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NewsMore developers sign fire safety contract amid Gove threat
Seven developers have yet to sign the government’s remediation contract committing to pay to fix fire safety defects ,after Lendlease became the latest to sign up to housing secretary Michael Gove’s pledge.
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Government’s specialist building safety unit investigating 19 firms
The government’s investigative unit set up to pursue developers that refuse to carry out fire-safety works has launched inquiries into 19 firms, the building safety minister has revealed.
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Government pledges £42m to support building safety reforms
A funding package worth £42m to recruit and train 110 building control Inspectors and 111 fire inspectors has been unveiled as part of the government’s building safety reforms.
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New focus on building safety as industry faces tough regime
Landlords required to provide wealth of building information, but will enforcement be adequately resourced?
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Argent orders safety inspections on King’s Cross building after cladding falls off
Argent has ordered safety inspections at one of its residential schemes in London’s King’s Cross after part of the building’s cladding fell off.
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Get Living faces test case over £27m fire safety upgrade bill
Triathlon Homes launches legal bid to make landlord foot remediation bill at London Olympic Village flats.
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Professional
Digital tools cut the fire safety risk
A persistent lackadaisical approach to the quality and competence of fire inspections is putting residents’ lives at risk.
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Developers question DLUHC’s study into mid-rise fire risk
Home Builders Federation says DLUHC report flagging up fire safety risk in mid-rise resi blocks ‘lacks any detail’
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PAC report slams PRS and government for failing to provide safe rental homes
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has reported that more than half a million private rental homes pose “a serious threat to the health and safety of renters”.
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Is PAS 9980:2022 a proportionate approach to fire risk assessments?
In January, Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 9980:2022 came into effect, a standard clarifying the regulations relating to fire risk assessments of the external walls and doors (FRAEWs) of multi-occupancy, multi-storey properties.
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Redrow raises fire safety provision to £200m after signing up to Government pledge
Housebuilding giant Redrow has raised its provision to remedy fire issues to £200m, becoming yet another developer to sign up to the Government’s voluntary building safety pledge.
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Professional
What do amendments to the Building Safety Bill mean for the industry?
The Building Safety Bill will now be subjected to the Public Bill Committee and Report stages on 9 September 2021 and 26 October 2021 respectively. The bill will be scrutinised, subjected to evidence from experts and interest groups from outside parliament and debated by MPs.
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Employees’ wellbeing must drive return to work strategies
Beyond making offices Covid-secure, companies must consider wider mental and physical wellbeing of staff.
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Developers face ‘massive extra costs’ under Building Safety Bill
Legal experts have slammed the Building Safety Bill, claiming it would hit developers with “massive additional costs” and fails address the question of who will pay for cladding remediation.
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LFB yet to rule if ACM cladding played part in Ballymore fire
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is yet to determine whether ACM cladding played a part in a fire at a Ballymore residential building earlier this month.
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New tenure to boost later living
Britain’s leasehold system is on course for large-scale reform, a move that few outside the property industry are likely to begrudge given the cladding crisis and ground rent scandal.
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Landlords rail against proposed ‘cramdown’ restructuring plan
Landlords believe a flood of companies could try to achieve the same result should cramdown be sanctioned.
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Cladding loans branded ‘a mess’
The chair of an influential parliamentary committee has branded the government’s cladding loan scheme for leaseholders living in buildings under 18m “a mess”.
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Ten-point plan aims to ‘find way forward’ with cladding
Irwin Mitchell sets out its recommendations to address residential fire safety issues in wake of Grenfell
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L&Q to ‘fully remediate’ buildings over 18 metres by 2026
One of the UK’s largest housing associations L Q has announced it will fully remediate all potential fire risks in its building portfolio measuring over 18 metres by 2026.
