The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has held its first national annual conference to support industry and dutyholders in preparing for new building safety regulations in England.
The Welsh Government has launched two new consultations seeking views on the forthcoming building inspectors register; and changes to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
A fencing contractor whose post-knocker hit an underground gas pipeline on a farm in Derbyshire has joined forces with LinesearchbeforeUdig (LSBUD) and Linewatch to produce a safety awareness video.
Those responsible for the safety of high-rise residential buildings in England have six months from April to register with the new Building Safety Regulator.
Sam Bader, Fire Engineer at Trigon, asks if we are specifying the areas of NSHEVs incorrectly due to varying guidance – and if terminology should be aligned
A contractor was killed by an electrical explosion while carrying out an asbestos survey - Global Energy Nigg has been fined £80,000 after a court case.
The Local Authority Building Control (LABC) has secured more than £20 million in new burdens funding to develop and build capacity in public service building control, it has been announced.
The absence of a complete continuous cladding support system may have contributed towards a repeated failure of modern cladding in severe – but not exceptional – winds, that caused a hazard to public safety when the panels fell to the street below.
We speak to recent CABE Webinar Wednesday expert Douglas Masterson about how the right architectural ironmongery on fire doors can be the difference between life and death
Simon Lewis and Michelle Essen at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson say the construction industry should brace itself for major changes this year as the new building safety regime comes into play
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ (DLUHC) consultation on proposed changes to Approved Document B (ADB) of the Building Regulations closes on 17 March 2023.
Following the commencement of the Fire Safety Act 2021 in England and Wales, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 came into force on 23 January 2023 and were made under Article 24 of the Fire Safety Order 2005.
The government laid new legislation before the Houses of Parliament on 23 January with the intention of establishing a more stringent building safety regime for higher-risk buildings.
Bridge design engineers, architects and their clients should avoid introducing “invitations to climb” to their structure designs following a report of a thrill-seeker climbing on a bridge, risking serious injury to themselves and others.
