All building safety articles – Page 4
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Dandara and Avant edge closer to signing cladding contract
Two of the remaining four housebuilders named by Gove are in talks with DLUHC
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Building safety registration portal for high-rise buildings goes live
Details of 12,500 buildings required to be submitted to new Building Safety Regulator before 1 October
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Comment
Registering high-rises with the new regulator offers chance to improve homes
While the culture change required by the Building Safety Act means a lot more potential work, it is also an opportunity to create safer, greener buildings, writes Claire Tribe
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Kingspan hits Gove’s Easter deadline to talk about cladding compensation costs
Firm’s UK boss tells housing secretary it is ‘very open to working with your department’
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In Focus
We are entering a new era for building safety - but are we ready for the new regulator?
The Building Safety Regulator’s registration process for high-rise buildings starts in a few days’ time. Carl Brown assesses how prepared the new regulator and the industry are for the start of a fresh regime
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Now Gove tears into Grenfell firm Arconic and tells US company’s boss: ‘You will pay up’
Housing secretary fires off letter to another products firm involved in 2017 tragedy
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Gove invites Kingspan boss to discuss cladding compensation following 'record profits'
Housing secretary wants to hear from material firm’s chief executive before Easter
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Government declines to fix date for Responsible Actors Scheme
Details published of plans to ban housebuilders from trading over cladding repairs - but no timetable for introduction
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Building safety chief aims for ‘world-leading’ regulation as watchdog launch nears
Peter Baker says importance of considering fire safety in initial planning ‘has still not fully landed‘ in industry
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Why Peabody wants more info from government to tackle second staircase dilemma
The second staircase rule is already causing chaos for new build plans and Peabody is one of the developers in the eye of the storm. Phil Jenkins explains how the housing association is going about looking at its planned high-rises
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Government’s specialist building safety unit investigating 19 firms
New team set up by DLUHC to pursue firms dragging their heels on building safety work ramps up activity
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Emerson Group says it will sign cladding contract
Developer complains the government created a “misleading impression” of its behaviour
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Second staircase rule forces Westminster council to redesign 1,100-home regeneration scheme
Marylebone scheme the latest to be redrawn following new fire safety ruling in London
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Ballymore latest housebuilder to sign the government’s cladding contract
Government confirmed Anglo-Irish firm had signed the contract on Friday
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Berkeley to shift towards low-rise build if single staircase ban goes ahead
Developer says fire safety rules will put high rise schemes awaiting planning “back to square one”
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Gove threatens to put 11 housebuilders who have not signed cladding contract ‘out of business’
Housing secretary repeats pledge to stop developers trading as deadline passes
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Peabody warns of ‘dramatic’ delays to build as sector calls for clarity on second staircases
Housing association says it can’t commit to designs on towers across 20 schemes because of uncertainty over staircase policy
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UPDATED: volume housebuilders sign building safety contract
First signatures come amid controversy over Gove threats to ban laggards from the industry despite delays in sending out contracts
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DLUHC announces fund to recruit 221 building and fire safety inspectors
Government unveils £42m fund as it gears up for Building Safety Regulator launch
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CIH backs 18m threshold for second staircases in tower blocks
Membership body urges lower height limit than the 30m proposed by Michael Gove