Building safety | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:39:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Building safety | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Industry RAAC panel failed to meet DfE after forming https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/industry-raac-panel-failed-to-meet-dfe-after-forming-04-03-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/industry-raac-panel-failed-to-meet-dfe-after-forming-04-03-2024/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2024 11:46:33 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=495172 The Construction Leadership Council’s (CLC) reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) response group did not meet the Department for Education (DfE) last year, Construction News can reveal. The CLC announced on 6 September last year that it would establish a technical expert panel to support the…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/industry-raac-panel-failed-to-meet-dfe-after-forming-04-03-2024/feed/ 1 Developers still building high-rises that won’t meet future regs https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/developers-still-building-high-rises-that-wont-meet-future-regs-04-03-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/developers-still-building-high-rises-that-wont-meet-future-regs-04-03-2024/#respond Mon, 04 Mar 2024 07:00:15 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=495284 Developers are still building schemes they know will fail to meet incoming safety standards, according to a government-backed report. The fourth annual report of the Industry Safety Steering Group (ISSG), chaired by Dame Judith Hackitt, said it had seen “hard evidence” that some developers are…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/developers-still-building-high-rises-that-wont-meet-future-regs-04-03-2024/feed/ 0 Hundreds of council tenants face evacuation due to RAAC https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/hundreds-evacuated-from-council-homes-due-to-raac-01-03-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/hundreds-evacuated-from-council-homes-due-to-raac-01-03-2024/#respond Fri, 01 Mar 2024 10:08:53 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=495233 Around 300 people are under threat of evacuation from their council homes in Aberdeen after surveys found reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC). Panels made from the crumble-risk concrete were found in around 500 homes in Aberdeen’s Balnagask area, to the south of the city, including…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/hundreds-evacuated-from-council-homes-due-to-raac-01-03-2024/feed/ 0 Unite Students plans to recoup 75% of cladding costs from contractors https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/unite-students-plans-to-recoup-75-of-cladding-costs-from-contractors-28-02-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/unite-students-plans-to-recoup-75-of-cladding-costs-from-contractors-28-02-2024/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 10:40:51 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=495037 Student developer Unite Students has said it expects to recoup up to three quarters of the money it will spend remediating dangerous cladding. The developer said it ultimately expects to get back between 50 and 75 per cent of cash spent on on remediation “through…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/unite-students-plans-to-recoup-75-of-cladding-costs-from-contractors-28-02-2024/feed/ 0 Building inspectors under pressure to register above skill level https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/building-inspectors-under-pressure-to-register-above-skill-level-27-02-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/building-inspectors-under-pressure-to-register-above-skill-level-27-02-2024/#respond Tue, 27 Feb 2024 11:15:27 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=495023 The Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE) has warned that building inspectors are being pressured to certify beyond their level of competence. In a notice to its members issued earlier this month, the professional body raised the alarm ahead of 6 April, when all building…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/building-inspectors-under-pressure-to-register-above-skill-level-27-02-2024/feed/ 0 RICS calls for urgent review into building-control capacity https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/rics-calls-for-urgent-review-into-building-control-capacity-22-02-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/rics-calls-for-urgent-review-into-building-control-capacity-22-02-2024/#respond Thu, 22 Feb 2024 12:44:10 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=494713 The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has called for an urgent review into how many surveyors will be registered building inspectors by April – amid growing fears that new building-control regulations will strangle capacity in the sector. The head of Local Authority Building Control…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/rics-calls-for-urgent-review-into-building-control-capacity-22-02-2024/feed/ 0 Governments demands councils pursue ‘rogue’ building owners https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/governments-demands-councils-pursue-rogue-building-owners-21-02-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/governments-demands-councils-pursue-rogue-building-owners-21-02-2024/#respond Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:50:26 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=494678 Councils must ramp up the pressure on building owners who fail to fix dangerous high-rises, the housing minister has said. At a meeting on Tuesday (20 February), housing minister Lee Rowley pushed council leaders to explain how they are using £8m of funding “to force…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/governments-demands-councils-pursue-rogue-building-owners-21-02-2024/feed/ 0 Government warned of looming building-control collapse https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/government-warned-of-looming-building-control-collapse-15-02-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/government-warned-of-looming-building-control-collapse-15-02-2024/#respond Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:38:20 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=494341 A significant number of councils will stop offering building-control services from April unless the deadline to prove professional competence is extended, the head of the service has warned the government. From 6 April, all building-control professionals must have passed a competence assessment and be registered…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/government-warned-of-looming-building-control-collapse-15-02-2024/feed/ 0 Khan pressed to review contracts after balcony collapse https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/khan-pressed-to-review-contracts-after-balcony-collapse-13-02-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/khan-pressed-to-review-contracts-after-balcony-collapse-13-02-2024/#respond Tue, 13 Feb 2024 12:35:46 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=494026 London Assembly members have urged London mayor Sadiq Khan to review Greater London Authority (GLA) housing funding agreements with Barking and Dagenham Council after a balcony collapsed at a Bouygues-built housing scheme.  Members of the assembly unanimously passed a motion calling for the review and…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/khan-pressed-to-review-contracts-after-balcony-collapse-13-02-2024/feed/ 0 Government releases ‘final list’ of RAAC schools and colleges https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/government-releases-final-list-of-raac-schools-and-colleges-09-02-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/building-safety/government-releases-final-list-of-raac-schools-and-colleges-09-02-2024/#respond Fri, 09 Feb 2024 12:19:16 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=493908 The government has announced the “final list” of schools and colleges in England that will receive funding to remediate reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC), but has not confirmed a total cost. Last year, the Department for Education (DfE) committed to fund the necessary RAAC remediation…

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