A total of 145 specialist firms – 81 per cent being SMEs have secured a place on Fusion 21’s national Building Safety and Compliance Framework designed to support members to manage and maintain safe buildings and demonstrate building compliance. Worth ...
Read More »Engineering Council launches new UK-SPEC HRB Standard
The official launch of a new Standard for building safety took place on Friday (2 May) at the House of Lords at an event hosted by his Lordship the Earl of Lindsay. The new UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence ...
Read More »BESA takes Member Engagement Award for Building Safety Act
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has been recognised for its outstanding work in supporting members through the complexities of the Building Safety Act (BSA), winning Best Member Engagement Award at last week’s Trade Association Forum (TAF) Awards. This accolade ...
Read More »Government responds in full to Grenfell Tower Inquiry
The government has accepted the findings in the full response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s final report and has set out its plans to act on all 58 recommendations, driving a sweeping transformation to enhance building and fire safety standards. ...
Read More »Construction clients are ‘ignoring building safety’
New research carried out by the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has revealed construction clients are failing to engage with the new building safety regime. The Association used its regional meetings with members as ‘focus groups’ over a six-month period ...
Read More »NAO urges Government to set target date for ending cladding remediation
Publishing a target date for the completion of dangerous cladding remediation works and providing greater transparency on remediation performance are two key recommendations arising from a new report from the UK’s independent spending watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO). The ...
Read More »Considerate Constructors Scheme completes Building a Safer Future acquisition
Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS), the independent champion for change in construction, has completed its acquisition of the Building a Safer Future (BSF) programme. The programme, which creates positive culture and behaviour change in building safety, was launched in response to ...
Read More »Miller Knight to lead first Building Safety Forum at Villa Park
Multi-discipline principal contractor, Miller Knight, is set to host its first annual Building Safety Forum on 6 November at Villa Park, home to Aston Villa football club. The event will centre on some of the major challenges the construction and ...
Read More »How safe are your fire doors?
Ryan Quinn, Operations Director at doorassure – RW Joinery’s maintenance, repair, and inspection division, explores why FMs must prioritise fire door compliance – not just during Fire Door Safety Week, but all year round It’s Fire Door Safety Week, and ...
Read More »Grenfell Tower Inquiry publishes final report
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has today published its second and final report into the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire at Grenfell Tower in the early hours of 14 June 2017, which resulted in the deaths of 72 ...
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