Register Your Tall Buildings With The Health And Safety Executive As Part Of The Building Safety Act 2022 The Building Safety Act 2022 was one of the key outcomes of the ‘Building a Safer Future’ consultation, which detailed proposals for Read more…
The government has issued the new Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 which outlines new duties under the Fire Safety Order for the Accountable Person(s) to ensure the fire safety of their building is fully compliant. These legislative changes will help Read more…
Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 New regulations are being introduced under article 24 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (Fire Safety Order) these are to be implemented into law following the recommendations from the Grenfell Tower Phase 1 Read more…
An update on the building safety bill has been issued by the building safety regulator. This update has given us an insight in to some of the major changes that we can expect and ultimately, what those changes will mean Read more…
Following the Grenfell Tower Tragedy, Dame Judith Hackitt made recommendations for improvements to building regulations, in the form of the Hackitt Review. In June 2019, the government published the ‘Building a Safer Future’ consultation detailing proposals to implement these changes Read more…
This Thursday 10th February 2022, our Operations Manager, James Purdey, Will be hosting a knowledge bank webinar for News on the Block. Knowledge Bank Webinars have been created by News on the Block to give Property and Block Managers the Read more…
On Thursday 20th January 2022, the government announced a new service which aims to protect leaseholders and force developers to make their high-rise buildings safe. This new online service will allow leaseholders living in high-rise residential blocks to track their Read more…
A new plan to reset the approach to building safety was announced by Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, yesterday (Monday 10/01/2022). The majority of the announcement concentrated on the proposed protections for leaseholders and who will pay Read more…
What is the Fire Safety Act? The Fire Safety Act 2021 amends the Fire Safety Order 2005, and along with the draft Building Safety Bill, is part of a collection of new legislation in response to the recommendations within the Read more…