Building safety

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 works, and yesterday it published…

The construction sector is still not ready for some of the significant changes emerging from the Building Safety Act, a major report has concluded. These include companies being able to demonstrate the competence of their workforce and being able to show that no one on their job is working beyond…

Contractors can start building tower blocks with some gaps in design details under the new building safety regime, the regulator in charge has said. In a webinar explaining how the new rules for higher-risk buildings (HRBs) will work under the regime starting in April, Neil Hope-Collins, the operational policy lead…