The Grenfell fire revealed so many layers of failure in the UK approach to the design, construction and management of buildings that the reverberations will last for many years.

One area will be its effect on how clients commission and contract for building work. The trend of the last several decades towards clients choosing design-build procurement and main contractors subcontracting almost all work may be checked.

There has been a steady progression away from clients asking consultants to do detailed design and to supervise work on site, directly or via a clerk of works.Clients have been advised not to attract liability by working through directly appointed consultants. They have also seen design-build as a single source and better guarantee of quality as no negligence need be proven to gain compensation.