All Building Safety Regulator articles
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FeaturesBuilding Safety Regulator’s backlog blitz: will it work?
After delays and mounting frustration, the regulator unveiled a bold strategy to clear thousands of stalled projects. Joey Gardiner explores whether the reforms and new leadership can overcome early missteps
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator to leave HSE in January, minister reveals
Minister puts statutory instrument before parliament
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator chair unveils measures to speed up approvals process at Building the Future conference
Andy Roe says initiatives will mean time getting gateway 2 sign-off is closer to 12 weeks rather than current 48
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OpinionUnpacking the Building Safety Regulator reforms that aim to unlock high-rise delays
What operational changes are being made to help the Building Safety Regulator tackle the excessive gateway approval waits on high-rise residential schemes?
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FeaturesWill the Building Safety Regulator overhaul be enough to tackle the delays?
The government has promised to speed up approvals for high-rise residential schemes which have been languishing for up to a year in the new building safety regime. The industry’s reponse so far has been muted. With patience running out and costs mounting, Tom Lowe speaks to the people caught up ...
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NewsBuilding safety regulator wants to get gateway 2 approvals process down to ‘five weeks’, CLC boss tells peers
But Mark Reynolds says proposal is ‘long way off’ and that getting it to just 13 weeks would be ‘huge step forward’
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NewsMHCLG to take control of Building Safety Regulator, pledging ‘fast track’ process and resources to tackle delays
Former London Fire Brigade commissioner Andy Roe to head up new MHCLG board to take on functions of regulator
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NewsFixing Building Safety Regulator delays should be ‘priority’, MPs tell government
It is ‘clear’ improvements have to be made, housing committee chair says
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OpinionThe 18-metre effect: housing delivery at risk from regulatory gridlock
Félicie Krikler points to a growing move towards mid-rise housing, as developers grapple with the compounded risks of high-rise delivery under the current regulatory regime
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NewsMore than 4,000 building inspectors registered after accreditation deadline passes
Regulator now focused on ensuring building control bodies have sufficient capacity
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FeaturesThe race against time to avoid a building control inspection crisis
LABC fears a shutdown of building control services in April due to a lack of certified inspectors. How worried should we be? asks Daniel Gayne
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NewsDLUHC working on ‘managed transition’ to new building control regime amid crisis fears
But government does not confirm backing for six-month postponement of deadline amid mounting concern about a collapse in building control services
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OpinionMore clarity on second staircases is welcome, but constant change creates risk and uncertainty
The latest changes to Approved Document B are becoming clearer, writes Andrew Mellor
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OpinionThe new Principal Designer role is going to require upskilling
We have more clarity on the Principal Designer role but not on how they will be trained. This is likely to create barriers to delivery, writes Andrew Mellor
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OpinionThe new building control regime is going to impact programmes and costs
Single stage approvals processes and more design information up front will extend programmes and drive up costs, writes Andrew Mellor
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OpinionThe implications of the Building Safety Act are becoming clearer
The processes around the new act and the associated secondary legislation are now largely finalised, writes Andrew Mellor