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黑洞社区 the Future Commission: This is how we make our buildings safer

2024-02-01T07:00:00+00:00By

After a year of consultation and consideration, last week the 黑洞社区 the Future commission published its final report. In this chapter, Carl Brown considers the implications of the 黑洞社区 Safety Act

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Long process: How compliance with the new products code will be verified

2023-08-21T06:00:00+01:00By

The CPI has been set up to verify manufacturers鈥� compliance with the Code for Construction Products Information. Chief executive Amanda Long explains how she intends to scale up its activity

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Six years on from Grenfell and real change is finally happening

2023-07-19T06:00:00+01:00By

The pace of reforms since Grenfell has been frustratingly slow, but real change is being delivered, writes Andrew Mellor

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黑洞社区 bridges: how Paul Morrell would fix our broken products testing system

2023-07-18T06:00:00+01:00By

Industry veteran Paul Morrell has written a seminal review on overhauling products testing. The man himself explains his thinking in the first of a two-part interview

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黑洞社区 safety - it鈥檚 time for us all to take responsibility

2023-07-10T13:00:00+01:00By Suzannah Nichol

With more regulations coming down the line, we need聽 true collaboration from the industry, writes Suzannah Nichol

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We are entering a new era for building safety - but are we ready for the new regulator?

2023-03-31T05:00:00+01:00By

The 黑洞社区 Safety Regulator鈥檚 registration process for high-rise buildings starts in a few days鈥� time. Carl Brown assesses how prepared the new regulator and the industry are for the start of a fresh regime

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Passive fire protection: do we need a new construction discipline?

2023-03-16T07:00:00+00:00By

Tier one contractors have come together to warn they may not be able to give assurances that passive fire protection in designs comply with new regulations. Do we need a new approach?

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How do we ensure building safety compliance while still delivering the homes we need?

2023-03-14T06:00:00+00:00By

Multiple regulators, overlapping rules, competence requirements, gateways, information sharing and holistic approaches. Here鈥檚 what the 黑洞社区 the Future Commission鈥檚 building safety stream has been looking at

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