Awareness of the Building Safety Act and its implications is growing across the building services sector according to new research commissioned by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). The industry-wide survey, carried out by AMA Research on behalf of the ...
Read More »Bids invited for £800m Building Safety and Compliance Framework
Fusion 21, a national social enterprise specialising in efficient and impactful public sector procurement and social value services, has announced the renewal of its national Building Safety and Compliance Framework, worth up to £800 million over four years, and is ...
Read More »NAO urges Government to set target date for ending cladding remediation
Publishing a target date for the completion of dangerous cladding remediation works and providing greater transparency on remediation performance are two key recommendations arising from a new report from the UK’s independent spending watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO). The ...
Read More »Considerate Constructors Scheme completes Building a Safer Future acquisition
Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS), the independent champion for change in construction, has completed its acquisition of the Building a Safer Future (BSF) programme. The programme, which creates positive culture and behaviour change in building safety, was launched in response to ...
Read More »Miller Knight to lead first Building Safety Forum at Villa Park
Multi-discipline principal contractor, Miller Knight, is set to host its first annual Building Safety Forum on 6 November at Villa Park, home to Aston Villa football club. The event will centre on some of the major challenges the construction and ...
Read More »BESA elects new president
Adrian Hurley, Managing Director of design, installation and maintenance contractor, FP Hurley & Sons, has been elected as President of the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) for 2024-25. Hurley has been involved with BESA since 2019 when he joined Council ...
Read More »Grenfell Tower Inquiry publishes final report
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has today published its second and final report into the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire at Grenfell Tower in the early hours of 14 June 2017, which resulted in the deaths of 72 ...
Read More »Call for enhanced building safety with fire survival cables following London fires
Wrexham Mineral Cables (WMC) is calling for better building safety standards through the use of fire survival cables before more lives are put at risk. The UK cable manufacturer’s call to action comes after the recent fire in a residential ...
Read More »Following the thread
Marc Bradfield, Director at Bureau Veritas, outlines some of his key observations from understanding and observing the Golden Thread The concept of the ‘golden thread’ under the Building Safety Act 2022 is often perceived as complex and daunting, but it ...
Read More »Building Safety Act: Implications for FMs as construction clients
Paul Nash, Director of Paul Nash Consultancy Ltd, explains the responsibilities of the client as a dutyholder under the Building Safety Act and related secondary legislation Facilities managers will be aware of the new dutyholder role of accountable person in ...
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