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  • Smoke vents rendered inoperable by building work

    A new alert  from CROSS UK draws attention to the safety risks associated with preventing the operation of smoke vents, in particular Automatic Opening Vents (AOVs), by construction works on existing buildings. 

    Read the Alert and guidance here

  • Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report Published

    The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report has now been published – you can access a copy of the Report here.

    Sir Martin Moore-Bick, Chairman of the Inquiry, also delivered a live televised statement, which you can watch here.

     

  • CLC issues new Golden Thread Guidance

    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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  • BSR Conference 2024: Content available to view online

    HSE’s second building safety conference, which took place in May in Birmingham was attended by over 1,400 industry leaders, regulators and resident representatives.

    The conference featured almost 40 sessions and panel discussions providing detailed information on a breadth of topics including:

    the building control application process for high-rise residential buildings
    ways of working for the building control profession
    more information on how to build a safety case and a resident engagement plan

    If you missed the opportunity to attend the BSR conference in May, you can watch back all of the key note speeches and sessions on HSE’s Youtube channel.

    Amongst the many topics covered, sessions include updates on : Building Control Assessment process, Resident Engagement, Building Control profession, the Golden Thread, and Planning Gateways.

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  • Grenfell, Seven Years On: The Property Institute calls for swift action to fix unsafe buildings

    Seven years have passed since the tragic night when Grenfell Tower was engulfed in flames, leaving an indelible scar on our collective conscience. Today, as we remember the 72 lives lost, The Property Institute (TPI) stands in solidarity with the survivors and the Grenfell community, who continue to seek justice, and  we urge the next Government to get on with remediating unsafe buildings. 

    The Grenfell Tower fire was a preventable disaster – the consequence of a series of systemic failures and regulatory oversights. Combustible cladding, inadequate fire doors, and a dangerously flawed stay-put policy turned the tower into a death trap. The aftermath revealed the urgent need for comprehensive safety measures. Seven years on, we have a new regulatory regime, but there remain many challenges ahead to ensuring buildings – and more importantly, residents - are safe. 

    Read the full statement from The Property Institute here 

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