regulation on the construction industry, and includes changes to Parts B, K, M and P. A further change takes place on 1 July 2013 when the European Construction Products Regulations 2011 come into force and the guidance to Regulation 7 will be aligned with them. This article addresses the April and July changes.
The government has said it is to introduce changes in building regulations to mandate 'separate male and female toilets' in all new non-domestic public and private buildings in England.
CIAT has announced its support for regulation of embodied or ‘whole life’ carbon in construction, through the proposed 'Part Z' Building Regulations, as an essential step to delivering a net zero built environment sector.
The building safety and regulatory landscape continues to evolve following the conclusion of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, the UK Government response to the Inquiry and the launch of the Prospectus for the Single Construction Regulator.
