The construction industry needs a Building Safety Regulator that is fit for purpose

By Tom Dodson 2025-06-25T06:00:00

The government must get its house in order and act to remove the gateway 2 bottleneck, says Tom Dodson

No one in the industry objects to making buildings safer – the horrors of Grenfell must never be repeated. But there’s no doubt that the introduction of the Building Safety Act is causing a myriad of unintended consequences along the way toward that worthy goal.

A key part of the act was the introduction of Gateway 2 for higher risk buildings – a point before construction starts when the design is scrutinised by the Building Safety Regulator (BSR). Intended to take no longer than 12 weeks, this stage would ensure that every new building over 18m high would be as safe as possible against the risks of fire.

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