All Building Safety Regulator articles
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NewsBuilding control firm’s collapse sparks jump in ‘transitional cases’ being handled by BSR
Cases assessed under old regime have risen to 43 due to failure of Assent Building Control
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NewsTwo thirds of gateway 2 decisions in last three months were green lights, Building Safety Regulator says
Group adds more remediation cases are being dealt with as it prepares to formally announce remediation improvement plan this month
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NewsGateway 2 cases backlog virtually cleared as government responds to damning Lords report on BSR
But regulator admits more to be done on speeding up approvals process for remediations schemes
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CommentThe newly liberated Building Safety Regulator must show it can help get safe homes built – and fast
The signs are promising that the relatively new leadership team can fix the BSR model and restore industry trust, but there is still some way to go, writes Charis Beverton
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NewsHold-ups now dogging gateway 3 building safety approvals, FOI reveals
Law firm Irwin Mitchell says 44 schemes waiting more than three months for sign-off with decisions supposed to be within eight weeks
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CommentSomeone the industry can do business with: the Building Safety Regulator chair impresses wherever he goes
He’s less than a year into the job but in appointing Andy Roe as its boss, the government seems to have struck gold, writes Dave Rogers
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News‘Getting gateway 2 approval now much closer to stated 12 weeks,’ Building Safety Regulator boss says
Figure once stood at 48 weeks as Andy Roe outlines plan for tackling remediation backlog and calming fears over gateway 3 process
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NewsGovernment launches consultation on single construction regulator
Approvals process for high-rise remediations will also be streamlined but definition of higher risk buildings to remain the same
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News‘We know there’s a problem and we’re making changes,’ Building Safety Regulator says in wake of damning Lords report
Group says initiatives to speed up approvals process are beginning to take effect
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NewsPeers condemn ‘unacceptable’ building safety delays and say approvals process needs to be ‘streamlined’
House of Lords inquiry finds ‘ageing workforce of building inspectors struggling to meet demand’
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News‘We’re finally being heard.’ Project team hails record gateway 2 approval ‘milestone’ on London new build scheme
Kingsland Road decision being seen as breakthrough in building safety regulations impasse
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NewsNearly half of new build gateway 2 cases now handled by Building Safety Regulator’s innovation unit
First approvals under new model expected ‘shortly’ but won’t immediately meet 12-weeks target, group admits
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator to leave HSE early next year, minister reveals
Switch to MHCLG to be completed by end of January
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NewsHSE publishes guidance for projects in wake of building control firm’s collapse
Assent Building Control Compliance now in liquidation
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator says 10 high-rise schemes caught up in building control firm’s collapse
But group says it does not expect ‘any knock-on impact on gateway 2 work’
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NewsWorries grow over Building Safety Regulator’s plan to clear gateway 2 backlog after building control firm collapses
Callers to Assent Building Compliance’s head office told firm has ‘ceased trading and set for insolvency’
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NewsBSR chair calls for wider regulation of construction professions
Andy Roe tells committee there is ‘great danger’ in subcontracting system
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator spells out timetable to clear gateway 2 backlog first announced at Building the Future conference
Backlog of legacy application to be cleared by January, group promises
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CommentWill the CLC building control approval guidance be a gateway to success?
These short guidance notes aim to reduce rejections and delays by providing more clarity on what information to include in gateway 2 applications
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NewsIndustry will see progress on gateway 2 delays by Christmas, CLC boss predicts
Mark Reynolds tells Building the Future conference he is ‘confident greater number of schemes will be approved’ by end of year