Hackitt rounds on industry for ‘excuses’ she hears over slow pace of change following Grenfell fire

By Joey Gardiner2020-02-18T06:00:00

Standard practices are ‘gob-smacking’, says chair of board behind building safety regulator

The author of the government’s review of fire safety regulations has said the construction industry lacks the leadership to make the necessary changes to make itself safe, describing common practices as “jaw dropping”.

Speaking at a conference for the construction products manufacturing industry, Dame Judith Hackitt, who has just been chosen to lead the board creating a new building safety regulator, said the industry fell back on “excuses” to justify its inability to improve.
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