Building Safety Wiki features

Twas the site before Christmas...

A rhyme for the industry and a thankyou to all our supporters.

Construction Management, 16 Dec

How to manage delays in the building safety Gateways process.

EBSSA support for the new industry competence structure

The Engineering and Building Services Skills Authority, in working group 2.

Principal Designer: A New Opportunity for Architects

ACA has launches a Principal Designer Register for architects.

Fundamental Review of Building Regulations Guidance

Announced during commons debate on the Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2 report.

Strategic restructure to transform industry competence

EBSSA becomes part of a new industry competence structure.

Industry Competence Steering Group restructure

ICSG transitions to the Industry Competence Committee (ICC) under the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

Principal Contractor Competency Certification Scheme

CIOB PCCCS competence framework for Principal Contractors.

The CIAT Principal Designer register

Issues explained via a series of FAQs.

Buildings and Cities, 25 Nov

Addressing Building Failures in Flat Developments.

RIBA Principal Designer Practice Note published

With key descriptions, best practice examples and FAQs, with supporting template resources.

Accelerating the remediation of buildings with unsafe cladding in England

The government publishes its Remediation Acceleration Plan.

RIBA Architecture, 28 Nov

When should a Principal Contractor become a Principal Designer in design and build projects?

Construction Management, 3 December

Building safety: what happened in 2024 and what to expect in 2025.

New guidance for preparing structural submissions for Gateways 2 and 3

Published by the The Institution of Structural Engineers.

New Code of Practice for fire and escape door hardware

Published by GAI and DHF.

Construction Management, 2 Dec

Persimmon and Clarion are ‘exemplars’ on building safety.

Building Design, 29 Nov

Grenfell exposed the fatal flaws of design and build contracts.

Gov. UK, November

Planning Gateway One: Three Years On – Transforming Fire Safety in High-Rise Buildings.

Category A works

Adopted terminologies from fit-out to higher-risk buildings.

House of Lords Library, 14 Nov

Grenfell Tower Inquiry: House of Lords debate.

Definition, principles and placing of the golden thread

As initially envisioned and set out in policy.

Waking Watch Relief and Replacement Funds WWRF

From stay put to waking watch and the goal of remediation.

Cladding remediation programmes, transparency and target date

National Audit Office issue report on cladding remediation.

The Cladding Safety Scheme and the Building Safety Fund

Brief notes on available schemes and further information.

Grenfell Phase 2 final report for construction, at a glance

Twenty-three key issues raised and their recommendations.

University of Queensland, September

Cladding materials library.