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  • Government announces Remediation Acceleration Plan

    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

  • Government response: Emergency Evacuation Information Sharing Plus (EEIS+) consultation

    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

  • 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.

    • Building Safety Act
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