Following the introduction of the Building Safety Act in April 2022, managers of high-rise residential buildings should be aware of their legal obligations in maintaining safety standards. April 2024 has been marked on calendars across the country as the deadline for the Building Safety Case and Safety Case Reports to be Read more…
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 achieving long-term reform of the UK’s building safety system. One 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 to meet the recommendations from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, by 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 for building owners and managers once it has cleared its 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 chance to listen and interact with professionals from within the 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 through a new Building Safety Regulator (BSR). Just over six 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 building’s application to the Building Safety Fund, with the use 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 Grenfell Tower Inquiry and Hackitt Review. One of the key Read more…
The Government publish quarterly updates regarding the progress of the implementation of Phase 1 recommendations following the Grenfell tower fire. One of the key updates made on September 30th is in relation to Fire Doors and gives recommendations to the owners and managers of residential buildings on how they should Read more…