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Architects fear extra cost of building reforms will land on their shoulders

By and Joey Gardiner2021-07-08T06:00:00

Tim Burgess - Studio — VOP

Source: VOP Group

£1bn cost of Building Safety Bill could be passed down food chain as viability threatened

Architects fear developers will try and force new costs arising from the new Building Safety Bill on to their books.

The profession’s position in the food chain leaves it vulnerable to attempts to push extra liability its way, the director of housing practice VOP Group said.

He was responding to news that the reforms proposed in the bill could cost the industry more than £1bn in their first three years.

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