About this group
This Group has been assembled to help drive understanding and compliance with the Building Safety Act across the Midlands Region.
The tragic events on the 14th of June 2017 are engrained in our memory and as an industry we recognise that radical change is necessary to respond to the findings of the subsequent reports and inquiry. We must proactively embrace the required changes ahead of legislation, wherever possible, to ensure that life safety is always paramount in the construction services we deliver.
This Group therefore needs to understand the far-reaching implications of the BS Act and ensure that our membership and the Midlands Construction Industry generally, fully understands how they must respond beyond compliance.
Our thought leadership will be crucial in signposting the broad church in CE Midlands across all sectors to examples of best practice and case studies to accelerate our adoption of the new way of working and behaving.
Our Purpose
- To remain up to date with the evolving requirements of the Building Safety Act and associated legislation and how if effects our membership
- To work in partnership with the Building a Safer Future scheme
Our Specific Objectives
- Review and update as necessary the CEM guide Draft Building Safety Bill first published 15.04.21
- Share Gateway 1 feedback, lessons learnt from HSE/Planning Authority on why projects failed at the first gateway
- The group to share knowledge from attendance at Peter Baker type roadshows with Steve Green who will arrange uploading to the BS section of CE Website with an associated alert to members to “go see”
- Specifically share best practice process on specifying and checking to confirm compliance of building safety related installations eg fire coatings, fire stopping,
- Consider establishing standardised competence assessment for the supply chain across tier 1 contractors – is Build UK or similar already doing this?
- Find a BSF Champion company to feedback on their process through the scheme
Building Safety Act information centre
CLICK HERE for the RICS Building Safety Act information centre which provides links to helpful documents and the answers to frequently asked questions.
LABC Building Safety Act resource page
CLICK HERE for the Local Authority Building Control page to read about the Act and to access a host of links to building safety pages and documents.
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Implications of the Building Safety Act During Early Stages of Land Development
Advice Notes
27/01/2025
The Building Safety Act (BSA) emerged as a crucial legislative response to a tragedy that exposed systemic failures within the construction industry. The Grenfell Report highlighted how a decline in external oversight
Offer of summary of the Principal Contractor meeting the Building Safety Act requirements – Norman Davies
Advice Notes
03/05/2024
Now that we have the Building Safety Act and secondary legislation and empowerment of the new duty holders, the competence and systems which the PC has developed through CDM compliance are enhanced with benefit to all engaged in the project.
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