All Building Safety Regulator articles
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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
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator chair unveils measures to speed up approvals process at Building the Future conference
Andy Roe says initiatives will mean time getting gateway 2 sign-off is closer to 12 weeks rather than current 48
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FeaturesHow the UK’s largest listed private landlord Grainger is preparing to ride the build-to-rent wave
Grainger has spent the past few years pivoting towards build-to-rent to take advantage of the burgeoning living markets sector. As the firm registers as a REIT in order to attract investment, chief executive Helen Gordon explains her strategy
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NewsNew BESA president criticises industry ‘lip service’ commitment to building safety regime
Pete Curtis calls on sector’s firms to ‘do something’ to improve compliance amid ongoing gateway 2 delays
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NewsNine month wait to get building safety sign-off for new builds, regulator admits
When new regulations were introduced 18 months, planned target was to get decisions made with 12 weeks
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CommentWhat next for the Building Safety Regulator?
Evidence being heard by a House of Lords inquiry exposes fundamental flaws that ministers still need to address
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator wants to get gateway 2 approvals process down to ‘five weeks’, CLC boss tells peers
But Mark Reynolds says proposal is ‘long way off’ and that getting it to just 13 weeks would be ‘huge step forward’
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FeaturesIs the government’s Building Safety Regulator shake-up enough to fix the delays?
The government has promised to speed up approvals for high-rise residential schemes which have been languishing for up to a year in the new building safety regime. The industry’s reponse so far has been muted. With patience running out and costs mounting, Tom Lowe speaks to the people caught up ...