Building Safety Wiki features

Moisture, fire safety and emerging trends in living walls

How wet is your wall? When is a class B, not a class B?

Welsh government consults on HRBs and regs changes

Seeking feedback on the new regulatory regime and a broad range of issues.

CIOB Client Guide (2nd edition) March 2025

Free download covering statutory dutyholder roles under the Building Safety Act and much more.

Construction Management, 2 April

Government advice on HRB height ‘unhelpful’, says construction lawyer.

Building Safety Minister questioned on BSR and more

New building control staged guidance published by BSR as transfer of responsibily to MHCLG now effective.

Construction Management, 1 April

First building liability order handed down under the Building Safety Act.

Building, 31 March

MHCLG must take ‘clearer central role’ to fix remediation, says Clive Betts.

BSR, March

Building Safety Webinars.

Spring Statement 2025 with reactions from industry

Confirming the Building Safety Levy from October 2026.

Office for Budget Responsibility, March

You Tube of 5 things you should know about the OBR forecast.

Scottish Government responds to Grenfell report

As fund for unsafe cladding assessments is launched.

CLC process map of Building Control Approval for HRBs

One of the initial outputs of their weekly BSR meetings.

Government Building Safety Levy technical consultation response

Details of the planned levy now due in 2026.

Construction Enquirer, 24 March

Building safety levy rate set at up to £10,000 a home in London.

PAC report on the Remediation of Dangerous Cladding

Recommendations on workforce, transparency, support, insurance, funding, fraud and mismanagement.

Life Critical Fire Safety External Wall System LCFS EWS

Breaking down what is meant by this now often used term.

Building a Safer Future, 23-27 June

Inaugural Building Safety Week launch at the InstallerSHOW.

BS 9991:2024 and the recently published CLC advisory note

Fire safety in the design, management and use of residential buildings. Code of practice.

Gov UK, 26 Feb

Open consultation; Construction Products Reform Green Paper.

Safety community

Join the Building Safety Linkedin group to stay up-to-date and join the debate.

Government responds to the final Grenfell Inquiry report

A with a brief summary with reactions to their response.

The Procurement Act 2023

Facilitating an investigation of seven firms criticised by the Grenfell inquiry report, by the newly formed PRU.

Grenfell Inquiry web of blame

'My closing is to map out for you who blames whom and for what, and there are three reasons for doing that: legal , cultural and moral"