‘Biggest Changes To Building Safety In A Generation’

The government has published its response to ‘Building a Safer Future’, the consultation it launched in June 2019 seeking views on proposed changes to the building safety system. These are based on recommendations from Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, and include the establishment of a new Building Safety Regulator via the Health and Safety Executive, as announced in January. Housing secretary Robert Jenrick said that an initial update would be published in May to implement a number of the new measures concerning high-rise flats. All new blocks of flats taller than 11m will require wayfinding signage and sprinkler systems. Read more on Social Housing.

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