The Building Safety Act 2022 is a landmark piece of legislation that aims to improve building safety standards in the wake of the Grenfell Tower Fire in 2017. This tragic event highlighted the need for stronger regulations, accountability, and governance within the social housing sector to prevent...
The Building Safety Act 2022 was conceived in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower disaster and is aimed at regulating and improving the construction and operation of high-rise residential buildings in England. This Act applies to both existing and new buildings, with a focus on those at l...
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The Building Safety Act 2022 represents a significant shift in the legal landscape for the construction and property sectors and beyond. In particular, it will also have a significant impact on corporate structures where group entities are involved in residential development. Its primary goal is to ...
Cladding and Building Safety The Building Safety Act 2022 (the “Act”) received Royal Assent on the 28 April 2022 and will bring about sweeping changes to the way in which building safety risks are assessed in higher-risk buildings, in particular those which contain at least two residential ...
In this, the fourth and final part of our series looking at the key provisions of the Building Safety Act 2022 (the Act), we summarise the redress provisions set out in Part 5 of the Act insofar as they apply in England. Most of the relevant provisions can be found in Part 5 of ...
If you have complaints about your building under the Building Safety Act 2022 (in England) then you can also contact the Building Safety Regulator. The Building Safety Regulator details are provided at the bottom of this page. You can also access a copy of our complaints procedure here. We ...
With all of the commentary in the market around the impact of the Building Safety Act 2022 on the development of higher-risk buildings (HRBs), it is easy to miss the updates to the Building Regulations, which apply where you are not developing an HRB. These come...
The Building Safety Act (BSA) came into force in England and Wales in October this year. This new legislation directly results from the findings published within the Hackitt report and represents the most significant reform in the construction industry f
The Building Safety Act will be amended to close a loophole that currently exists, the FIA has reported, reporting that relative to leaseholder protections in faulty buildings, the government recently declared that it would amend the Building Safety Act (BSA). According to Inside Housing, some lea...