All Building Safety Bill articles
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NewsGreenhalgh: we will follow through on threats if housebuilders don’t pay up
Building safety minister tells Building Building Safety Act powers are ‘not for show’
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Features
The Building Safety Bill is now law – here’s what you need to know
The government’s flagship Building Safety Bill has become law. Here is a reminder of why it is important along with the key areas that have changed during its passage through parliament
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Features
Decay, delay and deregulation: what we have learnt from the Grenfell Inquiry
Senior government figures had to explain why calls to amend the building regulations to clarify fire safety risk went unheeded
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News
Housebuilders hit back over £3bn levy plan
HBF says levy ‘unacceptable’ while fears voice over impact on ’innocent’ SME builders
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Comment
Why new safety laws could do more harm than good
As increased liability pushes insurance costs beyond reach of most firms, capacity to fix unsafe homes or build new ones will plummet
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News
Getting overseas firms to pay for cladding costs ‘practically difficult’, Gove admits
Housing secretary says ministers may lack ‘total authority’ to force non-UK based firms to pay into £4bn remediation fund
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Gove unveils plan to give legal force to £4bn cladding threats
Ministers set to amend law to stop developers from building unless they pay into remediation fund
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Comment
Greater use of timber calls for pragmatism to keep insurers happy
The construction and insurance industries must work together if we are to increase the use of structural timber that is safe and cost effective, says Andrew Carpenter
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Comment
It’s good to talk about flood and fire risks
A new report on risks posed by timber-framed buildings is a positive first step towards greater collaboration
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Comment
The year ahead in construction law 2022
Sheena Sood previews what 2022 will hold for the construction industry from a legal point of view
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News
Government missing opportunity to use building safety reforms to end late payments ‘misery’
Labour MP argued ‘toxic’ industry payment culture contributes to poor building safety
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EWS1 forms ditched for buildings below 18m in height
Government and mortgage lenders back changes after research finds ‘no systemic risk of fire’ in smaller blocks
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Comment
Freedom day in shackles
With responsibility for risk assessment shifting from government to employers, firms have a lot on their shoulders
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Features
Explainer: What next for the Building Safety Bill?
The Building Safety Bill, ushering in wide-ranging reforms for how residential blocks are built and maintained, has drawn both criticism and praise since its publication this week. So when will the measures be implemented?
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News
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All of our Building Safety Bill news, opinion and analysis in one place
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News
RIBA attacks Building Safety Bill for ‘not fully addressing’ industry’s shortcomings
Fractured nature of construction threatens to undermine good intentions, architects group adds
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Building Safety Bill is ‘industry’s opportunity to embrace far-reaching change’
Legislation plans regulator for buildings over 18m, new homes ombudsman and tougher regulatory framework for construction products
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Tory MP says Building Safety Bill a ‘sticking plaster’
Stephen McPartland accuses the government of lacking the will to fix cladding scandal
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Government faces fire safety bill rebellion
Conservative backbench amendment aims to make sure leaseholders do not pay cladding repair costs
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Chief of new building safety regulator appointed
HSE veteran Peter Baker to lead ‘biggest change in building safety for a generation’
