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The BSR has now published important updates to Building Assessment Certification guidance - with a key addition. They have now integrated the specific assessment criteria used by HSE's multi-disciplinary teams when assessing BAC applications.
For your convenience, the BSR has created a streamlined summary of these changes, focusing on the Building Safety Regulator's core requirements for successful building assessment certificates - see here - please use this summary in conjunction with the full updated guidance.
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On 2 December 2024, the government published its plan for increasing the pace of remediation for buildings in England with unsafe cladding.
The plan consists of a number of measures to:
- fix buildings faster
- identify buildings at risk more quickly
- support residents and leaseholders
Access the full collection of documents and supporting policy papers here
- Building Remediation
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The Home Office has published its post-consultation response to the Emergency Evacuation Information Sharing Plus consultation.
The Minister of State, Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP, said:
"We will move to lay Regulations to deliver the Residential PEEPs policy. Our engagement with key stakeholders, including disability stakeholder organisations, will continue, to help to ensure a smooth road to implementation, including the production of supporting guidance that will sit alongside the Regulations."
You can read the full response here
- Fire Safety
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The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) is championing and supporting the delivery of safe and high-quality buildings for those who live and work in them.
The Building Safety workstream of the Construction Leadership Council have today (27 August 2024) published guidance on the golden thread of information requirements for higher-risk buildings. This guidance will support dutyholders and accountable persons to deliver a golden thread for their building.
The guidance sets out the golden thread information that dutyholders and accountable persons will need to generate, keep, maintain and handover during design, through construction, handover and completion of the building and into occupation.
The full Golden Thread Guidance is available here. A Summary of the guidance is also available, and can be downloaded here.
As the new regime develops, this guidance will almost certainly need to develop with it. The CLC would like to invite constructive feedback on this guidance to support this process.
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