At the time of writing, the facts are still emerging about why thousands of UK flights had to be cancelled or delayed on August bank holiday Monday. But the incident raises vital questions for safety professionals everywhere.
By Mike Robinson on 06 September 2023
Insolvency proceedings is the phrase used to describe formal measures taken either voluntarily or imposed by a court to deal with a company’s debt.
By Laura White, Pinsent Masons on 01 September 2023
By Dr Sarah Cumbers, Lloyds Register Foundation on 21 August 2023
Building safety is the new regulatory regime overseen by the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) to ensure the fire safety and structural safety of higher-risk buildings (HRBs).
By Laura White, Pinsent Masons on 16 August 2023
With research revealing poor understanding among many businesses of their duty to have arrangements in place to safely evacuate mobility-impaired people, it’s time for the government to educate building owners about their obligations and mandate the provision of evacuation equipment, to ensure a safe evacuation for everyone.
By Gerard Wallace, Evac+Chair International on 02 August 2023
Who Are CLADDAG (Leaseholder Disability Action Group)? In early 2020, Sarah Rennie and I didn’t know each other.
By Georgie Hulme, CLADDAG on 02 August 2023
A new Building Safety Remediation Scheme would hold developers and builders to account for all fire and building safety defects in homes.
By The Earl of Lytton, House of Lords on 02 August 2023
Nobody needs reminding that ongoing building safety reforms are designed for the industry to avoid a repeat of the dreadful events six years ago, when 72 people died in a devastating fire at Grenfell Tower.
By Andrew Bulmer, The Property Institute on 02 August 2023
Nobody should be exposed to unsafe levels of air pollution. Everyone has the right to breathe clean air – whether it’s at home or at work.
By Sarah Woolnough, Asthma + Lung UK on 02 August 2023
In the six years following the horrific events at Grenfell, it has become evident that there has been a decades-long systemic failure of the UK’s building safety regime, something Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has now, belatedly, acknowledged.
By Lucy Brown, End Our Cladding Scandal on 01 August 2023
