All building safety articles – Page 2
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Building Safety Regulator confirms ’full’ designs not always needed for building control approval
Official says designs with ‘holes’ can receive approval in some circumstances
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Building safety and restructuring costs send Watkin Jones into the red
Trouble student accomoodation specialist made loss of more than £40m
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'Structurally compromised' Bristol housing block still not safe for residents’ return
The mayor of Bristol said the council plans for Barton House residents to move back in by 23 February
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Gove outlines changes to rules on shared ownership grant funding
Registered providers will be allowed to use recycled grant funding to “buy back” homes with building safety issues
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Home Group appoints Southern Housing director to head up building safety
Monika Lee, who worked for Kensington & Chelsea council in the aftermath of Grenfell, joins 55,000-home association
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Building Safety Regulator appoints interim as permanent head
Philip White will continue in role he has been in since April
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Building Safety Regulator aims to assess four in 10 occupied higher-risk buildings by 2026
New regulator publishes its first strategic plan, setting out a three-year ‘roadmap’ for action
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Grenfell Inquiry report delayed until the middle of next year
Phase-two findings may not be published before seventh anniversary of tower-block disaster
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DLUHC issues fresh guidance on plan to stop developers building unless they carry out cladding repairs
Responsible Actors Scheme information issued
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Southern Housing moves residents out of 60-home block due to concrete safety concerns
Housing association giant concerned about structural safety
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In Focus
Can the new housing minister make a difference before the election?
The past nine housing ministers have come and gone in the time it takes to get a large project to site, says Joey Gardiner. So what are the chances that the latest incumbent in the role can do what is required to pick the industry up off the floor?
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Bristol tower block evacuated over structural risk
Barton House in Bristol has been evacuated due to “risk of building collapse”
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Galliard Homes posts £13m loss after building safety work hit
Husebuilder recognises £39.6m of ‘exceptional provisions’ mainly for remediation work
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A2 Dominion changes executive team structure in drive to improve resident services
The London housing association will not increase its housebuilding programme, in order to focus on improving its existing services
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Comment
It will take at least a year for the sector to become confident with the new building safety regime
The industry has been working hard to get up to speed with the new regulations, but there’s still much to learn, writes Andrew Mellor
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Court orders building owner to pay £60,000 for cladding removal delays
Chaplair Limited fined £30,000 and ordered to pay £30,000 in costs for missing deadline to remove cladding
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Further delays likely under second staircase transitional arrangements, Housing Forum warns
Gove’s transitional period gives a tighter window to get schemes started than current regulations - meaning housebuilders may hold off applying for building regulations approval for schemes until they are sure they can build within 18 months
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Cladding removal firm fined £240,000 for making Liverpool housing block ‘more dangerous’
Green Facades pleaded guilty at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court to breaching safety regulations following inspections by the Health and Safety Executive
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Newham Council wins landmark case against building owner over cladding removal
Local authority successfully prosecutes Chaplair Limited for delays in replacing flammable cladding